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Ariana Cranston Featured in MVC’s Enterprise Bank & Trust Scholar-Athlete Spotlight

ST. LOUIS – Illinois State track & field's senior pole vaulter Ariana Cranston was selected to be featured in this week's Missouri Valley Conference Enterprise Bank & Trust Scholar-Athlete Spotlight, as announced by the league office.

Cranston, who graduated with a degree in Molecular Cellular Biology and a minor in Spanish last weekend, finished her academic career at Illinois State with a 3.84 GPA.

Following the Pre-Medicine track all throughout college, Cranston has been committed to her academic successful since she first stepped onto the ISU campus in 2016. She has been a member of the MVC Scholar-Athlete team three times (2018, 2019, 2020), a member of the 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, selected to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District team and a four-time AFNI Honor Roll member.