PEORIA, Ill. -- Sophomore runner Elena Danielson (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral) has been named one of 10 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Good Neighbor Award Winter recipients according to an announcement by the league office Tuesday.
A cell and molecular biology major with a 4.00 cumulative grade point average, Danielson ran a career-best 3,000 meter time at last week’s EIU Friday Night Special in Charleston, Ill.
Danielson is a member of the Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society and takes part in the Bradley University Honors Program. She has served as a teaching assistant in the biology department during her time on The Hilltop.