ST. LOUIS – Illinois State defensive tackle Jason Lewan was among the thirty-seven student-athletes who highlight the 2020 Missouri Valley Football Honor Roll, as announced by the league office Wednesday. Those 37 student-athletes earned the league's highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Football Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award.
The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average (through Fall 2020 semester) and participation in athletics a minimum of two years. The student-athlete must be scheduled to graduate by the end of the summer of 2021. Also, 281 student-athletes received the league's Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum GPA of 3.