ST. LOUIS – A pair of Illinois State football student-athletes were among the 51 student-athletes that highlighted the 2022 Missouri Valley Football Honor Roll, as announced by the league office today. Nate Borders and Jack Takerian were among those 51 student-athletes who 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 2022 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 2023.