KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The MIAA announced its academic awards for the 2022 football season. Over 450 student-athletes for the MIAA earned academic honors, highlighted by 31 qualifying as Scholar-Athletes and 16 achieving the requirements for the Academic Excellence Award.

The prestigious Academic Excellence Award was awarded to 16 student-athletes. An MIAA Academic Excellence Award recipient must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of at least 4.00 at the certifying member institution. The honoree also must have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. The complete list of Academic Excellence members for the 2022 football season is available here.

There were 31 student-athletes who met the standards to be a Scholar-Athlete. A Scholar-Athlete is an individual that has a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.50 or better at the certifying member institution. They must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. The student-athlete must have earned All-MIAA honors in the 2022 season to be eligible for the honor. To see the complete list of football Scholar-Athletes from this season, click here.

The achievement of Academic Honor Roll was accomplished by 455 student-athletes – all 12 MIAA football competiting institutions were represented. To be recognized on the Academic Honor Roll list, one must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.00 or above at the certifying member institution. The individual must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. The complete list of Academic Honor Roll recipients for the 2022 football season is available here.

Pittsburg State's PJ Sarwinski was the only football student-athlete to be honored with all three MIAA academic awards.