KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its academic awards for the 2024 volleyball season. One hundred and nineteen student-athletes from all 12 MIAA volleyball playing institutions were honored by the Association for their work in the classroom. 
 
One hundred and nineteen volleyball players were named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll in the 2024 season. There were also 27 players named Scholar-Athletes and 21 who earned the MIAA Academic Excellence Award. To view the list of all 119 volleyball student-athletes who received academic honors in the 2024 season, click here. 

The league’s prestigious Academic Excellence Award was awarded to 21 volleyball student-athletes in the 2024 season. An Academic Excellence Award recipient must have a grade point average used by the institution for NCAA academic certification of at least 4.00 at the certifying member institution. The honoree also must have at least two terms of grades reported at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.

The Scholar-Athlete Award distinction went to just 27 student-athletes who excelled in the classroom and on the court. In the classroom, an MIAA Scholar-Athlete is an individual who 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. On the court, the student-athlete must receive All-MIAA honors to fully achieve Scholar-Athlete status.

One hundred and nineteen volleyball players were named to the league's Academic Honor Roll. To be recognized on the league’s Academic Honor Roll, student-athletes 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. They also need at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.
 
There were only seven volleyball players to be honored with all three of the Association's postseason academic awards. The seven student-athletes to have extraordinary success in the classroom and in competition were Missouri Western's Lily Kurz and Emma Salker, Nebraska Kearney's Mia Berg and Emilee Lane, Northwest Missouri's Payton Krichhoefer and Kyah Luhring, and Washburn's Corinna McMullen. 
 
These academic awards do not include true freshmen or first-year transfers who played on MIAA volleyball teams in the 2024 season. The Association will release its MIAA Newcomer Academic Awards from the 2024-25 academic year in late June, following the completion of those athletes' first two full terms at an MIAA institution.