KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its academic awards for the 2025 women's tennis season. Fifty NCAA Division II student-athletes from all 10 MIAA women's tennis playing institutions were honored by the Association for their work in the classroom. 

The league's prestigious Academic Excellence Award was achieved by just four women's tennis players in the 2025 season — Arkansas-Fort Smith's Taylor Conway, Emporia State's Anatasia Pesic, Missouri Western's Eleana Messenger and Northwest Missouri's Marielena Muench. 

An 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 grades reported at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.

The Scholar-Athlete Award distinction went to 14 student-athletes who excelled on the court and in the classroom. In the classroom, 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 and have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution. On the court, the student-athlete must also receive All-MIAA honors in the current season to achieve the full Scholar-Athlete status. (4 Lopers qualified) 

Fifty women's tennis players were named to the MIAA's 2025 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. (7 Lopers qualified) 

There were only two women's tennis players to earn all three of the Association's academic honors — Arkansas-Fort Smith's Taylor Conway, an All-MIAA business administration major with a 4.0 GPA, and Northwest Missouri's Marielena Muench, an All-MIAA secondary education major with a 4.0 GPA. 

Click here to view all 50 women's tennis student-athletes who earn academic honors in the 2025 season. 
 
These academic awards do not include true freshmen or first-year transfers. The MIAA will release its Newcomer Academic Awards from the 2024-25 academic year in late June.