St. Louis, Mo. – The Missouri Valley Conference announced the 2023-24 season awards on Thursday night before the MVC Tournament begins on Friday. Bradley was very well represented with three players appearing on the 2nd team all-scholar, and the honorable mention all-scholar.
Anna Belogliadova (4.0) and Alexandra Hildreth (4.0) were both on the 2nd team scholar-athlete and Maria Bezmenova (3.55) was on the Honorable Mention Scholar Athlete.
Anna Belogliadova is a sophomore from St. Petersberg Russia played mainly on court two this season for the Braves. Alexandra Hildreth a graduate student from from Tring, Hertfordshire United Kingdom played on courts five and six this year. Maria Bezmenova is a Senior from Tomsk Russia played on court one this season.
The criteria for the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team voting parallels the CSC (College Sports Communicators) standards for Academic All-America nominations. Student-Athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically and must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination either as undergraduates or graduate students. An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don't have an established graduate GPA.
*Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Silvia Pomarolli (Illinois State)
First Team
Darinka Stepan, Sr., Drake - 4.00 Athletic Training
Agnes Gustafsson, Sr., UIC - 3.66 Sociology & Psychology
Tamara Malazonia, Sr., UIC - 3.85 Biological Sciences
Nevena Kolarevic, So., Illinois State - 3.87 Cybersecurity
*Slvia Pomarolli, So., Illinois State Psychology
Tijana Zlatanovic, Sr., Illinois State - 3.82 Exercise Science
Olivia Czerwonka, Gr., Valparaiso - 3.70 Nursing
Sarah Bureau, Sr., Murray State - 3.97 Management
Marit Kreugel, Gr., Murray State - 4.00 Business Administration
Second Team
Anna Belogliadova, So., Bradley - 4.00 Business Economics & MIS Business Analytics
Alexandra Hildreth, Gr., Bradley - 4.00 Management & Leadership Certificate
Ines Stephani, Sr., Drake - 3.61 International Relations
Natalie Slezakova, Gr., Murray State - 4.00 Business Adminisration & Finance
Juliette Robinson, Jr., Missouri State - 3.97 Finance
Darta Dalecka, Jr., UNI - 3.81 Communications
Elizabeth Sobieski, So., Valparaiso - 4.00 Biology/Chemistry
Sydney Stone, So., Valparaiso - 3.91 Psychology
Honorable
Maria Bezmenova, Sr., Bradley - 3.55 Cyber Security & Marketing
Amy Henning, Jr., Missouri State - 3.92 Nutrition & Dietetics
Sandra Lukacova, Jr., Missouri State - 3.51 Marketing Management
Mary Houston, Sr., Missouri State - 3.84 English Education
Megan Null, So., Murray State - 3.94 Biology/Pre-Physician Assistant
Annika Pschorr, Sr., Murray State - 3.83 Exercise Science/ Exercise Physiology
Zara Ryan, Sr., UIC - 3.55 Biochemistry
Mia Bertino, Sr, Valparaiso - 3.89 Education
Moira Silva, So., Valparaiso - 3.56 Nursing
