UIS Athletics had 31 student-athletes named 2025-26 GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholars as part of GLVC Academic Awards Week, the league office announced Wednesday. The honor is awarded to student-athletes who achieved a perfect 4.00 grade-point average for the 2025-26 academic year.

The UIS honorees represent 13 programs and reflect one of the highest single-season academic honors in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Women's soccer led all UIS programs with 11 honorees, followed by women's cross country/track & field with four, then softball and men's soccer with three each. 

2025-26 UIS Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholars
Corey Boyette, Baseball, Illinois Springfield
Kennedy Osterman, Women's Basketball, Illinois Springfield
Allison Wheeler, Women's Basketball, Illinois Springfield
Logan Iott, Men's Cross Country/Track & Field, Illinois Springfield
Joey Karlesky, Men's Cross Country/Track & Field, Illinois Springfield
Kali Gaden, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field, Illinois Springfield
Lauren McBride, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field, Illinois Springfield
Victoria Regitz, Women's Cross Country, Illinois Springfield
Madelyn Miller-Ross, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field, Illinois Springfield
Ira Joshi, Women's Golf, Illinois Springfield
Josh Conrad, Men's Soccer, Illinois Springfield
Spencer Martin, Men's Soccer, Illinois Springfield
Spencer Sundberg, Men's Soccer, Illinois Springfield
Dani Auble, Women's Soccer, Illinois Springfield
Alexa Blake, Women's Soccer, Illinois Springfield
McKenna Gahagan, Women's Soccer, Illinois Springfield
Makenna Miller, Women's Soccer, Illinois Springfield
Ellie Najarro, Women's Soccer/Track & Field, Illinois Springfield
Claire Ruter, Women's Soccer, Illinois Springfield 
Juliana Sather, Women's Soccer, Illinois Springfield 
Taytum Scarborough, Women's Soccer, Illinois Springfield 
Anna Schurz, Women's Soccer, Illinois Springfield 
Abby Vaughn, Women's Soccer, Illinois Springfield 
Addison Wittenberg, Women's Soccer/Track & Field, Illinois Springfield 
Koral Keehner, Softball, Illinois Springfield
Bailey Masching, Softball, Illinois Springfield
Chloe Scroggins, Softball, Illinois Springfield
Pablo Herrera, Men's Tennis, Illinois Springfield
Maria Garcia Gama, Women's Tennis, Illinois Springfield
Niamh Grogan, Women's Tennis, Illinois Springfield
Lexie Vick, Volleyball, Illinois Springfield

GLVC Release