ST. JOSEPH, MO. – Missouri Western State University's men's and women's basketball teams combined to produce 16 2023-24 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association winter academic awardees. The honors were announced Friday, April 5.
 
Former head coach Candi Whitaker's women's program was represented by nine student-athletes. They were junior Alyssa Bonilla (El Paso, Texas), sophomore Cassandra Caron (Eden Prairie, Minn.), senior Connie Clarke (Birmingham, Ala.), senior Jordan Cunningham (Grimes, Iowa), junior Camille Evans (Kansas City, Kan.), senior Mary Fultz (Stillwater, Minn.), senior Johnni Gonzalez (Kansas City, Mo.), sophomore Meredith Rieker (West Des Moines, Iowa), and and junior Jaidyn Schomp (Derby, Kan.). Head coach Will Martin's men's program received seven recognitions. They went to sophomore Joshua Book (Christchurch, New Zealand), junior Justin Bubak (Lincoln, Neb.), senior Julius Dixon (Fayetteville, Tenn.), senior Reese Glover (Franklin, Tenn.), senior Ethan Kilgore (Gower, Mo.), junior Matthew Nunez (Newport News, Va.), and sophomore Matthew Schneider (Murfreesboro, Tenn.).
 
To be recognized on the Academic Honor Roll, one must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.00 at the certifying member institution.