Rockhurst finished the 2019-20 academic year with 38 of its student-athletes posting a 4.0 grade point average, earning each of them the Brother James Gaffney, FSC, Distinguished Scholar Award from the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

The award, named after the former president at Lewis University and a two-time chair of the league's Council of Presidents, was given to 554 student-athletes across the conference that finished the academic year with a 4.0 average in the classroom.

The Rockhurst baseball team led the way with eight representatives, followed by women's lacrosse with five recipients. Women's soccer, women's cross country and women's golf each had four members. Volleyball, men's lacrosse and softball had three members, respectively.

2019-20 Rockhurst recipients of GLVC Brother James Gaffney, FSC Distinguished Scholar Award:
Audrey Arand, Volleyball
Peter Baker, Men's Soccer
Sariana Barbarotta, Women's Soccer
Connor Bateman, Men's Lacrosse
Zach Bodeau, Men's Lacrosse
Gwendolyn Bostick, Softball
Jim Burns, Baseball
Gigi Casey, Women's Soccer
Christine Corbin, Women's Lacrosse
Logan Derosia, Women's Lacrosse
Kiri Evans, Softball
Derrick Evers, Baseball
Faith Fritschle, Women's Cross Country
Brooks Hanson, Men's Lacrosse
Sarah Harig, Women's Cross Country
Zoe Holden, Women's Cross Country
Katelyn Kochanowski, Women's Lacrosse
Mary Koeller, Women's Soccer
Daniel Kohl, Baseball
Emma Kriete, Volleyball
Garret Lewis, Men's Tennis
Caroline Lynch, Women's Golf
Danielle Mabry, Women's Lacrosse
Nathan Mark, Baseball
Emma Mullendore, Women's Golf
Austin Polina, Baseball
Karli Reichert, Volleyball
Paige Renner, Softball
Sadie Revell, Women's Golf
Santiago Rodriguez, Men's Tennis
Kathy Rometti, Women's Soccer
Abby Sauber, Women's Golf
Adam Seal, Baseball
Sydney Shindler, Women's Lacrosse
Joey Shoemaker, Baseball
Joe Specht, Baseball
Trent Weigel, Men's Cross Country
Maggie Witt, Women's Cross Country