Rockhurst finished the 2020-21 academic year with 49 of its student-athletes receiving the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award.

The recipients of the GLVC COP Academic Excellence Award exemplify the outstanding student-athletes in the GLVC. Each honoree has exhausted his or her eligibility in the intercollegiate sport in which they participated and maintained at a least a 3.5 grade point average throughout their academic career.
 
In addition, to be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must have competed in the GLVC for a minimum of two years and completed 96 credit hours. A student-athlete can only earn the distinguished honor one time per sport in his or her career.

This year's total of 434 marks the second time more than 400 honorees have been recognized since the award was first inaugurated in the spring of 2010 and breaks last year's record of 420 from 16 schools.

2020-21 GLVC COP Excellence Award
(Rockhurst recipients)
Jim Burns, Baseball
Jack Burns, Baseball
Brandt Callahan, Baseball
Connor Ellefson, Baseball
Michael Hellman, Baseball
Ethan Kleinheider, Baseball
Tommy Kraus, Baseball
Nathan Mark, Baseball
Hunter Sands, Baseball
Quinton Curry, Men's Basketball
Lasse Gummerus, Men's Basketball
Curtis Lewis, Men's Basketball
Charlton Offermans, Men's Basketball
Peyton Hottovy, Men's Cross Country
Trent Weigel, Men's Cross Country
Mallory Dittemore, Women's Cross Country
Kathleen Gansner, Women's Cross Country
Ellan Harder, Women's Cross Country
Madeline Meyer, Women's Cross Country
Hannah Schaefer, Women's Cross Country
Daven Bhagar, Men's Golf
Brett Blau, Men's Golf
Luke Brugman, Men's Golf
Nick Caldwell, Men's Golf
Jack Junge, Men's Golf
Pad DaBruzzi, Men's Lacrosse
Judge Greenburger, Men's Lacrosse
Sam Lindahl, Men's Lacrosse
Marianna Anderson, Women's Lacrosse
Emelia Boillat, Women's Lacrosse
Olivia Collier, Women's Lacrosse
Helen Krause, Women's Lacrosse
Peter Baker, Men's Soccer
Marco Cora, Men's Soccer
Victor Gonzalez, Men's Soccer
Federico Verlicchi, Men's Soccer
Jillian Leetch, Women's Soccer
McKenna Leetch, Women's Soccer
Caroline Romme, Women's Soccer
Haley Schroeder, Women's Soccer
Brittany Valieant, Women's Soccer
Emily Clark, Softball
Paige Renner, Softball
Alex Bernadas, Men's Tennis
Ermanno Galimberti, Men's Tennis
Mary Grace Harris, Women's Tennis
Kate Merrick, Women's Tennis
Paula Romero, Women's Tennis
Audrey Arand, Volleyball