Rockhurst led the conference with 73 of its student-athletes receiving the 2025-26 GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award.

The GLVC has identified a new league record of 635 student-athletes across 15 eligible member institutions who have earned the GLVC COP Academic Excellence Award. This is an increase of 22 from 2024-25 where 613 students earned the honor for 14 member schools.

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.

Four Rockhurst students met the highest standard of academic excellence by concluding their collegiate careers with an unblemished 4.0 cumulative GPA:
Sofia Hughes, Women's Soccer, Rockhurst (Business Administration)
Anna Lantz, Women's Soccer, Rockhurst (Molecular Biology)
Alex Zoellner, Women's Soccer, Rockhurst (Communications) 
Lexie Theis, Women's Volleyball, Rockhurst (Business Administration)

2024-25 GLVC COP Excellence Award
(Rockhurst recipients)
Landon Carr, Baseball
Peyton Clerk, Baseball
Luke Feucht, Baseball
Kaden Jeffries, Baseball
Afton Koch, Baseball
Jack Miller, Baseball
Sam Owens, Baseball
Davit Abuladze, Men's Basketball
Tyler DeGroote, Men's Basketball
Jaylen Wesley, Men's Basketball
Bailey Brown, Women's Basketball
Macie Conway, Women's Basketball
Clare Diener, Women's Basketball
Chloe Frank, Women's Basketball
Kaden Harvie, Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Max Hertenstein, Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Chris Obersteadt, Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Isaac Zitter, Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Kylie Hunter, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Molly McClung, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Megan Venturella, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Bella Wiltfong, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Tyler Van Bree, Men's Golf
Ashton Vinton, Men's Golf
Mike Wolski, Men's Golf
Celia Stiltner, Women's Golf
Charley Strahm, Women's Golf
Carson Bradshaw, Men's Lacrosse
Ian Keylon, Men's Lacrosse
Avery Moody, Men's Lacrosse
Brock Ollila, Men's Lacrosse
Tyler Smith, Men's Lacrosse
Lars Yarkosky, Men's Lacrosse
Payton Dodge, Women's Lacrosse
Abby Gerstner, Women's Lacrosse
Elise Magee, Women's Lacrosse
Katie Nord, Women's Lacrosse
Kharis Perona, Women's Lacrosse
Rhea Spiers, Women's Lacrosse
Meghan Thomas, Women's Lacrosse
Daniele Bizzari, Men's Soccer
Noah Brende, Men's Soccer
Noah Bynum Men's Soccer
Gregory Kent, Men's Soccer/Men's Tennis
Jacob Muckerman, Men's Soccer
Daniel Rey Silva, Men's Soccer
Kaycee Cooper, Women's Soccer
Sarah Gilmore, Women's Soccer
Sofia Hughes, Women's Soccer
Karsen Koehler, Women's Soccer
Anna Lantz, Women's Soccer
Lizzo Rosenthal, Women's Soccer
Alex Zoellner, Women's Soccer
Jordyn Beatty, Softball
Emilee Farnan, Softball
Eva Fulk, Softball
Avery Huffman, Softball
McKenna Lester, Softball
Taylor Sedam, Softball
Claire Tipton, Softball
Alexandre Adum, Men's Swimming & Diving
Marc Jurkat, Men's Swimming & Diving
Chiara Ambrosi, Women's Swimming & Diving
Karsen Bennett, Women's Swimming & Diving
Josef Truhlar, Men's Tennis
Marina Magai, Women's Tennis
Sofia Valdespino, Women's Tennis
Foli Assiongbon, Men's Track & Field
Josiah Gossenauer, Men's Track & Field
Corina Sisk, Women's Track & Field
Sarah Pyle, Women's Volleyball
Sydney Raszler, Women's Volleyball
Carly Rolf, Women's Volleyball