Romeoville, Ill. - The Lewis University men's volleyball team had 16 members of their squad earn Academic All-Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) honors, the league announced today (June 1). The award honors all MIVA student-athletes that own a 3.30 cumulative GPA through the spring semester at their respective institutions.

The Flyers had a pair of athletes earn a perfect 4.0 GPA with Zach Pekol (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy) and Luke Pekol (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy). The Pekol twins are just one of five MIVA athletes along with Nate Flayter (McKendree), Trace Klausing (Northern Kentuck) and Drew Palmer (Northern Kentucky) to accomplish the academic feat.

As a whole, there were 116 student-athletes from the MIVA's nine member schools that qualified for Academic All-MIVA status. Lewis, Loyola Chicago and Queens led the league with 55 of the 116 total honorees with the Flyers 16 academic standouts the third-most of any MIVA school.

The full list of Academic All-MIVA honorees for Lewis can be found below:

Ezra Boecking (Round Rock, Texas/Meridian World)
Ben Boron (Grayslake, Ill./Grayslake Central)
Kyle Chapman (Sugar Land, Texas/Stephen F Austin)
Gavin Deep (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada/Blyth Academy)
Diego Estrada (Ponce, Puerto Rico/Adianez)
Preston Fixamer 
Cameron Hoying (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales)
Wyatt Jones (Lake Zurich, Ill./Lake Zurich)
Frederick Kreuger-Beer
Nico Paula (Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Preparatory School)
Zach Pekol (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy)*
Luke Pekol (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy)*
Cole Sweitzer (Middleton, Wis./Middleton HS)
Tyler Vasquez (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook)
Josh Weyerhaeuser (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township)
Piotr Wymoczyl (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove HS)
* - 4.0 GPA