The Northwest Missouri State University women’s soccer team had 17 student-athletes honored by the MIAA for their academic performance. Junior Maddie Taylor (Kearney, Mo.) earned the distinguished Academic Excellence Award. An MIAA Academic Excellence Award recipient must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 4.00 or better at the certifying member institution. The honoree also must have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. Taylor has a 4.00 GPA in elementary education. Taylor is among the 21 MIAA women’s soccer student-athletes to earn the…