Welcome back Mizzou student-athletes! We hope you all had a great break and are ready for a great semester! As always, WeAreMizzou.blogspot.com is your source for behind-the-scenes information on Mizzou's 502 student-athletes with photos, videos and highlights on and off the field.

Here are some of those highlights from the Fall 2010 semester:

• 2.94 overall student-athlete GPA (Second highest fall performance)

• 12 sports above a 3.00 team GPA (Women’s Basketball, Women’s Golf, Gymnastics, Soccer, Softball, Women’s Swimming, Tennis, Women’s Track, Women’s Cross Country, Men’s Golf, Men’s Track, Men’s Cross Country)

• A fall record 180 students were recognized on their respective Dean’s List

• 248 (50%) student athletes received a 3.00 or higher GPA

• 30 students received Academic All-Conference recognition. (Football, Volleyball, Cross Country)

• 248 student athletes were recognized on the Fall 2010 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• MU has an 80% Graduation Success Rate, a record performance for Mizzou and second in the conference, only one percentage point behind Kansas State’s 81

• MU led the Big 12 conference by having 6 teams with the highest Graduation Success Rate in their respective sport (Football, Men’s Swimming, Women’s Basketball, Women’s Golf, Soccer, Woman’s Swimming)

• MU had four teams with a perfect 100% Graduation Success Rate (Women’s Basketball, Women’s Golf, Soccer, Women’s Swimming)

• Soccer’s 100% Graduation Success Rate was the only Big 12 school and one of 10 public, BCS institutions to accomplish the feat and Women’s Basketball’s 100% Graduation Success Rate was one of 14 public, BCS institutions to accomplish the feat

• Seven of MU’s sport programs led the Big 12 conference in Academic Progress Rate, a measure of academic progress and performance of athletic programs, ranking second in the conference behind Texas’ nine (Women’s golf, Women’s basketball, Women’s Swimming and Diving, Gymnastics, Women’s Indoor Track and Field, Women’s Outdoor Track and Field, and Men’s Swimming and Diving)

• Alysha Bonnick and Laurence Bowers received the Chick-Fil-A Community of Champions Award

Missouri shortstop Jenna Marston has been named USA Baseball’s Sportswoman of the Year for her outstanding performance on the USA Baseball Women’s National Team this past summer.

Marston helped Team USA to a bronze medal win over Venezuela, as they defeated the host country by a 15-5 score in the third place game. The Tiger sophomore started all nine games at the 2010 IBAF Women’s World Cup, rotating between right field, pitcher and shortstop.

Her .593 batting average (16-for-27) was the highest on Team USA and second highest amongst hitters for the entire tournament. She also was the tournament leader with 16 hits and eight doubles. She finished with 12 runs scored, seven runs batted in, was a perfect 3-for-3 on stolen bases, posted a team-best .636 on-base percentage and a slugging percentage of .889, second-highest on the team.

On the hill, Marston posted a 1-1 record with a miniscule 1.91 earned run average in three starts. In 11.0 innings pitched, she struck out six batters while holding opponents to a .211 batting average.

For her impressive showing, Marston was just one of two Team USA players to be selected to the All-Tournament Team, earning the honors as the squad’s shortstop. Last year as a freshman, Marston helped guide the Tigers to their second straight Women’s College World Series appearance by hitting .366 with five home runs and 52 runs batted in, the most on the team.

Marston will be honored by USA Baseball with a jersey presentation at a date that is to be determined. For more information, stay tuned to mutigers.com.