SPRINGFIELD — Missouri State swimming freestyler Allee Armitage (Kansas City, Mo.) and track distance specialist Jasmine Crawford (Riverside, Mo.) were announced Tuesday (June 29) as the recipients of the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Senior Female Scholar-Athlete Award for 2021.
The Wynn Award is presented annually to the graduating active female senior student-athlete(s) with the highest grade-point average. The award is named in honor of the late Missouri State educator, coach and athletics administrator, Dr. Mary Jo Wynn, who became the first female to be named as a Missouri Sports Legend by the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.
Both student-athletes completed their degree requirements in May to finish their undergraduate studies with perfect 4.0 grade-point averages. The tandem completed a combined 281 credit hours and made exclusively A’s throughout their academic careers.
Armitage is a two-time member of the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team in swimming and earned All-MVC honorable mention honors in 2019. She is an Anthropology major and graduated summa cum laude with additional scrutiny in the prestigious Honors College.
Crawford is an Exercise & Movement Science major who also graduated summa cum laude in May. She was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team in 2020 and is a four-time honoree on the MVC Honor Roll.
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Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Senior Female Scholar-Athlete Award Recipients
1981 – Diane Linneman, basketball
1982 – Stephanie Dutton, field hockey
1983 – Jennifer Seveland Box, volleyball / Diane Busenbark, cross country
1984 – Mandy Charles, track
1985 – Maureen Manda, volleyball
1986 – Lisa Einheuser, cross country and track
1987 – Marla Douglass, basketball
1988 – Julie Warren, volleyball
1989 – Mandy Struckhoff, volleyball
1990 – Pat Stock, volleyball
1991 – Karen Heman, field hockey
1992 – Charity Shira, basketball
1993 – JanaRae Abram, tennis
1994 – Melody Howard, basketball
1995 – Linda Shipton, field hockey
1996 – Jodie Schurle, track & field
1997 – Alissa Donaldson, field hockey and soccer
1998 – Michelle Witzke, volleyball
1999 – Cheryl Haslag, cross country and track / Lisa Davies, basketball
2000 – Lani Kim, volleyball
2001 – Jessica Gorham, softball
2002 – Erica Adams, swimming
2003 – Rhonda Allen, cross country and track
2004 – Mary Litvan, soccer
2005 – Karen Hymer, soccer
2006 – Sarah Klaassen, basketball
2007 – Melissa Behr, field hockey
2008 – Carrie Vestal, cross country and track
2009 – Cara Belcher, swimming & diving
2010 – Chelsea Ray, swimming & diving
2011 – Katharina Voelkel, swimming & diving
2012 – Terry Phillips, cross country and track
2013 – Chelsea Voet, soccer
2014 – Emily Beaver, cross country and track
2015 – Andrea Beaty, volleyball
2016 – Molly Brewer, soccer / Jessi Pope, field hockey
2017 – Laura Ketzer, soccer / Shawna Elsey, swimming
2018 – Brianne Dixon, volleyball
2019 – Ashley Childers, golf
2020 – Kaitlin Maxwell, soccer
2021 – Allee Armitage, swimming / Jasmine Crawford, track
