BURNSVILLE, Minn. – Augustana's Abby Hora and Ben Kelvington have been named NSIC Honor Student-Athletes as part of the league's Britton/Kelly Awards announced Thursday. Hora completed her senior season with the Viking women's basketball team this past year while Kelvington was a national qualifier in his final year with Viking wrestling.
 
The nomination of Hora and Kelvington came from a criterion of a grade point average of 3.5 or better, evidence of academic excellence beyond the minimum GPA (scholarship prizes and other academic recognition), evidence of participation in the life of the institution, and evidence of participation in at least two-thirds of the varsity events of the individual's primary sport.
 
Hora, hailing from Viborg, South Dakota, is a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree with her 3.99 GPA in nursing while also earning Academic All-NSIC accolades. On the basketball court, she was a Second Team All-NSIC selection while starting all 28 games. She averaged a team-high 12 points per contest and scored a career-high 27 points on Feb. 15 against Concordia-St. Paul.
 
She completed her career with 946 points and 339 rebounds while playing in 118 games.
 
Kelvington, recently awarded the NCAA's Postgraduate Scholarship, owns a 3.99 GPA in biochemistry. The NSIC All-Academic honoree has reeled in the academic awards, earning the NCAA's Elite 90 award and the NSIC's Elite 18 award for holding the highest GPA at championship events. He also earned NWCA Division II Scholar All-America honors.
 
The Jordan, Minnesota, native, qualified for the National Championships at 174 pounds and was named All-America by the NWCA. He earned Second Team All-NSIC honors after owning a 15-5 overall record, recording 55 takedowns, five reversals and 25 escapes throughout the season.