FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 15, 2007

Matt Habermehl named to MIAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll

Overland Park, Kan. -  Missouri Southern senior forward Matt Habermehl was one of just 21 players named to the MIAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll today.

Habermehl, a 6-7 forward from Independence and William Christman High School, helped the Lions to their ninth straight appearance in the MIAA Tournament this season. He started in 17 of the 28 games he played in, averaging six points and 3.8 rebounds per game.

He is a physical education major at Southern and will graduate this year with a 3.1 GPA.

2006-07 MIAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll -- Men's Basketball

Name                   School Pos. Cl. Major(s)                            Hometown
Banister, Paul         UCM    F    Jr. Business                            Wildwood, Mo.
Blair, Colt            SBU    F/G  So. Physical education                  Bolivar, Mo.
Book, Wes              ESU    G    Jr. Physical education                  Emporia, Kan.
Certa, Nick            TSU    F    Jr. Business administration (finance)   Godfrey, Ill.
Elliott, Scott         ESU    G    Sr. Marketing                           Leavenworth, Kan.
Estridge, Banks        TSU    G    So. Business administration             Eureka, Mo.
Frazier, Nathan        UCM    G    So. Computer information systems        Versailles, Mo.
Grabowski, Jim         SBU    F    Jr. Business                            Bolivar, Mo.
Grafel, Rusty          FHSU   G    Sr. Health & human performance          Oberlin, Kan.
Habermehl, Matt        MSSU   F    Sr. Physical education                  Independence, Mo.
Henry, Hunter          NWMSU  F    So. Physical education                  Lenexa, Kan.
Jones, Theo            UCM    G    Sr. Criminology                         Bowling Green, Fla.
Lopez, Jesus           SBU    F    Sr. International business              Hermosillo, Mexico
Meile, Andrew          WU     G    Jr. Finance                             Olathe, Kan.
Olberding, Colin       FHSU   G    So. General science                     Seneca, Kan.
Peterson, Andy         NWMSU  G    Jr. Agricultural economics              Trenton, Mo.
Robinson, Ryan         TSU    F    So. History                             Roscoe, Ill.
Sisk, Brady            WU     F    Jr. Finance                             Topeka, Kan.
Stoker, Charles        UCM    F    Sr. Business management                 DeSoto, Texas
Taylor, Matt           TSU    G    So. Exercise science                    Marshalltown, Iowa
Tegtmeier, Caleb       ESU    F    Jr. Business administration             Emporia, Kan.