UNIVERSITY CENTER, MICH. – Saginaw Valley State University graduate Cheyenne Nesbitt was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women's Scholar Athlete of the Year by the league office today (July 2). Nesbitt is the first student-athlete from SVSU to be awarded the GLIAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year since the award's inception in 2007-08. The award is presented annually to one male and one female among the GLIAC Commissioner's Award honorees throughout the 2023-24 academic year.

Cheyenne Nesbitt finished a historic career with 10 NCAA DII National Championships and over a dozen All-America honors. This season, she was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) women's field athlete of the year for the second straight year. Nesbitt made history at the 2024 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships as she claimed her fourth consecutive National Title in the heptathlon after setting a new SVSU record with a final score of 6002. She is the first woman in NCAA history, in any division, to win four consecutive heptathlon championships, and she is just one of six NCAA Division II women's athletes to win four straight national championships in their respective event. The 6002-point total ranks second all-time in NCAA Division II. The GLIAC Women's Field Athlete of the Year is the third woman in D2 to break the 6000-point mark. In addition, Nesbitt set a new Cardinal record in the 100m hurdles (13.09) and the high jump (1.78m) on the first day. She earned three All-America honors in the heptathlon, high jump, and 4x100 relay, setting new school records in all three events. Nesbitt competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials. She finished 11th in the heptathlon at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Nesbitt totaled 5,934 points to claim 11th in the overall standings after compiling four top-10 finishes in the seven-event competition, including one top-three performance. Nesbitt earned the GLIAC Academic Excellence Award in 2024 and the GLIAC All-Academic Award in 2023.