The Gulf South Conference announced University of Montevallo’s Lainey Farabaugh as the 2026 GSC Women’s Soccer Champion Scholar-Athlete.

CHAMPION SCHOLAR-ATHLETE HISTORY

Farabaugh, a senior from Altoona, Penn., earned the GSC Champion Scholar-Athlete Award with a 4.00 grade point average while majoring in data analytics. The 2026 GSC Offensive Player of the Year, is the first Falcon recognized during the 2026-27 academic year and 17th all-time, while becoming and the program’s first awardee since 2024 (Madysen Legere).

This is the eighth year that the Gulf South Conference has presented the Champion Scholar-Athlete Award. The award is given out at the final site of each GSC Championship event and awarded to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA among teams participating. Each student-athlete GPA is based on the most recently completed term, and the individual must have a minimum of 48 credit hours to be eligible for the award. Student-athletes are only eligible to win the award once per academic year.