This story was published before Missouri Valley College became Missouri Valley University in August 2026.
Loanne Martino (Clamart, France) has been awarded the Loren C. Gruber Endowed Honors Award for her Honors Thesis, “Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Women Athletes.”
Martino is an MVC December 2021 graduate having majored in Business Management focusing on Sports Management. She is currently enrolled in the Sport Management masters program at Cal State Long Beach.
The Loren C. Gruber Endowed Honors Award was created by Dr. Loren C. Gruber, professor of English at Missouri Valley College. His final year of teaching at MVC coincided with the first year of the Honors Program (2012), and he created this endowed award to celebrate the research and creativity of the Honors Program students.
