PITTSBURG, Kan. –  Riley Witt of Northwest Missouri State University was named the Athletic Solutions "A Game" Scholar-Athlete of the 2026 MIAA Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship.
 
All 12 MIAA men's track and field programs are in Pittsburg, Kan., this weekend for the Association's indoor track and field championships, hosted in the Gorillas' Robert W. Plaster Center February 27-March 1. Among the hundreds of NCAA Division II student-athletes competing in the championship, Northwest Missouri's Riley Witt was named the championship's "A Game" Scholar-Athlete.
 
Established by the MIAA in 2022, "A Game" Scholar-Athlete Award presented by Athletic Solutions acknowledges the overall excellence of a student-athlete by recognizing one individual who has contributed to their team's success while also achieving the highest academic standard among peers. The student-athlete honored with the "A Game" Scholar-Athlete Award must be an active member of a qualifying team and must have a minimum of two terms completed at the institution.
 
Witt is a senior from Osage, Iowa, on the Bearcats track and field team. In the classroom, Witt is an exercise science major with a perfect 4.0 grade point average and 94 credits completed. On the track, he's one of the league's top distance runners with an MIAA-leading mile time (3:59.07) and a member of the league's top distance medley relay (DMR) team (9:39.65). Witt's top mile time and the Bearcats' top DMR time are both currently ranked No. 5 on this season's NCAA Division II performance lists.
 
Witt is entered in two events at the 2026 indoor championship. Witt set a qualifying time of 1:52.56 to claim second in the men's 800-meter run on Saturday. He'll open Sunday's competition with the men's mile run, scheduled for 1:30 p.m with the 800-meter run finals to follow at 3:15 p.m.
 
Witt is the third Bearcat track and field athlete to earn the "A Game" Scholar-Athlete award, but the first to claim the honor at the indoor championships.  He's the fifth Northwest Missouri student-athlete overall to earn the title. To view past "A Game" Scholar-Athlete award winners and find more information about the award, visit theMIAA.com/scholar-athletes.
 
The MIAA will present Witt with the Athletic Solutions "A Game" Scholar-Athlete award this Sunday (March 1), during the championship's awards presentation. To view the official meet schedule, live results, and find more information on the 2026 MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, visit theMIAA.com/indoorchampionships.