Any parent can sympathize with the Southeast Missouri State football coaching staff, as they tried to keep 89 student-athletes on the straight and narrow academically this spring semester. Sometimes, it is difficult to manage several young people through school, let alone 89 of them. However, as with everything else that the Redhawks accomplished during the 2022-23 academic year – both on and off the football field – SEMO reached heights previously thought unattainable.