An all-time high 15 Wayne State College seniors were honored with the 11th annual NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award.
The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed to senior NSIC student-athletes who have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.75 or higher and are exhausting their eligibility and on track to graduate.
Wildcat athletes receiving the prestigious academic honor include volleyball players Morgan Alexander, Tarrin Beller, Haley Kauth and Katie Stephens, women’s soccer players Madison Burgard, Rachel Grisham and Sophia Ketchmark, football players Kolbie Foster and Ethan Knudson, Kim Johnson and Tia Jones from women’s track and field, Dylan Kaup, Dylan Kessler and Nathan Pearson of men’s track and field and Jacob Lemar from baseball.
A record total 194 student athletes from the 16 institutions in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference will receive the award in its 11th year. Each student athlete will be recognized by the NSIC with a certificate of achievement and a wrist watch.
Wayne State’s Myles Brand Award winners include (name, hometown, major/GPA):
Volleyball — Morgan Alexander, Ord, Elementary Education/3.83; Tarrin Beller, Lindsay, Exercise Science/3.76; Haley Kauth, Roseville, Minn., Education/3.99; Katie Stephens, Omaha, Biology-Pre Med/3.86.
Women’s Soccer — Madison Burgard, Bismarck, N.D., Chemistry-Pre Med/4.00;Rachel Grisham, Columbus, Criminal Justice/4.00;Sophia Ketchmark, La Vista, Biology-Pre Med/4.00.
Football — Kolbie Foster, Omaha, Family Consumer Science/3.83; Ethan Knudson, Harlan, Iowa, Industrial Technology/3.93.
Track and Field — Kimberly Johnson, Avoca, Human Service Counseling/ 3.82; Tia Jones, Elkhorn, Sport Management/3.76; Dylan Kaup, Neligh, Physical-Spanish Education/3.76.
Track/Cross Country — Dylan Kessler, Apache Junction, Ariz., Sport Management/3.77; Nathan Pearson, Aurelia, Iowa, Speech Comm./Org. Leadership/3.88,
Baseball — Jacob Lemar, Urbandale, Iowa,Computer Science/3.90.
