Fifteen seniors from Wayne State College were recognized with the 13th 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.
The 15 seniors from Wayne State that earned the honor represented eight different sports. A record total 238 student athletes from the 16 institutions in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference will receive the award in its 13th year. Each student athlete will be recognized by the NSIC with a certificate of achievement and a wrist watch.
Wayne State students honored include (sport in parenthesis, followed by major and grade-point average):
— Kortney Buresh, Bellevue (softball, sport management/communications, 3.78)
— Aaron English, Omaha (track and field, business education, 3.942)
— Emily Hale, Fort Scott, Kan. (softball, pre-physical therapy, 3.868)
— Kylie Hammer, Wayne (women’s basketball, elementary education, 3.916)
— Nicole Heeren, Allison, Iowa (track and field, biology/life sciences, 3.835)
— Bryce Holcomb, Lincoln (men’s cross country/track and field, business finance/accounting, 3.882)
— Lauren Jacobsen, Wisner (volleyball/beach volleyball, pre-medicine, 4.0)
— Marin Jetensky, Tekamah (women’s cross country/track and field, early childhood education, 3.953)
— Alex Lindsay, Pierce (football, skilled/technical science, 3.797)
— Ryan Petersen, Papillion (baseball, special education, 3.884)
— Megan Phillips, Gillette, Wyo. (women’s soccer, communication studies, 3.991)
— Allie Rosener, Newcastle (women’s cross country/track and field, pscychology/Spanish, 3.947)
— Kamryn Sparks, Kansas City, Kan. (Softball, exercise science, 3.755)
— Alex Thramer, Ewing (football, business education, 3.976)
— Brooke Worrel, Overland Park, Kan. (Women’s soccer, applied human sport physiology, 3.969(
