Five Wayne State College seniors received the 10th 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, including their grade-point average and major, include volleyball players Megan Gebhardt (4.0, finance) and Maria Wortmann (3.96, early childhood education), Alyx Hagen (3.81, sport management) from softball, women’s soccer player Christina Stasi (4.0, psychology and sociology) and Travis Miller from baseball (3.8, sport management).
A record total 156 student athletes from the 16 institutions in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference will receive the award in its 10th year. Each student athlete will be recognized by the NSIC with a certificate of achievement and a wrist watch.
