Wayne State seniors Vance Janssen and Christina Stasi were named as the Northern Sun Conference Men’s and Women’s Honor Student Athlete award winners from Wayne State College.
Each Northern Sun Conference institution nominates one male and one female student-athlete for the Britton and Kelly Awards. The nominees must meet criteria that includes a grade-point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale, evidence of academic excellence beyond the minimum grade-point average (scholarship prizes and other academic recognition), evidence of participation in the life of the institution and evidence of participation in at least two-thirds of the varsity events of the individual’s primary sport.
Janssen is a senior men’s basketball player and maintains a 3.719 GPA majoring in pre-pharmacy and chemical health science. He started all but one game in his four years on the basketball court at point guard and averaged 12.1 points and 3.5 rebounds per game as a senior to earn All-NSIC honorable mention honors, helping the Wildcats to a 21-10 record and a share of the NSIC South Division regular season title.
Janssen ended his Wildcat career ranking second in career steals (165), fifth in career assists (289) and 19th in career scoring with 1,153 points.
He was awarded the Butch Raymond Scholarship by Sanford Health and is a three-time selection to the NSIC All-Academic Team. Janssen will graduate from Wayne State College in May and has been accepted into pharmacy school at Nebraska Medical Center where he will continue his education.
Stasi is a senior on the Wildcat women’s soccer team and carries a 4.0 GPA majoring in psychology and sociology.
On the soccer pitch, Stasi earned All-NSIC Second Team honors this season after leading the Wildcats in scoring for a second straight season. She led the team with 10 points on four goals and two assists and was an All-NSIC selection three of her four years at Wayne State (All-NSIC honorable mention as a freshman and junior).
Academically, she became the first Wildcat soccer player to receiver Academic All-American honors this season as she was named Google Cloud Academic All-American Third Team along with United Soccer Coaches Women’s Scholar All-West Region Third Team. Stasi is a three-time NSIC All-Academic selection.
Stasi will graduate from Wayne State College in May and has accepted a job in Omaha and will also pursue graduate school at the same time.
Janssen and Stasi will also be honored as the Wayne State Bob Cunningham Scholar Athletes of the Year.
