Wayne State College placed 34 student-athletes named to the 2018 Northern Sun Conference Spring All-Academic Team.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a member of the varsity traveling team and have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better. The student-athlete must also have reached sophomore academic and athletic standing at the institution represented with one full year completed at that particular institution.
The Wildcat men’s track and field team had the most spring selections with 12 followed by baseball at nine, softball seven honorees and women’s track and field six.
The following is a listing of Wayne State student-athletes named to the 2018 NSIC Spring All-Academic Team, including year and hometown:
Baseball
David Janes, Sr., Dubuque, Iowa
Spencer Johnson, Sr., Centennial, Colo.
Adam Poldberg, Sr., Carter Lake, Iowa
Dalton Smith, Sr., Omaha
Gabe Hoogers, Jr. , Sioux City, Iowa
Jordan Mehl, Jr., Concordia, Kansas
Kyle Thompson, Jr., Omaha
Jake Lemar, So., Urbandale, Iowa
Lawson Zenner, So., Savage, Minn.
Softball
Jordyn Breitbarth, Sr., Hilo, Hawaii
Rachel Shumaker, Sr., Whittier, Calif.
Katelyn Wobken, Sr., Scribner
Abbie Hix, Jr., Wayne
Riley Vanderveen, Jr., Burlington, Wash.
Allison Niemeier, So., Kansas City, Mo.
Jenna Stewart, So., Moorpark, Calif.
Men’s Outdoor Track and Field
Allen Arauz, Sr., Norfolk
Antoine Bardou, Sr., St. Chely D’apcher, France
Derek Lahm, Sr., Columbus
Brandon Marker, Sr., Springfield
Brady Metz, Sr., Grand Island
Kole Heller, Jr., Platte, S.D.
Jayle Hinkle, Jr., Ericson
Matthew Nemec, Jr., Hayward, Minn.
Robert Sullivan, Jr., Bennington
Richard Sweeney, Jr., Blair
Dylan Kaup, So., Neligh
Nathan Pearson, So., Aurelia, Iowa
Women’s Indoor Track and Field
Mary Alderson, Gr., Fremont
Michaela Dendinger, Sr., Coleridge
Tessa Ives, Sr., Verdigre
Morgan Shearer, Jr., Mondamin, Iowa
Tia Jones, So., Elkhorn
Josephine Peitz, So., Wakefield
