Wayne State College placed 47 student-athletes named to the 2018 Northern Sun Conference Fall All-Academic Teams announced by the league office in Burnsville, Minn.
New this year, the NSIC will highlight the All-Academic Team members with a 3.60 grade-point average or higher with the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence Award and 30 of the 47 All-Academic selections for Wayne State had a 3.60 GPA or higher.
To be eligible for the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence, a student-athlete must have a 3.60 cumulative GPA or higher, while NSIC All-Academic Team members must have a 3.20 cumulative GPA or higher. Additionally, the student-athlete must be a member of the varsity traveling team, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at her/his institution (true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible athletic transfers are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at that institution.
The Wayne State women’s soccer team had the most selections for the Wildcats with 14 followed by volleyball at 13 and football with 11. Wildcat men’s cross country had five honorees with women’s cross country earning four selections.
The following is a listing of Wayne State student-athletes named to the 2018 NSIC Fall All-Academic Teams (* indicates All-Academic Team of Excellence members):
Men’s Cross Country — Junior: Nathan Pearson*; Sophomores: Jesus Arellano, Brock Hegarty*, Nathen Hiemer*, Bailey Peckham*.
Women’s Cross Country — Juniors: Kim Lowman*, Josephine Peitz*; Sophomores: Molly McCartney*, Sabrina Sack*.
Football — Senior: Austin Gubbels; Juniors: Ian Ailts, Aaron Bleil, Odessa Clark, Kolbie Foster*, Ethan Knudson*, Jacob Protzman; Sophomores: Corbin Foster, Jordan Leake, Conner Paxton, Dorien Welch.
Women’s Soccer — Seniors: Brooke Buzzell, Rachel Fraser*, Samantha Phillips, Natalie Rech*, Christina Stasi*, Alexis Strothers; Juniors: Madison Burgard*, Lauren Fleming*, Rachel Gristham*, Sophia Ketchmark*, Carleigh Wilson; Sophomores: Sydney Rogers, Megan Schuster*, Rylie Wehner*.
Volleyball — Graduate: Megan Gebhardt*, Senior: Maria Wortmann*, Juniors: Morgan Alexander*, Tarrin Beller, Haley Kauth*, Katie Stephens*; Sophomores: Alyssa Ballenger*, Jaci Brahmer*, Hope Carter, Maddie Duffy*, Maddie Knobbe*, Allison Timmermans*, Jacee Weber*.
