2012-13 Highlights and Awards
7/1/2013 12:00:00 AM | General
In the Community Softball Visits with First Responders on 9/11 Anniversary (9/12) Smith a Featured Speaker in Basketball Coaching Academy Fundraiser (10/4) Trent Howard Named Minor League Community Service Award Winner (10/5) Women's Basketball Raises Awareness on the Fight Against Hunger During Hoops for Hunger (12/3) Little Caesars Love Kitchen Makes Mount Pleasant Stop (12/21) Football Volunteers at Salvation Army Breakfast (12/25) CMU Dedicates Display in Events Center to Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe (1/24) Katie Johns Inspiring Chippewas to "Embrace the Challenge" (1/31) CMU Football Gives Back to Community with Week of Service Activities (4/22) In the Classroom Basketball Newcomers Transition Well into the Classroom (8/10) Turner Named MAC Scholar-Athlete and Defensive Player of the Week (9/5) Bailey Brandon in the Final 30 for 2012 Senior CLASS Award (9/18) Radcliff Named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week (9/26) Inaugural Career Symposium Gives Student-Athletes Career Insights (10/8) Brandon, Turner Earn First-Team Academic All-District V Honors for CMU Soccer (11/1) Lindsey Dulude Named First-Team Academic All-District V for CMU Volleyball (11/8) Wilson Earns Third Academic All-District First Team Honor for CMU Football (11/8) Softball Earns 5th-Highest GPA in NCAA Division 1 (11/15) Soccer Earns 13th Straight NSCAA Team Academic Award (11/15) McIntyre and Coates Lead Four All-MAC Selections for CMU Volleyball (11/15) Field Hockey's Lazar Named to All-West Region Second Team (11/15) Brandon Becomes Soccer's First Two-Time Academic All-American (11/29) Football's Wilson Earns Second Academic All-America Honor (12/5) Slaughter, Brandon, Turner Earn NSCAA Scholar All-Region Recognition (12/8) Field Hockey Headlines Academic All-MAC Team With Seven Selections (12/13) 28 Student-Athletes Earn Degrees in December Graduation Ceremonies (12/15) Eight Soccer Players Earn Academic All-MAC Honors (12/17) Slaughter, Brandon, Turner Earn NSCAA Scholar All-America Recognition (12/18) Softball's Dornbos Selected as 2013 Senior CLASS Award Candidate (2/20) Chippewas Earn All-Academic Recognition from USTFCCCA (2/25) Field Hockey Earns Highest GPA in the Nation (3/5) Wrestling's Scott Mattingly Earns Third Career Academic All-MAC Honor (4/17) Men's Basketball Saylor Named to Academic All-MAC List (4/22) Niki DiGuilio Named to BCAM Academic-Athletic Honors Team (5/1) Softball's Dornbos Named to Capital One Academic All-District V First Team (5/2) Conference Best Seven Chippewas Earn Academic All-MAC Honors for CMU Gymnastics (5/2) Academic Excellence Celebrated at 2012-13 Banquet – Event Video (5/4) Student-Athletes Participate in Commencement (5/4) Wrestling's Mattingly Earns NWCA Academic Honors (5/21) Softball's Five Academic All-MAC Selections Set Pace (6/7) Baseball's Trowbridge Named to Academic All-MAC Squad (6/28) In Competition The Clash at Kelly/Shorts Stadium set an attendance record of 35,127 (9/8) Field Hockey Shuts Out No. 22 Maine, 1-0 (9/1) Soccer Garnering National Attention (9/12) Harman's 47-yard Field Goal Gives CMU 32-31 Win at Iowa (9/22) CMU Ranked 12th, Six Picked in Top 25 Wrestling Preseason Poll (9/24) 2012 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (10/1) Mejilla Invited to Philippine Women's National Soccer Team Tryouts (10/10) Four Chippewas Ranked No. 1 in MAC Preseason Wrestling Poll (10/19) Soccer Claims MAC West title and Second Seed in Tournament (10/25) Men's Cross Country Places Second at MAC Championships (10/27) Five Representatives From CMU Soccer Named to the All-MAC First Team (11/1) Lazar, VanNatta Lead Five All-MAC Field Hockey Selections (11/1) Soccer is First Team in Conference History to Earn an At-Large Bid to the NCAA Tournament (11/6) No. 17 CMU Upsets No. 13 Michigan, 21-16, in Wrestling Season Opener (11/6) Wilson Named a Wuerffel Trophy Finalist for Second Consecutive Season (11/15) Four Chippewas Receive All-MAC Honors for CMU Volleyball (11/15) Five Chippewas Receive All-MAC Honors for CMU Football (11/28) CMU Football Accepts Bid to Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (12/2) Season Review: Unprecedented Successes in 2012 for Soccer (12/4) CMU Announces Plans to Add Women's Golf, Women's Lacrosse (12/6) Soccer’s Slaughter, Brandon, Turner Earn NSCAA All-Region Honors(12/10) Fisher Earns Two All-America Honors for Football (12/11) Chippewas Are Little Caesars Bowl Champions (12/26) Women's Basketball Defeats #20 Texas (12/30) Bennett Claims Midlands Title, Named Most Outstanding Wrester (12/30) Football's Addae and Fisher to Play in All-Star Games (1/3) No. 12 Chippewas Hand No. 7 Mizzou First Loss, 17-16 (1/20) Three Straight: Bradford Earns Another MAC West Honor for women's basketball (1/21) No. 11 Chippewas Dominate Kent State for Share of MAC Title (1/28) Staley, Former Chippewa, Goes for Super Bowl Glory on Sunday (2/1) CMU Women's Basketball Use Play4Kay to Play for Katie (2/12) Fisher Receives Invitation to NFL Scouting Combine (2/12) Radcliff to Play in Ohio vs. Michigan Senior Bowl (2/15) Three Chippewas Invited to U.S. Women's Volleyball Open Tryout (2/21) Harman Accepts Invite to Play in Ohio vs. Michigan Senior Bowl (2/26) Bradford Named to All-MAC First Team (3/8) Wrestling's Bennett, Ottinger Claim MAC Titles; Chippewas Finish Second (3/10) CMU Football Hosts Annual Pro Day (3/11) Randall and Fowler Recognized on All-Conference List for Men's Basketball (3/11) Brackets Released for 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships (3/13) Chippewas Punch Their Ticket to the Big Dance, 86-68 (3/16) Chippewas Receive 11 seed, Draw No. 6 Oklahoma in First Round (3/18) Bradford Named All-Region 4 Nominee for WBCA All-America Team (3/19) CMU Gymnastics Wins a Share of its Fourth Consecutive MAC Championship (3/23) Wrestling's Bennett and Trice Cap CMU Careers with All-American Finishes (3/23) CMU Gymnastics Earns Bid to NCAA Regional in Columbus (3/25) Clash at Comerica Highlights Pair of Midweek Games (4/15) Bradford Invited to Team USA World University Games Tryouts (4/17) Beidleman Introduced as CMU Women’s Golf Head Coach (4/18) Keilitz to be Inducted into the MAC Hall of Fame (4/18) Women's Basketball to Play in 2013 Paradise Jam (4/23) Eric Fisher is the No. 1 Overall Pick in the NFL Draft (4/25) Brown Smashes School Record at Penn Relays (4/26) Addae and Wilson Sign NFL Free Agent Contracts (4/28) Softball Captures the 2013 MAC Tournament Championship (5/11) Softball's Merchant Named NFCA All-Region (5/16) Crystal Bradford Named to USA World University Games Team (5/19) Seven Chippewas Earn Phil Steele Preseason All-MAC Honors for CMU Football (5/22) Track and Field's Ribant Earns Academic All-MAC Honors (5/30) Baseball's Rheault Drafted in the 19th Round by Baltimore Orioles (6/10) Soccer's Brandon Named the MAC's NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee (6/21) Finished 88th in the nation in the Division I Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings (6/30)