Central Michigan University Athletics
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Ten Chippewas Earn Academic All-MAC
12/6/2018 2:26:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
Five CMU runners repeat on academic honor squad
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Ten Central Michigan student-athletes were named Academic All-Mid-American Conference for the 2018 cross country season.
CMU is represented by seven women and three men. Five of the Chippewas – Luke Anderson, Mark Beckmann, Conor Naughton, Samantha Allmacher and Erin Zdrojewski – earned academic all-conference honors for the second consecutive season.
The Chippewas named to the squad with their hometown, year, grade point average and major: Anderson, Palms, junior, 3.62, undecided; Beckmann, Waterloo, Ind., junior, 3.27, physical education; Naughton, Northville, sophomore, 3.60, sport management; Allmacher, Utica, senior, 3.93, biology; Natalie Beaulieu, Newberry, junior, 3.83, exercise science; Anna Garcia Arias, Valdeorras, Spain, sophomore, 3.37, undecided; Carissa Gobbi, Guelph, Ont., Can., sophomore, 3.83, exercise science; Morgan Merlino, Farmington, sophomore, 3.64, mathematics; Kirsten Olling, Wheeler, senior, 3.32, dietetics; Zdrojewski, Cass City, junior, 3.75, undecided.
To be eligible for Academic All-MAC honors, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or better and have participated in at least 50 percent of his or her team's competitions.
CMU is represented by seven women and three men. Five of the Chippewas – Luke Anderson, Mark Beckmann, Conor Naughton, Samantha Allmacher and Erin Zdrojewski – earned academic all-conference honors for the second consecutive season.
The Chippewas named to the squad with their hometown, year, grade point average and major: Anderson, Palms, junior, 3.62, undecided; Beckmann, Waterloo, Ind., junior, 3.27, physical education; Naughton, Northville, sophomore, 3.60, sport management; Allmacher, Utica, senior, 3.93, biology; Natalie Beaulieu, Newberry, junior, 3.83, exercise science; Anna Garcia Arias, Valdeorras, Spain, sophomore, 3.37, undecided; Carissa Gobbi, Guelph, Ont., Can., sophomore, 3.83, exercise science; Morgan Merlino, Farmington, sophomore, 3.64, mathematics; Kirsten Olling, Wheeler, senior, 3.32, dietetics; Zdrojewski, Cass City, junior, 3.75, undecided.
To be eligible for Academic All-MAC honors, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or better and have participated in at least 50 percent of his or her team's competitions.
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