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Nine Chippewa Gymnasts Honored By MAC For Academics
4/10/2019 1:57:00 PM | Gymnastics
CMU's Kailey Miller, Gianna Plaksa named to squad for third-consecutive year
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Nine Central Michigan Chippewas were named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference gymnastics team for the 2019 season.
CMU is one of four league institutions to put nine student-athletes on the squad.
CMU's Nora Fettinger, a sophomore from Hemlock, Mich., and a biology major, is one of five MAC gymnasts who were named to the squad with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
The other Chippewas who earned the honor, with their year, hometown, major and GPA: Gianna Plaksa, senior, Mountain Top, Pa., biology, 3.92; Denelle Pedrick, junior, Wilcox, Sask., exercise science, 3.72; Macey Hilliker, graduate student, Bay City, Mich., master's in public health, 3.63; Hayley Porter, junior, Bellevue, Neb., exercise science, 3.56; Kennedy Rae Johnson, sophomore, Cordova, Tenn., undecided, 3.53; Abbie Rose Zoeller, senior, Flowery Branch, Ga., exercise science, 3.49; Kailey Miller, senior, Lexington, Ky., biology/biomedical sciences, 3.47; Skyler Memmel, senior, Dousman, Wis., sport management, 3.43;
It marks the third-consecutive season that both Plaksa and Miller have been named to the honor squad, and the second year in a row for Pedrick, Porter and Zoeller.
To be eligible for the squad, a gymnast must possess a 3.2 or better cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of her team's meets. Freshmen and transfers in their first year at their new school are not eligible.
CMU is one of four league institutions to put nine student-athletes on the squad.
CMU's Nora Fettinger, a sophomore from Hemlock, Mich., and a biology major, is one of five MAC gymnasts who were named to the squad with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
The other Chippewas who earned the honor, with their year, hometown, major and GPA: Gianna Plaksa, senior, Mountain Top, Pa., biology, 3.92; Denelle Pedrick, junior, Wilcox, Sask., exercise science, 3.72; Macey Hilliker, graduate student, Bay City, Mich., master's in public health, 3.63; Hayley Porter, junior, Bellevue, Neb., exercise science, 3.56; Kennedy Rae Johnson, sophomore, Cordova, Tenn., undecided, 3.53; Abbie Rose Zoeller, senior, Flowery Branch, Ga., exercise science, 3.49; Kailey Miller, senior, Lexington, Ky., biology/biomedical sciences, 3.47; Skyler Memmel, senior, Dousman, Wis., sport management, 3.43;
It marks the third-consecutive season that both Plaksa and Miller have been named to the honor squad, and the second year in a row for Pedrick, Porter and Zoeller.
To be eligible for the squad, a gymnast must possess a 3.2 or better cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of her team's meets. Freshmen and transfers in their first year at their new school are not eligible.
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