18 Chippewas Named Academic All-MAC

4/1/2020 9:20:00 AM | Track & Field

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Eighteen members of the Central Michigan women's indoor track & field team were named Academic All-Mid-American Conference for the 2020 season.

CMU sophomore Lexi Jorgens was named to the squad and is one of nine MAC female indoor track & field student-athletes to have recorded a perfect 4.00 grade point average.

The Chippewas who earned a spot on the squad with year, hometown, GPA, and major: Lauren Beckmann, sophomore, Waterloo, Ind., 3.91, biology; Maya Bennett, junior, Lansing, 3.33, biology; Natalie Beaulieu, senior, Newberry, 3.84, exercise science; Alexa Davis, sophomore, Kalamazoo, 3.87, anthropology and cultural and global studies; Marissa Dunn, junior, Novi, 3.89, recreation and event management; Anna Garcia Arias, junior, Valdeorras, Ourense, Spain, 3.59, mathematics; Carissa Gobi, senior, Guelph, Ont., Can., 3.80, exercise science; Mikaela Grant, senior, Fort Atkinson, Wis., 3.92, dietetics; Olivia Hankey, sophomore, 3.46, Waterford, exercise science; Rebecca Herman, sophomore, Collingwood, Ont., Can., 3.73, art; Jorgens, sophomore, Shelby Township, 4.00, mathematics; Madi Mandelke, sophomore, Stillman Valley, Ill., 3.79, biology; Morgan Merlino, junior, Farmington, 3.59, mathematics; Elizabeth O'Brien, sophomore, Grand Rapids, 3.89, mathematics; Maija Rettelle, sophomore, Midland, 3.98, mathematics; Alexandria Robinson, junior, Novi, 3.78, public and nonprofit administration; Kasey Staley, junior, Farwell, 3.40, integrative public relations; Siobhan Szerencsits, sophomore, Lewis Center, Ohio, 3.45, undecided.

It marks the third-consecutive year that Dunn and Merlino have earned Academic All-MAC and the second-straight year that Bennett, Beaulieu, Garcia Arias, Gobbi, O'Brien, Robinson and Staley have been so honored.