CMU Student-Athletes Excel in Classroom
April 21, 2003
MOUNT PLEASANT -- Central Michigan University's athletics department honored its outstanding student-athletes at the annual Academic Excellence Banquet on Monday night at the University Center.
A total of 85 student-athletes with a grade-point-average of 3.5 or better were honored.
Central Michigan has won the MAC Academic Achievement Award for the highest cumulative grade-point-average by a MAC school five of the past six years.
Those honored were:
BASEBALL Jason Frank, Watervlieft/Jr. Mike Gates, Flushing/Sr. Dan Griesbaum, Grosse Pointe/Jr. J.T. Jones, Ithaca/Fr. Ryan Krueger, Alpena/Sr. Jeff LaFavors, Detroit/ So. David Latour, Barrie, Ont./So. Keith Sampsell, Vicksburg/Jr. Derek Schaller, North Branch/So. Brandon Schuck, Hudsonville/Fr.FIELD HOCKEY Stasia Burroughs, Kent, Ohio/So. Kim Ferris, St. Louis, Mo./Fr. Michelle Fogle, Columbus, Ohio/So. Alisa Folk, Richmond, B.C./Fr. Laura Glaza, East Rochester, N.Y./Fr. Kerri Krasnow, Eliot, Maine/Jr. Erica Takach, Duncannon, Pa./Fr.
SOFTBALL Ari Ault, Farmington Hills/Sr. Ali Hansen, Agoura Hills, Ca./Fr. Karen Hohs, Morton Grove, Ill./Fr. Erika Morris, Elk Rapids/Fr. Jennifer Rasmussen, Saginaw/Sr.
VOLLEYBALL Jennifer Brink, Midland/Sr. Liz Passen, Fishers, Ind./Sr. Jaimeson Whitman, Midland/So.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Emily Gross, Norton Shores/So. Erin Kuhl, Rochester Hills/Fr. Casey Manning, Southgate/Fr.
FOOTBALL Caleb Anthony, Ludington/So. Jesse Blair, Fraser/Sr. Brian Brandt, Wausau, Wis./Sr. Kyle Croskey, East Lansing/Sr. Scott Gibson, Jefferson, Wis/So. Dave Kurzen, Massillon, Ohio/So. Derek McLaughlin, Berrien Springs/Sr. Brandon Pitzer, Brighton/Jr. Darren Tooley, Lake Orion/Sr. Rob Turner, Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Sr. Matthew Wohlgemuth, Lake Orion/Jr.
WOMEN'S TRACK/CROSS COUNTRY Jessica Barhorst, Minster, Ohio/Sr. Teresa Bongiovanni, Washington/Fr. Brook Creed, Walkerville/Sr. Kathryn Davis, Liberty Center, Ohio/So. Susan Duncan, Livonia/Fr. Jamie Foote, Laingsburg/So. Jennifer Garavaglia, Warren/Jr. Kelli Kirchofer, Swartz Creek/Sr. Holly Klamer, Martin/Fr. Amanda Lyon, Copemish/Fr. Connie Mallinson, Highland/Fr. Christine Metry, Farmington/Fr. Cami Moll, Zeeland/Sr. Kristen Podein, Belmont/Sr. Danielle Quisenberry, Middleville/So. Ashley Swainston, Muskegon/So. Rachel Tarvuud, Petoskey/Fr.
GYMNASTICS Sarah Dame, Maple City/Sr. Shanna Duggan, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./So. Tiffany Dykstra, Lemars, Iowa/So. Laura McLaren, Unionville, Ont./So. Kara Reighard, Mt. Pleasant/So.
WRESTLING Brad Anderson, Grand Rapids/Jr. Jason Borelli, Mt. Pleasant/Jr. Mark DiSalvo, Dayton, Ohio/Jr. Brett Faustman, Mason/Sr. Josh Phillips, Normal, Ill/Fr. Jordan Webster, Washington, Ill./Sr.
MEN'S TRACK/CROSS COUNTRY Ron Miller, Stanton/Sr. Chris Schiemann, Hemlock/So. Mike Sidlauskas, Sparta/So. Frank Therrian, Holton/Fr.
MEN'S BASKETBALL Kevin Nelson, Southfield/Fr. Brandon Voorhees, Grandville/Fr.
WOMEN'S SOCCER Jill Adams, St. Louis, Mo./Jr. Kari Alexander, Midland/Sr. Sabrina Borgquist, West Bloomfield/Sr. Ashleigh Burke, Saginaw/Fr. Katherine Conway, St. Charles, Ill./Jr. Stacy Downing, Carmel, Ind./Fr. Jacqueline Lorenzo, Hudson, Ohio/Jr. Michelle Noble, Saginaw/So. Cari VanDyck, Medina, Ohio/So. Olina Vidarsdottir, Grindavik, Iceland/So. Rebecca Wesmer, Saginaw/Jr. Jennifer Williamson, Midland/Sr.
*All classes are academic standing