GLIAC names Spring all-academic teams

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MARQUETTE -?The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced the 2009 all-academic teams for the Spring season.

To be eligible for the team, a student-athlete must have a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and may not be a freshman or first-year transfer.

Northern Michigan University placed 19 student-athletes on the team.

Here is a list of the NMU honorees plus other Upper Peninsula student-athletes honored by the GLIAC, listed by school:

NMU

Men's golf: Neil Passinault, senior, Munising; and Christopher Wyniawskyj, sophomore, Charlevoix

Women's outdoor track and field: Brittnee Balbierz, sophomore, Marquette; Stephanie Baugher, sophomore, West Bloomfield; Natalie Bertucci, senior, Ishpeming; Michele Bisiz, sophomore, Milford; Nicole Bougher, sophomore, Chelsea; Karin Diebold, junior, Ellsworth; Maegan Hendershot, junior, Battle Creek; Kristen Hoklas, sophomore, Crystal Lakes, Ill.; Megan Hoklas, junior, Crystal Lakes, Ill.; Tasha Kettula, junior, Frederic, Wis.; Jessica Krob, sophomore, Downers Grove, Ill.; Bibiane Mahy, junior, Porcupine, Ont.; Molly McIntyre, sophomore, Brimley; Kristen Schulz, sophomore, Kenosha, Wis.; Krista Squiers, junior, Owosso; Erin VanEnkevort, junior, Bark River; and Jennifer Wiedmeyer, senior, Waukesha, Wis.

Ferris State

Men's golf: Joe Brown, sophomore, St. Ignace

Men's outdoor track: Charles Mauris, junior, Sault Ste. Marie; and Justin Trombley, senior, Newberry.

Women's softball: Holly Bruntjens, senior, Gladstone

Grand Valley State

Women's outdoor track: Stephanie Ostrena, junior, Escanaba

Lake Superior State

Men's outdoor track: Paul Davis, junior, St. Ignace; Alex Gustafson, sophomore, Rapid River; Sean O'Mara, sophomore, Sault Ste. Marie; and Dana Skytta, senior, Michigamme.

Women's outdoor track: Mary McLeod, sophomore, Sault Ste. Marie

Women's softball: Nicole Christensen, senior, Marquette; and Chelsea Maynard, sophomore, Marquette.

Michigan Tech University

Men's outdoor track: David Strobel, sophomore, Stephenson; Robert Strobel, sophomore, Stephenson; and Lucas Wyzlic, senior, Ironwood.

Men's tennis: Brett Girard, senior, Marquette; and Timothy Viola, senior, Hancock.

Women's outdoor track: Laura Kangas, senior, Chassell; Christian Mischica, sophomore, Hancock; and Stephanie Stam, senior, Negaunee

Northwood University

Women's outdoor track: Julie Mason, sophomore, Sault Ste. Marie

Saginaw Valley State

Men's baseball: Jesse Marenger, senior, Escanaba; and Andrew Plouff, senior, Gladstone.