McKendree’s Emily Nelson passes the ball with NMU's Leiss Luyckx, center, Brianna Bangle on defense on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at the Superior Dome in Marquette. (Journal photo by Corey Kelly)

MARQUETTE — The GLIAC honored 41 Northern Michigan University student-athletes on its spring All-Academic and All-Academic Excellence teams.

That was an increase of 37 percent from the previous year, when 30 were honored in the spring.

Women’s track and field led NMU teams with 21 total honorees, while women’s lacrosse had nine, men’s golf six and women’s golf five.

To be eligible, a student-athlete had to be on the active roster at the end of the season and could not be a freshman or a first-year transfer. All-Academic Excellence denotes students with cumulative grade-point averages of 3.50 and above and All-Academic is for those with GPAs from 3.00 to 3.49.

NMU had 26 athletes named to the All-Academic Excellence teams — 17 in women’s track and field, six in lacrosse, two in women’s golf and one in men’s golf.

There were 814 student-athletes recognized for the spring at all GLIAC schools.

Those included four area students attending other conference schools. One made it to an All-Academic Excellence team — Ashley Veale, who is a Negaunee High School graduate on the Michigan Tech women’s outdoor track team. She is a senior majoring in medical laboratory science.

The other three are All-Academic honorees — Katie Etelamaki, a Westwood grad on the Ferris State women’s outdoor track team and a sophomore majoring in biology; Tyler Jandron, a Negaunee grad on Northwood baseball team and a senior majoring in management; and Jason Bell, a Negaunee grad on the MTU men’s outdoor track team and a junior majoring in mechanical engineering.

The full GLIAC release is available online at http://gliac.org/general/2017-18/releases/Spring_Academic_Teams_2018.

These are the NMU honorees, with their year in school, major and hometown:

ALL-ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE