Academic gifts: GLIAC honors top students among Northern Michigan University athletes in its fall sports
Northern Michigan University’s Jacqueline Smith, center, fires the ball cross court for a kill in a GLIAC Tournament volleyball match against Saginaw Valley State played at Vandament Arena in Marquette on Nov. 9. She and her teammates pictured, from left, Olivia Webber, Lauren Van Remortel, Alli Yacko and Caylie Barlage, all earned GLIAC academic recognition. (Photo courtesy Daryl T. Jarvinen)
BAY CITY — More than four dozen Northern Michigan University student-athletes were recognized recently for academic excellence by the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Fifty of these 87 NMU students were recognized at the highest level, All-Academic Excellence, for having a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 scale.
The other 37 earned an All-Academic Award for having GPAs between 3.00 and 3.49.
In both categories, a student-athlete must be on his or her team’s active roster at the conclusion of the season and not be a freshman or first-year transfer. Redshirt freshman are eligible, however.
Most of NMU’s varsity teams compete in the GLIAC. Among the exceptions are hockey, which is a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and nordic skiing, which is a member of the Central Ski Athletic Association.
Northern Michigan's Justina L'Esperance, center, is able to kick the ball past Bemidji State's Megan Dahl, right, to score the Wildcats' third goal that tied the score during their college women's soccer game at the NMU Soccer Field on Sept. 2. L'Esperance earned GLIAC academic recognition recently. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)
Other non-NCAA sports are also outside the GLIAC, including weightlifting, alpine skiing and esports.
The conference honored 844 student-athletes in all, 479 on the All-Academic Excellence list and 365 on All-Academic.
The GLIAC list featuring all athletes can be found at https://www.gliac.org/general_news/2022-23/2022_Fall_Academics?utm_medium=sidearm-email&utm_source=nmuwildcats.com&utm_campaign=NMU+Student-Athletes+Recognized+on+Fall+2022+GLIAC+All-Academic+Teams&utm_content=b11f0fd0-f022-420d-b8ff-d922b3e464d6.
The breakdown by sport at NMU was, for All-Academic Excellence, 15 students recognized on the women’s soccer team, 13 on football, nine on volleyball, seven on women’s cross country and six on men’s soccer.
For Academic Excellence, there were 15 from football, 11 from men’s soccer, six from women’s soccer, four from volleyball and one from women’s cross country.
Northern Michigan's Izzy Brusilow makes a throw-in during a college women's soccer game against Bemidji State at the NMU Soccer Field on Sept. 2. Brusilow earned academic recognition from the GLIAC recently. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)
The total of two categories by sport was 28 students recognized in football, 21 in women’s soccer, 17 in men’s soccer, 13 in volleyball and eight in women’s cross country.
Here are the Wildcats honored. Each is listed with year in school, major, GPA and hometown:
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ALL-ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
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Women’s soccer — Calihan Bearden, sophomore, outdoor recreation leadership-management, 3.88, Holland; Isabelle Brusilow, junior, outdoor recreational leadership-management, 3.68, Grosse Pointe; Rachael Erste, senior, nursing, 3.58, Rockford; Courtney Handlen, junior, sports science, 3.89, Pocatello, Idaho; Ashley Koch, sophomore, biology, 3.88, Lenox; Shenae Kreps, senior, political science, 3.92, Nampa, Idaho; Allison Kroll, sophomore, public relations, 3.61, Plainfield, Ill.; Justina L’Esperance, sophomore, nursing, 3.74, Howell; Sydney Lake, sophomore, special education, 3.78, Marquette; Brenna Musser, junior, political science, 3.91, Grand Rapids; Brooke Pietila, redshirt sophomore, nursing, 3.88, Brighton; Maria Sorensen, redshirt freshman, nursing, 3.98, Neenah, Wis.; Natalie Stampfly, senior, nursing, 3.87, Stevensville; Elin Thagard, sophomore, accounting, 3.70, Brighton; Caitlyn Trombley, redshirt sophomore, pre-nursing, 3.84, Brighton
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Football — Will Borchert, sophomore, undeclared, 3.76, Mukwonago, Wis.; Jackson Borree, sophomore, undeclared, 3.5, Houghton; Dylan Davidson, sophomore, undeclared, 3.91, Fenton; Drake Davis, junior, physical education, 4.0, Princeton, Ill.; DJ Hutcherson, senior, undeclared, 3.51, Leesburg, Va.; Stanton Johnson, senior, health and fitness management, 3.56, Evanston, Ill.; Kam Karp, sophomore, undeclared, 3.90, Marquette; Trevor Leigh, sophomore, undeclared, 3.61, Milford; Jackson Malcolm, sophomore, undeclared, 3.81, Almont; Kobe Manzo, sophomore, multimedia journalism, 3.86, Lake Orion; Justin Peake, sophomore, athletic coaching education, 3.63, Johnsburg, Ill.; Ryan Stefanski, sophomore, undeclared, 3.90, Gaylord; Cameron White, junior, finance and risk management, 3.79, Jackson
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Volleyball — Brooke Anderson, sophomore, social work, 3.62, Appleton, Wis.; Julia Bouma, sophomore, secondary education mathematics, 3.55, Grand Rapids; Anna Carpenter, sophomore, nursing, 3.84, Sycamore, Ill.; Madeline Crowley, sophomore, speech, language and hearing science, 3.96, Green Bay, Wis.; Ania Hyatt, sophomore, art and design, 3.95, Cumberland, Wis.; Meghan Meyer, sophomore, mathematics, 4.00, Ada; Jacqueline Smith, sophomore, special education, 3.92, Saint Germain, Wis.; Lauren Van Remortel, junior, special education, 3.88, Carmel, Ind.; Olivia Webber, sophomore, accounting, 3.65, Marshall
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Women’s cross country — Skylar Grubb, sophomore, zoology, 3.75, Highland; Meghan Langworthy, senior, sports science, 3.79, Big Rapids; Lily Majestic, junior, biochemistry, 3.63, Swartz Creek; Madison Malon, senior, biology, 3.66, Grandville; Lauren McCollor, sophomore, (major not indicated), 3.61, Plymouth, Minn.; Roman Menhart, senior, forensic biochemistry, 3.90, Blaney Park; Emily Sterling, senior, forensic biochemistry, 3.70, Boyne City
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Men’s soccer — Logan Lazar, sophomore, financial management and medicinal plant chemistry, 3.81, Oconomowoc, Wis.; Triston Nelson, redshirt freshman, sports science, 3.55, Spanaway, Wash.; Cian Tunney, sophomore, sports science, 3.63, Dublin, Ireland; Ricardo Vera Martinez, redshirt freshman, finance, 3.50, Bloomington, Minn.; Cole Walgren, junior, sports science, 3.56, Wales, Wis.; Mason Walsh, redshirt freshman, business, 3.62, Waterford
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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
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Football — Bo Bell, junior, undeclared, 3.02, Jackson; Jake Bilitz, sophomore, undeclared, 3.42, Kitchener, Ontario; Chris Bornhoeft, sophomore, undeclared, 3.34, Plainfield, Ill.; Jack Chappelle, sophomore, undeclared, 3.11, Surprise, Ariz.; Kyle DeLamielleure, redshirt junior, biology, 3.38, Grand Rapids; Charlie Gerhard, redshirt sophomore, English-secondary education, 3.05, Iron Mountain; Zach Keen, sophomore, business management, 3.04, Shelby Township; Jimmy Martin, redshirt sophomore, psychology, 3.33, Arlington Heights, Ill.; Tavion McCarthy, junior, sports science, 3.43, Gurnee, Ill.; Darryl Obasuyi, sophomore, undeclared, 3.06, Glen Ellyn, Ill.; Caden Pellizzer, junior, undeclared, 3.30, Iron River; Daniel Riser, senior, accounting, 3.40, Ada; Brian Schieweck, senior, criminal justice, 3.16, Macomb; Hunter Soletski, sophomore, criminal justice, 3.42, Green Bay, Wis.; Caleb Wright, junior, undeclared, 3.01, Brookfield, Wis.
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Men’s soccer — Jackson Bowers, senior, mechanical engineering, 3.13, Commerce Township; Kalvin Glodz, junior, economics, 3.31, Elmhurst, Ill.; Rayan Hassen, sophomore, computer Science, 3.38, Blaine, Minn.; Colin Holtan, junior, mechanical engineering, 3.07, Stoughton, Wis.; Casey Miller, junior, earth science, 3.04, St. Joseph; Quinn Putt, senior, marketing, 3.15, Anoka, Minn.; Keegan Schmidt, senior, sports science, 3.04, Bettendorf, Iowa; Jonas Vorbau, senior, marketing, 3.48, Wuppertal, Germany; Dominik Vyleta, sophomore, sports science, 3.28, Prague, Czech Republic; Isaac Ward, senior, finance and risk management, 3.32, Bettendorf, Iowa; Alex Weaver, senior, political science, 3.35, Des Moines, Wash.
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Women’s soccer — Paige Britton, sophomore, physical therapy, 3.42, Marquette; Evelyn Flor, junior, pre-nursing, 3.18, Hugo, Minn.; Haley Gruener, junior, biology, 3.46, Germantown, Wis.; Gwen Kiilunen, junior, nursing, 3.47, Brighton; Maria Storm, sophomore, nursing, 3.47, Hartland; Stephanie Trujillo, redshirt sophomore, criminal justice, 3.39, Gilroy, Calif.
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Volleyball — Caylie Barlage, sophomore, exercise science, 3.34, Moreno Valley, Calif.; Evynn Layshock, sophomore, secondary education English, 3.35, Cary, Ill.; Lizzy Stark, senior, environmental studies and sustainability, 3.13, Minneapolis; Alli Yacko, senior, speech, language and hearing science, 3.00, Oak Lawn, Ill.
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- Northern Michigan University’s Jacqueline Smith, center, fires the ball cross court for a kill in a GLIAC Tournament volleyball match against Saginaw Valley State played at Vandament Arena in Marquette on Nov. 9. She and her teammates pictured, from left, Olivia Webber, Lauren Van Remortel, Alli Yacko and Caylie Barlage, all earned GLIAC academic recognition. (Photo courtesy Daryl T. Jarvinen)
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- Northern Michigan’s Justina L’Esperance, center, is able to kick the ball past Bemidji State’s Megan Dahl, right, to score the Wildcats’ third goal that tied the score during their college women’s soccer game at the NMU Soccer Field on Sept. 2. L’Esperance earned GLIAC academic recognition recently. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)
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- Northern Michigan’s Izzy Brusilow makes a throw-in during a college women’s soccer game against Bemidji State at the NMU Soccer Field on Sept. 2. Brusilow earned academic recognition from the GLIAC recently. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)
Information compiled by Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.
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