In the photo above, Northern Michigan University women’s basketball player Jessica Schultz dribbles the ball past a defender in a GLIAC game against Davenport on Feb. 22 at the Berry Events Center in Marquette. In the photo at left, NMU’s Kyle Flickinger competes in one-meter diving against Wisconsin-Green Bay on Jan. 13 at Northern’s PEIF pool. These student-athletes and 35 more earned All-Academic Excellence awards from the GLIAC for having grade-point averages of at least 3.50 for the winter semester. In all, 68 NMU athletes earned All-Academic honors. (Journal file photo above by Corey Kelly, Shannon Stieg photo at left)

By Journal Sports Staff

MARQUETTE — A total of 68 student-athletes from Northern Michigan University were named to the GLIAC All-Academic and All-Academic Excellence teams for the winter semester.

That represented a nearly 40 percent increase from the 49 who were honored for the same semester the previous academic year.

Women’s track and field led the way with 21 total honorees, while men’s swimming and diving had 20. Women’s swimming and diving had 14, women’s basketball nine and men’s basketball four.

The All-Academic Excellence team is reserved for students with at least a 3.50 grade-point average or above, were on an active winter sport roster at the end of the season and weren’t freshmen or first-year transfers.

All-Academic honors had the same criteria for students with a GPA between 3.00 and 3.49.

There were 37 Wildcats named to the All-Academic Excellence team — 18 in women’s track, eight in men’s swimming, six in women’s basketball, four in women’s swimming and one in men’s basketball.

In all, the GLIAC recognized 610 student-athletes.

These honors were only for sports with their primary seasons in the winter semester and were sponsored by the GLIAC. NMU winter sports that aren’t in the GLIAC include hockey and nordic skiing.

Here are the NMU student-athletes honored, with their year in school, major and hometown:

ALL-ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE

Men’s basketball — Myles Howard, soph., computer science, Chicago

Women’s basketball — Bailey Denis, soph., sports science, DePere, Wis.; Sydney Dillinger, jr., psychology-behavior analysis, Houghton; Taylor Hodell, jr., biology, Wausau, Wis.; Jessica Schultz, soph., fisheries and wildlife management, Mineral Point, Wis.; Chloe Tompkins, jr., public relations, Dousman, Wis.; Darby Youngstrom, jr., elementary education, Cook, Minn.

Women’s track & field — Megan Bauer, soph., forensic biochemistry, Anchorage, Alaska; Kieren Becker, sr., communication studies, Fowler; Kameron Burmeister, sr., nursing, Menominee; Abby Christmas, soph., biology, Montague; Lynsey Collins, jr., speech, language and hearing science, Escanaba; Abby Cook, sr., public relations, DeWitt; Paige Dutcher, jr., finance and risk management, Williamston; Abby Fifarek, jr., marketing, Buckley; Vivian Hett, sr., sport science, Burnsville, Minn.; Michelle Juergen, jr., sport science, Gau-Odernheim, Germany; Hannah Lonergan, jr., psychology, Novi; Shayla Manitowabi-Huebner, jr., sport science, Marquette; Ine Mylle, sr., sport science, Zonnebeke, Belgium; Kalina Pfannenstiel, jr., art and design, Traverse City; Alexis Smith, soph., integrated science-elementary education, Gaylord; Katelyn Smith, soph., speech, language and hearing science, Gaylord; Hanna Torvi, soph., pre-nursing, St. Paul, Minn.; Maddy Walters, jr., mathematics-secondary education, Madison, Wis.

Men’s swimming & diving — Michael Biclawski, soph., elementary education, Canton, Ohio; Kyle Flickinger, jr., biochemistry, Brimley; Arnoldo Herrera, jr., electrical engineering technology, Heredia, Costa Rica; Curran Moffitt, jr., accounting-information systems, Rochester Hills; Jonas Reinhold, soph., mechanical engineering technology, Niehagen, Germany; Nathan Rotundo, jr., biochemistry, Marquette; Dan Szuba, graduate, exercise science, White Lake; Sam Williams, soph., art and design, Marquette

Women’s swimming & diving — Emily Bell, jr., psychology, London, England; Hannah Crump, sr., environmental science, Grand Rapids; Jamie Kimble, soph., mathematics-secondary education, Prior Lake, Minn.; Angela Probstfeld, jr., nursing, White Lake

ALL-ACADEMIC

Men’s Basketball — Isaiah Johnson, jr., accounting, Whitefish Bay, Wis.; Kenton Mack, soph., biology, Algonquin, Ill.; Marcus Matelski, soph., pre-nursing, Boyne Falls

Women’s basketball — Baleigh Delorit, soph., sport science, Algoma, Wis.; Danielle Hartjes, redshirt fresh., pre-physical therapy, Kaukauna, Wis.; Emily Schramek, soph., marketing, Naperville, Ill.

Women’s indoor track & field — Isabelle Fritz, soph., media production and new technology, Harrison Township; Jenna Long, jr., communications studies, Port Huron; Megan Martin, soph., elementary education, Goodrich

Men’s swimming & diving — Lajos Budai, soph., information systems, Kecskemet, Hungary; Renars Bundzis, jr., marketing, Riga, Latvia; Grantas Dapkus, jr., computer science, Kaunas, Lithuania; Esteban Gutierrez, jr., sport science, Chihuahua, Mexico; Mitchell Ihrig, soph., accounting, Gurnee, Ill.; Baris Kancoglu, jr., computer science, Ankara, Turkey; Maks Kapusting, soph., finance and risk management, Minneapolis; Ryan Leonard, jr., physical education-coaching, South Wales, Australia; Benjamin Lindberg, jr., physical education-secondary education, South Wales, Australia; David Miranda, jr., computer science, Vinaros, Spain; Janne Roovers, jr., sociology, Khobar, Saudi Arabia; Hugo Wiman; soph., management, Gemla, Sweden

Women swimming & diving — Becca Arakelian, jr., hospitality and tourism management, Livonia; Carolina Artacho, jr., economics, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Erin Brino, soph., biology, Woodbury, Minn.; Samantha Dickie, jr., art and design, Canton; Sara Foucault, jr., sport science, Whitewater, Wis.; Madelyn Irelan, soph., forensic biochemistry, Owosso; Regan Kilburn, jr., sports science, Muscatine, Iowa; Victoria Reese, soph., environmental science, Lombard, Ill.; Dana Stroven, jr., accounting, Howell; Isabelle Tavares, soph., environmental studies and sustainability, Kalamazoo

Information compiled by Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.