CLEVELAND – The Western Michigan track and field team landed a Mid-American Conference best 17 student athletes on the Academic All-MAC team for the indoor season, tying with Eastern Michigan.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport.
WMU's SELECTIONS
Aniya Davis, Junior, 3.37 (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Erika DePierre, Senior, 3.50, Advertising and Promotion (Paw Paw, Mich.)
Erin Dowd, Senior, 3.70, Chemical Engineering (Brighton, Mich.)
Taylor Eaton, Junior, 3.55, Nursing (Lake Orion, Mich.)
Brittney Hall, Senior, 4.00, Interdisciplinary Health Services (Macomb, Mich.)
Jasmine McLemore, Senior, 3.71, Criminal Justice (Michigan City, Ind.)
Rebecca McNamee, Junior, 3.80, Social Work (Marquette, Mich.)
Madison Ochs, Sophomore, 3.80, Biomedical Sciences (Chesterton, Ind.)
Audrey Pickering, Junior, 3.31, English (California, Mo.)
Tiere Richardson, Junior, 3.43, Interdisciplinary Health Services (Lewis Center, Ohio)
Haley Ritsema, Senior, 3.91, Dietetics (Caledonia, Mich.)
Erica Sheahan, Senior, 3.99, Accountancy (Ithaca, Mich.)
Paisley Sipes, Sophomore, 3.49, Art (South Haven, Mich.
Juliane Sormain, Senior, 3.29, Applied Economics (Cachan, France)
Wynn Stitt, Junior, 3.91, Special Education (Schoolcraft, Mich.)
Olivia VandePol, Junior, 3.34, Environment and Sustainability Studies (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Kiley Ward, Sophomore, 3.54, Nursing (Rochester Hills, Mich.)
Hall was just one of nine student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Ochs, Sipes and Ward earned the honors for the honors for the first time in their careers. Davis, DiPierre, Dowd, Eaton, Hall, McLemore, McNamee, Pickering, Richardson, Ritsema, Sheahan, Sormain, Stitt and VandePol are all repeat honorees.
