Olivet lands school-record 171 student-athletes on MIAA Academic Honor Roll

FREELAND, Mich. – A school-record 171 Olivet College student-athletes have earned 2019-20 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic Honor Roll honors.

The honor roll comprises any student-athlete who earned a varsity letter and maintained a 3.40 or higher grade point average (GPA) for the entire academic year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, spring sport student-athletes who were on the team's roster when his/her season ended and maintained the 3.40 GPA requirement were included.

The award is administered by the faculty athletic representatives at each member school in the MIAA. Olivet's faculty representatives are Samantha Myers, assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies, and Art Williams, professor of theatre.

Below is a complete listing of Olivet student-athletes who earned the honor. The asterisk symbol denotes the number of years each student-athlete has been named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

OLIVET NOTES:

• Olivet succeeded the 100 plateau for the seventh time in school history. The previous record for number of honorees was 136 during the 2017-18 academic year.
• Eight-of-nine women's golfers, and seven-of-eight women's tennis players were named to the honor roll.
• The women's soccer team had 19-of-25 players on the season-ending roster named to the honor roll.
• The women's volleyball team had 15-of-21 players on the season-ending roster named to the honor roll.
• The class breakdown of the honorees is 54 freshmen, 40 sophomores, 37 juniors and 40 seniors.
• Thirteen student-athletes – Nicole Deweyert, Taylor Elley, Sarah Feldpausch, Rose Kemmerling, Dalton Miner, Madelyn Notenbaum, Miranda Pier, Maya Prewitt, Abigail Radcliffe, Abigail Slater, James Thurman, Sydnie Weller and Eric Wood – are on the honor roll for the fourth consecutive year.
• Of the 171 selections, 92 were named to the honor for the first time.
• Twenty-nine (29) of the student-athletes had a perfect 4.0 GPA during the academic year.
• One-hundred one (101) student-athletes had a 3.75 or higher GPA.
• The average GPA for the 171 student-athletes on the honor roll is 3.781.
• Eight student-athletes – Lillian Albaugh, Noah Bailey, Deweyert, Noah McMinn, Tyler Peck, Daniel Waber, Reese Wallis and Seth Young ­– also earned All-MIAA honors in their respective sport this academic year.
• Seven student-athletes – Bailey, Morgan Champion, Deweyert, Peck, Jacob Ritter, Takato Timmerman and Eric Wood – broke a school record during the 2019-20 academic year.
• Ten of the seniors – Bailey, Riley Bennett, Morgan Champion, Deweyert, Aaron Gillespie, Katie Hansel, Dalton Miner, Madelyn Notenbaum, Abigail Slater and Wood – finished their athletic career ranked in the top 10 of at least one statistical category in their respective sport.
• Deweyert was Olivet's nominee for the MIAA Sheila Wallace-Kovalchik award for being the top senior female student-athlete. She was also one of seven students to receive the Olivet College Donald A. Morris Academic Excellence Award for being among the top graduates.