Olivet College places 157 student-athletes on 2020-21 MIAA Academic Honor Roll
FREELAND, Mich. – Olivet College has placed 157 student-athletes on the 2020-21 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic Honor Roll.
FREELAND, Mich. – Olivet College has placed 157 student-athletes on the 2020-21 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic Honor Roll.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, any student-athlete who was an active member of his/her team and maintained a 3.50 or higher grade point average (GPA) for the entire academic year was named to the honor roll.
The award is administered by the faculty athletic representatives at each member school in the MIAA. Olivet's faculty representative is Samantha Myers, assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies.
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 eighth time in school history. This year's 157 honorees are the second-most in school history for an academic year. The record is 171 set during the 2019-20 academic year.
- Six-of-seven women's tennis players, and six-of-eight women's golfers were named to the honor roll.
- Ten-of-13 women's cross country runners landed on the honor roll.
- The women's volleyball team had 13-of-19 players on the season-ending roster selected to the honor roll.
- The women's soccer team had 17-of-23 players on the honor roll.
- The class breakdown of the honorees is 40 freshmen, 41 sophomores, 43 juniors and 33 seniors.
- Fifteen (15) student-athletes – Ben Compton, Jaden Costa, Dean Failer, Miranda Gale, Patrick Gault, Brooklyn Holley, Keanalanimelo'kekai Kunz, Audrey Lama, Cameron Lemon, Crystal Lettinga, Mia Parker, Paige Poulter, Logan Sella, Chelsie Smith and Kassidy Zmikly – are now four-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll recipients.
- Of the 157 selections, 64 were selected to the honor for the first time.
- Twenty-nine (25) of the student-athletes maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA for the entire academic year.
- Ninety-eight (98) student-athletes finished with a 3.75 or higher GPA.
- The average GPA for the 157 student-athletes on the honor roll is 3.8027.
- Fifteen (15) student-athletes – Lillian Albaugh, Ben Compton, David Curl, Hayden Germain, Owen Guilford, Desiree Luque Pradas, Cameron Mahlich, Jennifer Mann, Hunter Murphy, Denver Orlando, Tyler Peck, Takato Timmerman, Reese Wallis, Dominick Wilson and Seth Young – earned All-MIAA honors in their respective sport this academic year. One of those 15, Hunter Murphy, was the MIAA's Most Valuable Player in his sport (wrestling).
- Five of the seniors – Clothier, Kaleb Jarrett, Kunz, Luque Pradas and Tyler Peck – have finished their athletic career ranked in the top 10 of at least one statistical category in their respective sport.
- Chelsie Smith was Olivet's nominee for the MIAA Sheila Wallace-Kovalchik award for being the top senior female student-athlete and Tyler Peck was Olivet's nominee for the MIAA Al Deal award for being the top senior male student-athlete. Smith was also one of seven students to receive the Olivet College Donald A. Morris Academic Excellence Award for being among the top graduates.
NAME | YR. | SPORT(S) | HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL |
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Lillian Albaugh *** | Jr. | TF | Shephard / Farwell |
Jacob Allen ** | Jr. | BsB | Battle Creek / Gull Lake |
Logan Allen * | Fr. | VB | Union City / Union City |
Jill Arends ** | So. | VB | Grant / Grant |
Anna Baird *** | Jr. | SO | Stockbridge / Stockbridge |
Savannah Baker ** | So. | XC | Dewitt / Homeschool |
Daniel Ballagh ** | So. | BsB | Munith / Stockbridge |
Jessica Barnes ** | So. | SB | Three Rivers / Three Rivers |
Ryan Bart * | Fr. | BB | Grand Rapids / Kenowa Hills |
Christopher Beck * | So. | FB | Milan / Milan |
Skylee Bellgraph * | Jr. | VB | Dorr / Wayland |
Kennedy Blackburn ** | So. | VB | Farwell / Clare |
Makenzie Borg ** | So. | TN | Grand Blanc / Grand Blanc |
Erin Brady ** | So. | SB | Three Rivers / Three Rivers |
Carly Braginton * | Fr. | SD | Plainwell / Plainwell |
Brittani Bridgett ** | So. | SO | Flint / Corman-Ainsworth |
Dylan Briggs ** | Jr. | WR | Bancroft / Corunna |
Katie Brown * | Jr. | SO | Jonesville / Jonesville |
Alicia Bullaro * | Jr. | BB | Saint Clair Shores / Lakeview |
Hunter Caister * | Fr. | WR | Cass County / Cass County |
Jeffrey Caldarona * | Sr. | FB | Allegan / Allegan |
Andrew Campbell *** | Sr. | FB | Ann Arbor / Pioneer |
Justin Carnahan * | Fr. | WR | Corunna / New Lothrop |
Madison Chubb ** | So. | VB | Haslett / Haslett |
Kaylee Clothier *** | Sr. | SB | Battle Creek / Pennfield |
David Coffey * | Sr. | FB | Saginaw / Bay City Western |
Ben Compton **** | Jr. | BsB | Rochester Hills / Rochester |
Zebadiah Cornwell ** | Jr. | FB | Portage / Central |
Jaden Costa **** | Sr. | TF/XC | Battle Creek / Harper Creek |
Jacob Coultas *** | Sr. | BsB | Davison / Davison |
David Curl ** | So. | FB | Decantur / Watervliet |
Sydnee Dennis * | Sr. | BB | Haslett / Haslett |
Alex DeVault * | Fr. | TF | Algonac / Algonac |
Madison Dexter ** | Jr. | XC | Olivet / Olivet |
Jake Dickinson * | Fr. | TN/SO | Lake Leelanau, Fla. / Homeschool |
Kjeil Dickinson ** | So. | TN/SO | Lake Leelanau, Fla. / Homeschool |
Morgan Dillon * | So. | VB | Tecumseh / Tecumseh |
Olivia DuFore * | Fr. | VB | Fowlerville / Fowlerville |
Andrew Elenga ** | So. | FB | Galesburg / Climax-Scotts |
Austin Engle * | Jr. | WR | Lowell / Lowell |
Chad Enwright ** | Jr. | FB | Melbourne, Ontario, Canada / Saunders Secondary School |
Dean Failer **** | Sr. | SO | Holt / Holt |
Matthew Fennell * | Fr. | BsB | Saint Clair Shores / Lakeview |
Emily Foulk *** | Jr. | TN | Coldwater / Coldwater |
Miranda Gale **** | Sr. | SO | Charlotte / Grand Ledge |
Patrick Gault **** | Sr. | SD | Hamilton / Hamilton |
Hayden Germain * | Fr. | TF/XC | Pewamo / Pewamo-Westphalia |
Zachary Goff *** | Sr. | WR | Bellevue / Bellevue |
Macy Gorrell ** | So. | SO | Dewitt / Mason |
Caleb Graham *** | Jr. | TN/SO | Mason / Mason |
Morgan Greenman ** | Sr. | XC | Olivet / Olivet |
Logan Guenther * | Jr. | BB | Cheboygan / Cheboygan |
Owen Guilford ** | So. | WR | Portland / Portland |
Paige Gunn * | Jr. | SO | Holly / Holly |
Jacari Hamilton * | So. | FB | Chesterfield / L'Anse Creuse |
Griffin Hammond *** | Sr. | SO | Lapeer / Lapeer |
Hunter Henson * | Jr. | BsB | Troy / Athens |
Matt Hewitt ** | Jr. | BsB | Hastings / Hastings |
Hunter Hillard * | Fr. | TF/XC | Charlotte / Charlotte |
Brooklyn Holley **** | Sr. | XC | Dewitt / Dewitt |
Morgan Hopkins ** | So. | SO | Galesburg / Gull Lake |
David James * | Fr. | SO | Wolverine Lake / Walled Lake Central |
Kaleb Jarrett ** | Sr. | FB | Newark, Ohio / Newark |
Gabby Jolliff ** | So. | TF | Fowlerville / Fowlerville |
Courtney Kaschinske * | Fr. | SO | Mason / Mason |
Emily Keeler * | Fr. | VB | Albion / Springport |
Sarah Kehoe * | Fr. | VB | Saint Clair / Cardinal Mooney Catholic |
Liam Kinjorski *** | Jr. | WR | West Bloomfield / Walled Lake Central |
John Kortz ** | Sr. | BsB | Brooklyn / Napolean |
Thomas Krug ** | So. | SD | Battle Creek / Central |
Keanalanimeleo'kekai Kunz **** | Sr. | SD | Laie, Hawaii / Kahuku |
Sarah LaFoe ** | So. | SD | San Marcos, Calif. / Mission Hills |
Audrey Lama **** | Sr. | VB | Whitmore Lake / Whitmore Lake |
MeKenzie Lamb *** | Jr. | SO | Battle Creek / Pennfield |
Jeff Leach ** | So. | WR | Ada / Lowell |
Cameron Lemon **** | Sr. | GO | Battle Creek / Gull Lake |
Christian Lenon * | Fr. | WR | Diamondale / Holt |
Crystal Lettinga **** | Sr. | GO | Byron Center / Byron Center |
Trevor Lewis * | Fr. | TN | Marquette / Marquette |
Desiree Luque Pradas ** | Sr. | TN | Seville, Spain / Salesianos Santisima Trinidad |
Dylan Lyons * | Fr. | SD | New Boston / Trenton |
Cameron Mahlich *** | Sr. | WR | Ionia / Ionia |
Jennifer Mann * | Fr. | SD | Orange, Calif. / Villa Park |
Kiandra Marciniak * | Fr. | TN | Lansing / Eastern |
Karina Marin *** | Jr. | SB | Temecula, Calif. / Chaparral |
Chris Martin ** | Sr. | BB | Santa Cruz, Calif. / Santa Cruz |
Kiersen McDonough ** | So. | GO | Mason / Mason |
Kate Mcelhone * | Jr. | SO | Mason / Mason |
Logan McLane *** | Jr. | GO | Olivet / Olivet |
Justin Meeks * | Jr. | FB | Southfield / Southfield |
Chase Mendham ** | So. | TF/XC | Coopersville / Coopersville |
Julia Miklusicak *** | Sr. | TN | Battle Creek / Pennfield |
Cole Miller ** | So. | SO | Fremont / Fremont |
Mary Mitchell ** | So. | SO | Portage / Central |
Benjamin Morrow ** | Jr. | TN | Rochester Hills / Rochester |
Drue Mullin *** | Jr. | VB | Coldwater / Coldwater |
Hunter Murphy ** | Jr. | WR | North Branch / North Branch |
Spencer Murphy * | Fr. | WR | North Branch / North Branch |
Aynslee Myer ** | So. | GO | Niles / Niles |
Justin Norgan ** | So. | FB | Sturgis / Centerfield |
Amelia Northern * | Jr. | SO | Plainwell / Plainwell |
Logan O'Connor * | Fr. | BsB | Novi / Novi |
Denver Orlando ** | So. | TF | Byron / Byron |
Jenna Otten * | Fr. | GO | Lennon / Durand |
Brian Paquette * | Jr. | WR | Paw Paw / Bloomingdale |
Mia Parker **** | Sr. | VB | Kalamazoo / Plainwell |
Tyler Peck *** | Sr. | TF/FB | Manistee / Manistee |
Chelsea Perry * | Fr. | SD | Flint / Carman-Ainsworth |
Mitchell Pfeifer * | Fr. | FB | Alpena / Alpena |
Shelby Piper ** | So. | SB | Ravenna / Ravenna |
Chaz Polash ** | Jr. | FB | Ashley / Ashley |
DeeDee Post * | Sr. | BB | Columbus, Ohio / Westerville North |
Zach Potter ** | So. | WR | Onondaga / Springport |
Paige Poulter **** | Fr. | SB | Portage / Portage Northern |
Brendan Redding * | Jr. | BsB | Bailey / Ravenna |
Delbert Redfield ** | Sr. | BB | Charlotte / Olivet |
Mitchell Reynolds * | Fr. | WR | Gregory / Chelsea |
Robert Reynolds * | Fr. | TF | Northville / Southfield Christian |
Kaylee Richardson *** | Jr. | TF/XC | Charlotte / Olivet |
Jacob Ritter ** | So. | SD | Brawley, Calif. / Calipatria |
Joshua Rosendale * | Sr. | SO | Diamondale / Holt |
Noah Runnals ** | So. | SO | Goodells / Yale |
Dustin Rutter *** | Jr. | TF/XC | Warren / Mott |
Trevor Savage ** | Jr. | BsB | Williamston / Willaimston |
Kyle Schaaf ** | So. | WR | Gladwin / Clare |
Kiley Schneck *** | Jr. | SO | Rochester Hills / Rochester |
Zac Schneck * | So. | TF/XC | Rochester Hills / Rochester |
Ally Sears * | So. | TN | Dewitt / Grand Ledge |
Logan Sella **** | Sr. | BsB | Essexville / Hampton-Garber |
Sarah Shevenell * | Fr. | SB | Madera, Calif. / Liberty |
David Sinkler * | Fr. | TF | Battle Creek / Delton Kellogg |
Makenna Slack * | Fr. | VB | Milan / Milan |
Chelsie Smith **** | Sr. | SO | Laingsburg / St. Johns |
Joey Soave * | Fr. | SO | Fowlerville / Fowlerville |
Allyson Stevens * | Fr. | TF/XC | Fenwick / Carson City Crystal |
Isiah Strand ** | So. | GO | Marshall / Marshall |
Ashley Swisher *** | Jr. | XC | Jackson / Penn Foster College |
Tonya Tepin * | Fr. | TF/XC | Cedar Springs / Cedar Springs |
Taylor Thelen *** | Jr. | TF/XC | St. Johns / St. Johns |
Isabela Tijerina * | Fr. | SO | Redford / Thurston |
Takato Timmerman ** | So. | SD | Yokosuka, Japan / Poway (Calif.) |
Allie Tucker * | Fr. | SO | Flushing / Flint Powers |
Andrew Vendzuh * | Fr. | BsB | Clinton Twp. / Chippewa Valley |
Sam Vondra ** | So. | GO | Hillsdale / Hillsdale |
Dane Vos * | Jr. | BB | Bryron Center / Hopkins |
Andrew Waller ** | So. | SO | Warren / Cousino |
Reese Wallis *** | Jr. | WR | Montrose / Hill-McCloy |
Trevor Walters ** | Jr. | BsB | Macomb / Eisenhower |
Dakota Weaver * | Fr. | FB | Troy / De La Salle |
Rachel Webb *** | Jr. | GO | Sturgis / Sturgis |
Grace White *** | Sr. | SO | Big Rapids / Big Rapids |
Taylor Wilsey * | Fr. | TF/XC | East Leroy / Battle Creek Lakeview |
Dominick Wilson ** | Jr. | WR/TN | Portage / Central |
Noah Wiswary ** | So. | BB | Jenison / Unity Christian |
Seth Young ** | Jr. | FB | Jonesville / Jonesville |
Zoee Zatarga * | Fr. | BB | Ludington / Ludington |
Kassidy Zmilky **** | Sr. | SB | Sanford / Meridian |
* - denotes number of years named to MIAA Academic Honor Roll | |||
KEY: BB-Basketball, BsB-Baseball, XC-Cross Country, FB-Football, GO-Golf, TF-Track & Field, SO-Soccer, SB-Softball, SD -Swimming & Diving, TN-Tennis, VB-Volleyball, WR-wrestling |