Olivet College’s Bauserman earns CoSIDA Academic All-District VI honors

OLIVET, Mich. – Recent Olivet College graduate Connor Bauserman has been named to the 2017 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VI Men's Cross Country/Track & Field team. He is now eligible to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America® honors where first-, second- and third-team selections will be announced later this month.

Bauserman received varsity letters on both the cross country and track teams. In cross country, he posted a season-best time of 25:53.9 in the 8K race at the Oberlin College Inter-Regional Rumble on Oct. 15, 2016. Bauserman became the second student-athlete in school history to earn NCAA All-American honors at the Indoor Track & Field Championships. He placed seventh in the 800-meter run. He also took first-place in the 800 at the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Indoor Track & Field Championships. During the outdoor season, Bauserman won the 1,500-meter run at the MIAA Field Day. He earned four All-MIAA awards – 2015 and 2017 outdoor, and 2016 and 2017 indoor – during his time at Olivet.

Bauserman holds the school record in the indoor mile (4:25.11) and outdoor 800-meter (1:52.00). He also ran on the school-record indoor 4x400-meter and distance medley relays.

Bauserman graduated with a 3.75 grade point average and was a double major in financial planning, and insurance & risk management. He was a part of financial planning club, serving one year as treasurer and three years as president. Bauserman was also a member of Gamma Iota Sigma, serving two years as the vice president for financial planning. He also served as a resident advisor for three years.

The Academic All-District teams include student-athletes divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. Olivet is in District VI, which includes schools in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. This is the fifth year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.