CMU honors scholar athletes
Central’s athletics department honored its outstanding student-athletes at the annual Academic Excellence Banquet at the Bovee University Center Monday.
A total of 83 student-athletes with a grade-point average of 3.5 or better were honored.
The top mens academic team was cross country with a cumulative GPA of 3.27, while the women's cross country team was tops for the women with a 3.33 GPA.
Central Michigan has won the MAC Academic Achievement Award for the highest cumulative grade-point average by a MAC school four of the past five years.
Those honored were:
BASEBALL: Brian Campbell, Livonia/Fr.; Bryan Harris, Ishpeming/Fr.; David Latour, Barrie, Ont./Fr.; Keith Sampsell, Vicksburg/So.; Derek Schaller, North Branch/So.; Jason Frank, Watervliet/Jr.; Dan Griesbaum, Grosse Pointe/Jr.; Mike Gates, Canton/ Sr.
FIELD HOCKEY: Stasia Burroughs, Kent, Ohio/Fr.; Michelle Fogle, Columbus, Ohio/Fr.; Kerri Krasnow, Eliot, Maine/So.; Melissa Lazarevski, Rochester, N.Y./Sr.; Laura Plese, Lindenhurst, Ill./So.; Kristy Reed, South Wales, N.Y./Fr.; Katrina Woznek, Amherst, N.Y.,/Sr.
SOFTBALL: Ari Ault, Farmington Hills/Jr.; Devon Burzynski, Frakenmuth/Sr.; Cara McAlpin, Mount Pleasant/So.; Jennifer Rasmussen, Saginaw/Jr.; Jennifer Skuta, Pinconning/Sr.; Wendy Stephens, Mira Loma, Calif./Sr.; Danessa Wolfe, Tecumseh/Fr.
VOLLEYBALL: Elizabeth Passen, Fishers, Ind./So.; Jaimeson Whitman, Midland/Fr.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL : Emily Gross, Norton Shores/Fr.; Abigail Lawinger, Menomonee Falls, Wis./Jr.; Molli Munz, Bellefontaine, Ohio/Sr.
FOOTBALL : Caleb Anthony, Ludington/Fr.; Grant Arnoldink, Holland/So.; Brian Brandt, Wausau, Wis/Jr.; Kyle Croskey, East Lansing/Jr.; Scott Gibson, Jefferson, Wis/Fr.; Stephen Messam, South Bay, Fla./So.; Derek McLaughlin, Berrien Springs/Jr.; Brandon Pitzer, Brighton/So.; James Reese, Brighton/Fr.; Rob Turner, Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Jr.; Matthew Wohlgemuth, Lake Orion/So.
WOMEN'S TRACK/CROSS COUNTRY: Jessica Barhorst, Minster, Ohio/Jr.; Melissa Brousseau, Alpena/Sr.; Brook Creed, Walkerville/Sr.; Kathryn Davis, Liberty Center, Ohio/Fr.; Maria Derezinski, Muskegon/Sr.; Jamie Foote, Laingsburg/Fr.; Jennifer Garavaglia, Warren/So.; Jamie Hicks, Mason/Fr.; Jillian Hinds, Traverse City/Jr.; Kelli Kirchofer, Swartz Creek/Jr.; Cami Moll, Zeeland/Jr.; Kristen Podein, Belmont/Jr.; Danielle Quisenberry, Middleville/So.; Jennifer Roberts, Sycamore, Ill./Fr.; Ashley Swainston, Muskegon/Fr.
GYMNASTICS: Tara Cartier, East Granby, Conn./Jr.; Sarah Dame, Maple City/Jr.; Shanna Duggan, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./Fr.; Tiffany Dykstra, Lemars, Iowa/Fr.; Laura McLaren, Unionville, Ont./Fr.; Kara Reighard, Mount Pleasant/Fr.
WRESTLING: Jason Borelli, Mount Pleasant/So.; Brett Faustman, Mason/Sr.; Michael Moran, Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Fr.; Jeffrey Pangborn, Durand/Jr.; Kyle Stoffer, Olmsted Falls, Ohio/Fr.; Jordan Webster, Washington, Ill./Jr.
MEN'S TRACK/CROSS COUNTRY: Brad Anderson, Grand Rapids/Fr.; Jacob Crowe, Grand Ledge/So.; David Ernsberger, Petoskey/So.; Ryan Lantzer, St. Louis/Sr.; Ron Miller, Stanton/Jr.; Nicholas Shaedig, Lake Orion/Fr.; Michael Wilusz, Royal Oak/Sr.
WOMEN'S SOCCER: Jill Adams, St. Louis, Mo./So.; Jennifer Alexander, Midland/Fr.; Kari Alexander, Midland/Jr.; Sabrina Borgquist, West Bloomfield/Jr.; Katherine Conway, St. Charles, Ill./So.; Melissa Grouzard, Troy/Sr.; Kjersten Kuhlman, St. Louis, Mo/Sr.; Jacqueline Lorenzo, Hudson, Ohio/So.; Cari VanDyck, Medina, Ohio/So.; Rebecca Wesmer, Saginaw/So.
