RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Northwestern had the fourth most student-athletes received, the All-Academic Great American Conference honor announced Monday. The GAC honored the conference student-athletes who also excelled in academics with the announcement of the Winter/Spring GAC All-Academic Teams setting a new record, with 552 student-athletes receiving the honor.
The Lady Rangers basketball team led the GAC and the baseball team shared the lead with Ouachita Baptist. The 17 selections in baseball ranked as the second-best total for any sport.
"Division II places the balance of athletic pursuit and academic excellence in its highest regards," GAC Commissioner Will Prewitt said. "We again shattered our record for All-Academic honorees. I commend all of these student-athletes for maintaining their commitment to excellence in the classroom during this unprecedented year."
For student-athletes to be recognized on the Academic All-Conference team, they must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at the nominating institution. In addition, their grade-point average must be a minimum of 3.30 based on the 4.0 system. The GPA shall be cumulative for the athlete's entire collegiate career.
A total of 55 Northwestern student-athletes joined a record number 552 GAC All-Academic honorees for the Winter/Spring Sports.
Northwestern recipients include:
Baseball – Parker Base (Jr.), 3.38, Business Administration; Wyatt Bergner (So.), 3.87, Health and Sports Science; Brady Bowles (So.), 3.76, Biology; Rafferty Brown (Jr.), 3.57, Psychology; Caden Church (So.), 3.78, Agriculture; Bryce Donovan (Sr.), 3.54, Criminal Justice; Kaleb Honea (Sr.), 3.61, Health and Sports Science; Dax Jallo (So.), 3.52, Mathematics; Daschal Johnson (Gr.), 3.85, Psychology; Preston Lonadier (Jr.), 3.75, Health and Sports Science; Rafael Lara (Sr.), 3.34, Biology; Blake Manuel (Sr.), 3.47, Health and Sports Science; Angel Perez (Jr.), 3.48, Mass Communications; Brock Randels (Gr.), 3.40, Accounting; Sean Rydell (Sr.), 3.38, Health and Sports Science; Jeremy Sawyer (Sr.), 3.34, Nursing; Jake White (Sr.), 3.50, General Studies.
Softball – Lauran Adcock (So.), 3.79, Health and Sports Science; Abby Detar (So.), 3.92, Psychology; Ariel Forsyth (So.), 3.62, Psychology; Kalie Johnson (So.), 3.44, Health and Sports Science; Morgan La Neve (So.), 3.43, Health and Sports Science; Kailin Lian (So.), 3.58, Nursing; Lindsey McElroy (So.), 3.77, Accounting; Alexa Moses (Sr.), 3.49, Accounting; Emily Poindexter (Jr.), 3.93, Health and Sports Science; Shelbie Roberson (So.), 3.45, Biology; Alexia Taylor (Jr.), 3.31, Health and Sports Science; Morgan Welch (Jr.), 3.54, Accounting; Bailee Whitener (So.), 4.00, Health and Sports Science; Alli Willis (So.), 3.38, Biology.
Women's Basketball – Bailey Brown (Jr.), 3.84, Biology; Hillary Hurst (Jr.), 3.67, Health and Sports Science; Mya Johnson (Jr.), 3.67, Health and Sports Science; Kalea King (Sr.), 3.71, Criminal Justice; Kenzi Lamer (So.), 3.57, Health and Sports Science; Kyleigh Leverich (So.), 3.79, Health and Sports Science; Kaylyn Maple (Jr.), 3.96, Health and Sports Science; Jakeria Otey (Sr.), 3.45, Adult Education; Presley Payahsape (So.), 3.47, Health and Sports Science; Katelyn Schieber (So.), 4.00, Psychology; Alexis Wall (So.), 3.84, Business Accounting
Women's Track & Field – Camille Lear (So.), 3.42, Biology; Jenny Martinez (So.), 3.31, Agriculture Education; Kaitlyn McClary (So.), 3.33, Health and Sports Science; Selena McDonald (Jr.), 3.58, Health and Sports Science; Melissa Perez (So.), 3.73, Biology – Health Sciences; Kelsey Swindle (So.), 3.65, Health and Sports Science.
Men's Golf – Juan Gui Angarita (So.), 3.57, Business Administration; Ben Baker (Jr.), 3.64, Pre-Pharmacy; Tyler Berryhill (Jr.), 3.47, Pre-Med, Brendan Kates (Jr.), 3.41, Health and Sports Science.
Women's Golf – Ashley Watts (Jr.), 3.81, Mass Communications.
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