The Great Lakes Valley Conference has released its list of Academic All-Conference selections for the 2013-14 academic year, and the University of Missouri–St. Louis had a record 84 student-athletes receive recognition for their academic accomplishments.
All 11 of UMSL’s sports were represented on the list with baseball accounting for the most with 17 student-athletes being named, while softball accounted for 13 student-athletes. Women’s golf had the highest percentage of team members, with five of six student-athletes being honored.
The 84 student-athletes honored betters the previous record of 73 set last year.
There were a total of 42 student-athletes who were repeat recipients for this award, having been named at least once before during their career, including graduating seniors Chelsea Burkle (volleyball), Matt Burrus (men’s soccer), Anna McNulty (volleyball), Paul Richmond (baseball), Zach Standefer (baseball) and Louisa Werner (women’s tennis), who are all four-time honorees.
To be nominated for the Academic All-GLVC team, student-athletes must have either a) completed at least two semesters at their institution and have a cumulative GPA which meets the Academic All-American standard (3.30) or have attained a GPA of least 3.40 in each of the preceding two semesters or b) have not completed two semesters and attained a GPA of 3.40 or higher.
After setting a new conference record with 2,002 honorees a year ago, the GLVC’s member schools shattered the mark this season as 2,318 student-athletes met the league’s Academic-All Conference criteria. The increase of 316 was aided by the addition of men’s and women’s swimming and diving as well as first-year member Truman State University.
UMSL 2013-14 ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE STUDENT-ATHLETES
* – Indicates number of Academic All-Conference honors
BASEBALL (17)
Bo Banning
Shane Brinker
Michael Budka
Alan Frank***
Luke Hayes
Matt McCoy
Chris Mathes
Paul Moritz***
Alex Piontek
Paul Richmond****
Jonathan Shanker
Zach Standefer****
Derek Steiner**
Scott Szarek**
Spencer Thompson***
Chris True***
Joe Wieczkowski
SOFTBALL (13)
Kelsey Bailey
Jena Boudreau***
Brianna Butler**
Brittni Chapman
Sara Kern
Brandi Kiel
Ashleigh King**
Lauren Logan
Rachel Matthies
Paige Pluester**
Katie Rutledge***
Alex Stupek
Katie Wood**
WOMEN’S SOCCER (11)
Brooke Barczewski
Michelle Cissi***
Johanna Frost
Maddi Hines
Mary Kopsky
Haley Larson**
Cassie McFadden**
Jessica Mincher**
Amanda Shurzinske
Kaitlyn Smugala***
Lovisa Svennson
VOLLEYBALL (9)
Shelby Bishop**
Haley Brightwell**
Chelsea Burkle****
Savannah Hubly
Anna McNulty****
Lindsay Meyer**
Hannah Miller**
Kara Roggemann
Jory Siebenmorgen
MEN’S SOCCER (7)
DJ Bednar
Matt Burrus****
Tyler Collico**
Jeremiah Cooper**
Garrette Daugherty**
Evan Garrad
Chris Pearson
WOMEN’S TENNIS (6)
Nina Bellanger
Leanne Cantalupo***
Natalia Vaz de Carvalhais**
Chandler Duchaine**
Lina Parra
Louisa Werner ****
WOMEN’S GOLF (5)
Kristin Gonzalez
Tayler Hoag**
Bailey Hopper***
Gabriela Murcia**
Miranda Rohlfing
MEN’S BASKETBALL (4)
Femi John
Andreas Kefalas
Danilo Radenkovic
Eli Weigley***
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (4)
Sydney Bloch
Danielle Daume
Kelly Kunkel**
Kelly McGovern **
MEN’S GOLF (4)
Matt Barry
Anthony Cope
Justin Hyun***
Brian Wade
MEN’S TENNIS (4)
Tim Gorter***
Harry Heyburn***
Tim McLarty
Gabriel Oliveira
