Horizon League Announces 2022 Indoor #HLTF All-Academic Teams
INDIANAPOLIS – Recognizing student-athletes for their success both in competition and in the classroom, the Horizon League released its 2022 Indoor Track and Field All-Academic Teams and Honorable Mention Teams on Monday. A total of 33 student-athletes earned the honor of being named to the All-Academic Teams, while eight more were tabbed for the Honorable Mention Teams. Faculty Athletic Representatives from member institutions voted for these awards.
The All-Academic and Honorable Mention Teams are comprised of student-athletes from eleven of the League’s institutions. Leading the way is Youngstown State who had seven representatives on the All-Academic Teams and two representatives on the Honorable Mention Teams. Milwaukee followed with six student-athletes named to the All-Academic Teams and two student-athletes named to the Honorable Mention Teams. Five athletes from IUPUI made the All-Academic Teams and one athlete made the Honorable Mention Teams. Oakland had four Golden Grizzlies on the All-Academic Teams and one member on the Honorable Mention Teams. Detroit Mercy had three student-athletes named to the All-Academic Teams. Three Horizon League Teams each saw two athletes on the All-Academic Teams, with those athletes representing Cleveland State, Northern Kentucky, and UIC. Northern Kentucky also had an athlete named to the Honorable Mention Team. Purdue Fort Wayne, RMU, and Wright State rounds out the All-Academic Teams with each institution having one student-athlete on the teams.
The Horizon League recognizes student-athletes with seasonal Academic All-League Teams in each of its 19 championship sports. To be eligible for Horizon League All-Academic consideration, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 or higher (based on a 4.00 scale), have completed at least one year at the member institution, having earned 24 semester-hour or 36 quarter-hour credits, and participate in 50 percent of the team’s overall contests.
2022 Indoor #HLTF Men’s All-Academic Team (ties are not broken)
Daniel Lanfear, Detroit Mercy
Thomas Mueller, Detroit Mercy
Eric Hoffman, IUPUI
Eric Peterson, IUPUI
Alex Ratkovich, IUPUI
Tony Bretall, Milwaukee
Josh Freitag, Milwaukee
Trevor Wenzel, Milwaukee
Jackson Coates, Northern Kentucky
Connor Goetz, Oakland
Brent Donaldson, Purdue Fort Wayne
Dalton Burk, UIC
Derek Basinger, Youngstown State
Zach Gray, Youngstown State
Brock Grundy, Youngstown State
Dominic Perry, Youngstown State
Men’s Honorable Mention Team
Wilson Whicker, IUPUI
Caleb Henry, Milwaukee
Gracien Jules, Milwaukee
Chase VanSickle, Oakland
2022 Indoor #HLTF Women’s All-Academic Team (ties are not broken)
Hannah Korte, Cleveland State
Margaret Smith, Cleveland State
Allison Sherman, Detroit Mercy
Sabrina Elder, IUPUI
Madison Fry, IUPUI
Annie Guerrero, Milwaukee
Lauren Lietzke, Milwaukee
Megan Safranski, Milwaukee
Andrea Armstrong, Northern Kentucky
Maddi Leigh, Oakland
Ashley Quinn, Oakland
Emily Schaub, Oakland
Keturah Hunter, RMU
Abigail Halsey, Wright State
Morgan Cole, Youngstown State
Natalie Fleming, Youngstown State
Nicole Squatrito, Youngstown State
Women’s Honorable Mention Team
Lynsey Shipley, Northern Kentucky
Olivia Dumas, UIC
Emily Bee, Youngstown State
Nia Williams-Matthews, Youngstown State