Horizon League Announces 2022 Outdoor #HLTF All-Academic Teams
INDIANAPOLIS – Recognizing student-athletes for their success both in competition and in the classroom, the Horizon League released its 2022 Outdoor Track and Field All-Academic Teams and Honorable Mention Teams on Thursday. A total of 39 student-athletes earned the honor of being named to the All-Academic Teams, while 11 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 11 of the League’s institutions. Leading the way is Milwaukee who had nine representatives on the All-Academic Teams and a representative on the Honorable Mention Teams. Youngstown State followed with six student-athletes named to the All-Academic Teams and three student-athletes named to the Honorable Mention Teams. Six athletes from Detroit Mercy made the All-Academic Teams and one athlete made the Honorable Mention Teams. Oakland had five Golden Grizzlies on the All-Academic Teams and one member on the Honorable Mention Teams. IUPUI had three student-athletes named to the All-Academic Teams and two student-athletes on the Honorable Mention Teams. Northern Kentucky had three representatives on the All-Academic Teams and one representative on the Honorable Mention Teams. Two athletes from Purdue Fort Wayne were named to the All-Academic Teams with one representative on the Honorable Mention Teams. Cleveland State had two athletes on the All-Academic Teams, and UIC had a representative on the All-Academic Teams and another representative on the Honorable Mention Teams. Both RMU and Wright State each had one student-athlete named to the All-Academic 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 Outdoor #HLTF Men’s All-Academic Team (ties are not broken)
Bonanza Cummings, Detroit Mercy
Daniel Lanfear, Detroit Mercy
Thomas Mueller, Detroit Mercy
Payton Norkey, Detroit Mercy
Eric Hoffman, IUPUI
Eric Peterson, IUPUI
Tony Bretall, Milwaukee
Josh Freitag, Milwaukee
Luke Rapisarda, Milwaukee
Trevor Wenzel, Milwaukee
Jackson Coates, Northern Kentucky
Connor Goetz, Oakland
Trey Plichta, Oakland
Brent Donaldson, Purdue Fort Wayne
Braxton Trittipo, Purdue Fort Wayne
Dalton Burk, UIC
Noah Drudy, Youngstown State
Zach Gray, Youngstown State
Dominic Perry, Youngstown State
Men’s Honorable Mention Team
Dante Bassham, Detroit Mercy
Nate Kaiser, IUPUI
Gracien Jules, Milwaukee
Kyle Mastin, Northern Kentucky
Wyatt Lefker, Youngstown State
2022 Outdoor #HLTF Women’s All-Academic Team (ties are not broken)
Hannah Korte, Cleveland State
Margaret Smith, Cleveland State
Rebecca Arnold, Detroit Mercy
Allison Sherman, Detroit Mercy
Sabrina Elder, IUPUI
Annie Guerrero, Milwaukee
Mikayla Fox, Milwaukee
Lauren Lietzke, Milwaukee
Kortnie Volk, Milwaukee
Tabitha Wechlo, Milwaukee
Andrea Armstrong, Northern Kentucky
Lynsey Shipley, Northern Kentucky
Rachel Kempf, Oakland
Maddi Leigh, Oakland
Grace Nolan, Oakland
Keturah Hunter, RMU
Abigal Halsey, Wright State
Morgan Cole, Youngstown State
Natalie Fleming, Youngstown State
Madison Murry, Youngstown State
Women’s Honorable Mention Team
Marie Terry, IUPUI
Ollie Updike, Oakland
Sophia Buck, Purdue Fort Wayne
Bailey Moran, UIC
Olivia Jones, Youngstown State
Nicole Squatrito, Youngstown State