General | 6/15/2020 11:30:00 AM

June 15, 2020-A total of 90 Emporia State newcomers earned academic honors from the MIAA for their efforts in the classroom in 2019-20. This brings the total of Hornets that received academic honors from the conference to 255 during the past year.
 
Five Hornets were named MIAA Award of Excellence winners for maintaining a 4.00 cumulative GPA. Women's track & field student-athletes Rylie Oshel, Victoria Pettay and Kynzie Underwood along with softball player Josie Harrison and men's tennis player Cameron Kienholz have yet to get a grade below an A while at Emporia State. Several other student-athletes have not gotten a grade below an A- but due to Emporia State's weighted grading system have 3.99 GPAs.

Soccer players Mackenzie Dimarco and Hannah Woolery were joined by Lady Hornet basketball player Mollie Mounsey as MIAA Scholar-Athletes for maintaining a 3.50 cumulative GPA and earning All-MIAA honors in their respective sports. Dimarco was the MIAA Offensive Player of the Year in women's soccer while Woolery earned honorable mention honors as freshmen.  Mounsey was a second-team All-MIAA performer in her only year at Emporia State. Due to COVID-19 MIAA Scholar-Athlete recognition was not available for spring sports.

A total of 90 Hornets were named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll for maintaining a 3.00 cumulative GPA.
 
When this group of newcomers is combined with the returners, Emporia State had a total of 255 student-athletes named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll, ten named MIAA Scholar-Athlete and ten Hornets earned the MIAA Award of Excellence in 2018-19.
 
Emporia State's nearly 350 student-athletes combined for a department record GPA of 3.28 during the spring 2020 semester. Five programs had a team GPA of over 3.50 while all programs maintained at least a 3.00 GPA during the spring. A total of 239 of the 344 student-athletes for Emporia State had a 3.0 GPA during the semester while 68 Hornet student-athletes had a 4.0 GPA in the spring.
 
MIAA Academic Excellence Award

Name	Class	Sport	GPA	Major	Hometown
Josie Harrison	Fr.	Softball	4	Health & Human Performance	St. Marys, Kan.
Rylie Oshel	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	4	Nursing	Topeka, Kan.
Victoria Pettay	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	4	Health & Human Performance	Wamego, Kan.
Kynzie Underwood	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	4	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Wamego, Kan.
Cameron Kienholz	Fr.	Men's Tennis	4	Athletic Training	Emporia, Kan.

 
MIAA Scholar-Athletes

Name	Class	Sport	GPA	Major	Hometown
Mollie Mounsey	Sr.	Women's Basketball	3.52	Communication	Follett, Texas
Mackenzie Dimarco	Fr.	Women's Soccer	3.92	Elementary Education	Pleasant Hill, Mo.
Hannah Woolery	Fr.	Women's Soccer	3.87	English	Overbrook, Kan.

 
MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Name	Class	Sport	GPA	Major	Hometown
Blake Carroll	Jr.	Baseball	3.97	Psychology	Wichita, Kan.
Coleton Crisp	Jr.	Baseball	3.92	Crime & Delinquency Studies	Whitewater, Kan.
Jack Maki	Jr.	Baseball	3.84	ERS	Andover, Kan.
Sam Chaput	Jr.	Baseball	3.76	Sports Leadership	Boisbriand, Quebec
Javier Pena	Jr.	Baseball	3.63	Computer Science	Kansas City, Kan.
Alex DeBey	Jr.	Baseball	3.58	Accounting	Lenexa, Kan.
Zach Olson	Fr.	Baseball	3.48	Nursing	Lee's Summit, Mo.
Jared Kengott	Jr.	Baseball	3.27	Business Administration	Addison, Texas
Tauren Langley	Jr.	Baseball	3.26	Psychology	Edmonton, Alberta
Brady Michel	Sr.	Baseball	3.12	Business Administration	Great Bend,Kan.
Austin Hamm	Fr.	Baseball	3.09	Business Administration	Olathe, Kan.
Matthew Hopkins	Jr.	Baseball	3.07	Management	Kingfisher,Okla.
Brogen Richardson	Fr.	Baseball	3.05	Business Administration	Salina, Kan.
Devin Rottweiler	So.	Men's Basketball	3.92	Modern Language	Sierra Vista, Ariz.
Mason Thiessen	Fr.	Men's Basketball	3.52	Management	Inman, Kan.
Dallas Bailey	Jr.	Men's Basketball	3.38	Crime & Delinquency Studies	Denver, Colo.
Justin Williams	Jr.	Men's Basketball	3.19	Recreation	Indianapolis, Ind.
Mayum Buom	Fr.	Men's Basketball	3.01	Psychology	Lincoln, Neb.
Gunnar Thompson	Fr.	Football	3.98	Biology	Poteau, Okla.
Jace Kinnamon	Fr.	Football	3.91	Health & Human Performance	McPherson, Kan.
Declan Haub	Fr.	Football	3.79	Business Administration	Kingfisher,Okla.
Deontei Braggs	Fr.	Football	3.66	Biology	Spira, Okla.
Ross Brungardt	Fr.	Football	3.83	Business Administration	Lawrence, Kan
Tyler Kahmann	Fr.	Football	3.56	Biology	Wichita, Kan.
Charlie Suenram	Fr.	Football	3.54	Marketing	Edmond, Okla.
Devin Stoker	Fr.	Football	3.5	Health & Human Performance	Olathe, Kan.
Billy Ross,Jr.	Fr.	Football	3.45	Marketing	Oklahoma City, Okla.
Chase Merkey	Fr.	Football	3.43	Undecided	Geary, Okla.
Khalil Rasheed	Fr.	Football	3.36	Accounting	Coppell, Texas
Daniel Becker	Fr.	Football	3.32	Computer Science	Conway Springs, Kan.
Will Valentas	Jr.	Football	3.21	Accounting	Andover, Kan.
Sage Sieperda	Fr.	Football	3.16	Business Administration	Shawnee, Kan.
Jalen Risley	Fr.	Football	3.16	Accounting	Caldwell, Kan.
Stu Habbart	Fr.	Football	3.1	Mathematics	Goddard, Kan.
Ian Carpenter	Fr.	Football	3.09	Social Science	Andover, Kan.
Cameron Kienholz	Fr.	Men's Tennis	4	Athletic Training	Emporia, Kan.
Harrison Brown	Fr.	Men's Tennis	3.9	Business Administration	Woking, England
Theo Belmonte	Fr.	Men's Tennis	3.28	Business Administration	Paris, France
Calvin Morgan	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.98	Marketing	Tonganoxie, Kan.
Matt  Goeckel	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.93	Health & Human Performance	Council Grove, Kan.
Connor Young	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.91	Nursing	Olathe, Kan.
Brayden Staab	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.91	Business Administration	Enid, Okla.
Aaron Hunt	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.87	Biology	Copan, Okla.
Thomas Finley	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.79	Health & Human Performance	Emporia, Kan.
Chase Rooney	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.65	Marketing	Spring Hill, Kan.
Billy Ross,Jr.	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.45	Marketing	Oklahoma City, Okla.
Joshua Reuting	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.38	Psychology	Omaha, Neb.
Aren Trost	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.33	Business Administration	McPherson, Kan.
Devin Owings	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.32	Biology	Baldwin City, Kan.
Joseph Brown	Fr.	Men's Track & Field	3.21	Athletic Training	Prairie Village, Kan.
Jayln Harris	Fr.	Women's Basketball	3.67	Health & Human Performance	Downers Grove, Ill.
Laura Garcia-Laffitte	Fr.	Women's Basketball	3.61	Management	Madrid, Spain
Mollie Mounsey	Sr.	Women's Basketball	3.52	Communication	Follett, Texas
Sidney Tinner	So.	Women's Basketball	3.03	Psychology	Amarillo, Texas
Josie Harrison	Fr.	Softball	4	Health & Human Performance	St. Marys, Kan.
Abbey Ward	Fr.	Softball	3.83	Elementary Education	Olathe, Kan.
Emma Broxterman	So.	Softball	3.79	Health & Human Performance	Meriden, Kan.
Kerrigan Dixon	Jr.	Softball	3.41	Elementary Education	Maize, Kan.
Roni Raines	Fr.	Softball	3.36	Nursing	Topeka, Kan.
Mackenzie Dimarco	Fr.	Soccer	3.92	Elementary Education	Pleasant Hill, Mo.
Hannah Woolery	Fr.	Soccer	3.87	English	Overbrook, Kan.
Ella Woermann	Fr.	Soccer	3.87	Psychology	Cape Town, South Africa
Kaylee Bogle	Fr.	Soccer	3.71	Elementary Education	Keller, Texas
Joanie Westcoat	Fr.	Soccer	3.42	Marketing	Lee's Summit, Mo.
Mackenzie Sackuvich	Fr.	Soccer	3.42	Athletic Training	Kansas City, Mo.
Alexis Cole	Fr.	Soccer	3.57	Nursing	Leavenworth, Kan.
Tori Bailey	Fr.	Soccer	3.22	Athletic Training	Papillion, Neb.
Kelsie Burr	Fr.	Women's Tennis	3.76	Elementary Education	Arkansas City, Kan.
Rylie Oshel	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	4	Nursing	Topeka, Kan.
Victoria Pettay	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	4	Health & Human Performance	Wamego, Kan.
Kynzie Underwood	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	4	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Wamego, Kan.
Jaden Eck	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.99	Nursing	Andale, Kan.
Taylor Russell	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.9	Elementary Education	Hoyt, Kan.
Madeline Martin	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.86	Business Administration	Oklahoma City, Okla.
Caitlin McAndrew-Beckman	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.75	Elementary Education	Lawrence, Kan
Mary Grace Lassiter	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.7	Health & Human Performance	Edmond, Okla.
Libby Schurle	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.7	Nursing	Valley Center, Kan.
Natalie Brandt	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.69	Nursing	Olathe, Kan.
Courtney Brierly	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.69	Business Administration	Mustang, Okla.
Taylor Milleson	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.62	Biology	Emporia, Kan.
Elizabeth Schwerdtfeger	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.5	English	Emporia, Kan.
Kadaisha Mpwo	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.44	Elementary Education	Olathe, Kan.
Subreedia Lewis	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.37	Psychology	Overland Park, Kan.
Kaitlyn Caldwell	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.23	Accounting	Burlington, Kan.
Kendall Williams	Jr.	Women's Track & Field	3.23	Nursing	Farmington, N.M.
Miah McCue	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.14	Physical Education	Osage City, Kan.
Allison Hughes	Fr.	Women's Track & Field	3.05	Business Administration	Oklahoma City, Okla.
Riley Bernskoetter	Fr.	Volleyball	3.89	Biology	Jefferson City, Mo.
Rylie Fornelli	Fr.	Volleyball	3.74	Health & Human Performance	Emporia, Kan.
Shelby Ebert	Fr.	Volleyball	3.28	Business Administration	Topeka, Kan.