General | 6/14/2021 11:44:00 AM

June 14, 2021-The MIAA has announced its academic awards for transfers and newcomers during the 2020-21 school year. Emporia State had 93 new student-athletes recognized for their work in the classroom during the 2020-21 school year.
 
Freshmen football players Peyton Henry, softball player Alexis Dial and track & field athletes Jake Johnson, Ashley Cookson, and Claire Crawford all had a 4.00 GPA to earn the MIAA Academic Excellence Award. Henry is a computer science major from Andover, Kan., Jones is a sports leadership major from St. Louis, Mo., Dial is a biology major from Topeka, Kan., Cookson is an accounting major from Howard, Kan., Crawford is a communication major from Osage City, Kan., while Johnson is from El Dorado, Kan. and undecided on a major.  An MIAA Academic Excellence Award recipient must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of at least 4.00 at the certifying member institution. The honoree also must have at least two terms of grades reported at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.
 
Four Hornets were named MIAA Scholar-Athletes. Jenna Ramsey from Hutchinson, Kan. was the MIAA champion in the 10,000m at the outdoor track & field championships and has a 2.92 GPA in mathematics. Ehlaina Hartman was an honorable mention All-MIAA selection in women's basketball and the Spearville, Kan. native has a 3.64 GPA in psychology. Goddard, Kan. native Emma Furnish earned honorable mention All-MIAA in softball and has a 3.69 GPA in elementary education. Megan Stretton from Topeka, Kan. has a 3.96 GPA in nursing and was named All-MIAA during the spring volleyball season.  A Scholar-Athlete is an individual that has a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.50 or better at the certifying member institution. They must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. For spring volleyball the student-athlete needed to earn All-Tournament honors, or up to two more individuals be nominated by the head coach.

A total of 93 Hornets earned MIAA Academic Honor Roll honors. To be recognized on the Academic Honor Roll list, one must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.00 or above at the certifying member institution. The individual must also have at least two terms of grades reported at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.
 
Including the returners that were announced following each sports season Emporia State had 249 student-athletes named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll, 13 MIAA Academic Excellence Award winners, and ten MIAA Scholar-Athletes.
 
MIAA Academic Excellence Award

Name	Year	GPA	Sport	Major	Hometown
Peyton Henry	Fr.	4	FB	Computer Science	Andover,KS
Lavon Jones	Fr.	4	FB	Sports Leadership	St.Louis, MO
Jake Johnson	Fr.	4	MTF	Undecided	El Dorado, KS
Alexis Dial	Fr.	4	SB	Biology	Topeka, KS
Ashley Cookson	Fr.	4	WTF	Accounting	Howard, KS
Claire Crawford	Fr.	4	WTF	Communication	Osage City, KS

 
MIAA Scholar-Athletes

Name	Year	GPA	Sport	Major	Hometown
Jenna Ramsey	Fr.	3.92	WTF	Mathematics	Hutchinson, KS
Ehlaina Hartman	Fr.	3.64	WBB	Psychology	Spearville, KS
Emma Furnish	Fr.	3.69	SB	Elementary Education	Goddard, KS
Megan Stretton	Fr.	3.96	VB	Nursing	Topeka, KS

 
MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Name	Year	GPA	Sport	Major	Hometown
Noah Geekie	So.	3.88	BASE	Physcial Education	Strathclair, Manitoba
Dylan Werries	So.	3.33	BASE	Health & Human Performance	McPherson, KS
Tanner Martin	Fr.	3.29	BASE	Health & Human Performance	Blue Springs, MO
Zachary Ebert	Jr.	3.28	BASE	General Studies	Topeka, KS
Jace Essig	Fr.	3.26	BASE	Physcial Education	Paradise, TX
Austin Neal	So.	3.16	BASE	Business Administration	Kingfisher, OK
Ben Smith	So.	3.76	MBB	Physics	Edmond, OK
Kong Kong	Jr.	3.2	MBB	Business Administration	Mankato, MN
Nick Reid	Fr.	3.15	MBB	Undecided	Central City, IA
Peyton Henry	Fr.	4	FB	Computer Science	Andover,KS
Lavon Jones	Fr.	4	FB	Sports Leadership	St.Louis, MO
Jackson Novacek	Fr.	3.93	FB	Business Administration	DeSoto, KS
Rafe Goucher	Fr.	3.89	FB	Business Administration	El Reno, OK
Chris McGee	Fr.	3.95	FB	Health & Human Performance	Lawrence, KS
Garrick Martin	Fr.	3.7	FB	Business Administration	Stillwater, OK
Trey Wright	Fr.	3.69	FB	Business Administration	Holton, KS
Uciph McDaniel	Fr.	3.66	FB	Business Administration	Topeka, KS
Tommy Zimmerman	Fr.	3.65	FB	Undecided	Overland Park, KS
Cael Budke	Fr.	3.56	FB	Earth Science	Elmdale, KS
Kobe Holley	Fr.	3.5	FB	Crime & Delinquency Studies	Stillwater, OK
Jaylen Varner	Fr.	3.45	FB	Business Administration	Marshall, MO
Dylan Roach	Fr.	3.44	FB	Business Administration	Overland Park, KS
Kenneth Hartwig	Fr.	3.42	FB	Art	Ballwin, MO
Andrew Kayhill	Fr.	3.31	FB	Health & Human Performance	Greenwood, MO
Jacob Taylor	Fr.	3.28	FB	Biology	Andover,KS
Heath Baker	Fr.	3.27	FB	Undecided	Atchison, KS
Jack Wiens	Fr.	3.24	FB	Nursing	Andover,KS
Brayden Klaassen	Fr.	3.22	FB	Social Science	Olathe, KS
Rylan Miller	Fr.	3.2	FB	Health & Human Performance	Overland Park, KS
Zion Jones	Fr.	3.18	FB	Information Systems	Wichita, KS
Will Herren	Fr.	3.18	FB	Physical Education	Carbondale, KS
Chase Ricke	Fr.	3.14	FB	Nursing	Tulsa, OK
Carlos Guzman	Fr.	3.13	FB	Undecided	Denver, CO
Sherman Deaton	Fr.	3.01	FB	Undecided	Fountain, CO
Carson Mosier	Fr.	3.77	MTEN	Physical Education	Towanda, KS
Pablo Carranza	So.	3.45	MTEN	Economics	Queretaro, Mexico
Lleyton Fosha	Fr.	3.07	MTEN	Social Science	Olathe, KS
Jake Johnson	Fr.	4	MTF	Undecided	El Dorado, KS
Tyler Swift	Fr.	3.99	MTF	Accounting	Raymore, MO
Brice Helton	Fr.	3.97	MTF	Accounting	Augusta, KS
Jack Watson	Fr.	3.93	MTF	Health & Human Performance	Wamego, KS
Brayden Staab	So.	3.83	MTF	Business Administration	Enid, OK
Rylan Brown	Fr.	3.8	MTF	Psychology	Topeka, KS
Garrett Meyer	Fr.	3.78	MTF	Undecided	El Dorado, KS
Ysef Elghzali	Fr.	3.68	MTF	Health & Human Performance	Overland Park, KS
Josh McLaughlin	Fr.	3.64	MTF	Biology	Maize, KS
Payton Marshall	Fr.	3.29	MTF	Undecided	Cimarron, KS
John Tetuan	Fr.	3.22	MTF	Accounting	Topeka, KS
Caleb Sanders	Fr.	3.11	MTF	Mathematics	Caney, KS
Jaime Diaz	Fr.	3.1	MTF	Physcial Education	Olathe, KS
Jackson Wedge	Fr.	3.07	MTF	Undecided	Wichita, KS
Miles Lockridge	Fr.	3.01	MTF	Social Science	Kansas City, KS
Nathan Ewing	Fr.	3	MTF	Sports Leadership	Spring Hill, KS
Ehlaina Hartman	Fr.	3.64	WBB	Psychology	Spearville, KS
Addison Hooper	Fr.	3.64	WBB	Health & Human Performance	Fort Worth, TX
Emily Weathers	Fr.	3.28	WBB	Biology	Scott City, KS
Alexis Dial	Fr.	4	SB	Biology	Topeka, KS
Karly Johnson	Fr.	3.95	SB	Psychology	Lawrence, KS
Bailey Flewelling	Fr.	3.82	SB	Health & Human Performance	Holton, KS
McKensy Glass	Fr.	3.77	SB	Physical Education	Wichita, KS
Emma Furnish	Fr.	3.69	SB	Elementary Education	Goddard, KS
Mallory Stegman	Fr.	3.98	WSOC	Biology	Wichita, KS
Angie Palmer	Fr.	3.96	WSOC	English	Wichita, KS
Anna Burnett	Fr.	3.91	WSOC	Biology	Baldwin, KS
Liz Palmer	Jr.	3.87	WSOC	Elementary Education	Wichita, KS
Rhea Bailey	Fr.	3.87	WSOC	Health & Human Performance	Leicester, England
Sophia Pope	Fr.	3.86	WSOC	Health & Human Performance	Lenexa, KS
Cali Schechinger	So.	3.52	WSOC	Health & Human Performance	Overland Park, KS
Kyleigh Roe	Fr.	3.22	WSOC	Elementary Education	Pleasant Hill, MO
Emma Biggs	Fr.	3.13	WTEN	Elementary Education	Topeka, KS
Ashley Cookson	Fr.	4	WTF	Accounting	Howard, KS
Claire Crawford	Fr.	4	WTF	Communication	Osage City, KS
Grace Jacobs	Fr.	3.97	WTF	Social Science	Rose Hill, KS
Jenna Ramsey	Fr.	3.92	WTF	Mathematics	Hutchinson, KS
Holly Brockmeier	Fr.	3.91	WTF	Elementary Education	Hope, KS
Makenzie Owings	Fr.	3.9	WTF	Nursing	Maize, KS
Brooke Flory	Fr.	3.84	WTF	Nursing	Pomona, KS
Megan McManis	Fr.	3.81	WTF	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Kansas City, MO
Rebecca Froebe	Fr.	3.76	WTF	Marketing	Lenexa, KS
Ashley Wildeman	Fr.	3.67	WTF	Business Administration	Lawrence, KS
Hannah Schultz	Sr	3.67	WTF	Chemistry	Garden City, KS
Audrey Phelps	Fr.	3.67	WTF	Elementary Education	Dodge City, KS
Hollie Marlow	Fr.	3.66	WTF	Physcial Education	Parsons, KS
Kennedy Smith	Fr.	3.6	WTF	Health & Human Performance	Owasso, OK
Madisynn Hair	Fr.	3.58	WTF	Nursing	Cheney, KS
Tatum Sefcik	Fr.	3.43	WTF	Crime & Delinquency Studies	Kansas City, MO
Clarice Nichols	Fr.	3.26	WTF	Social Science	Wichita, KS
Sophia DeWitt	Fr.	3.11	WTF	Health & Human Performance	Lawrence, KS
Megan Stretton	Fr.	3.96	VB	Nursing	Topeka, KS
Dorianne Lebron	Jr.	3.84	VB	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Guayama, PR
Mickey Murphy	Fr.	3.82	VB	Nursing	Topeka, KS
Allyson Bissa	Fr.	3.78	VB	Social Science	Phoenix, AZ
Winny Harris	Fr.	3.47	VB	Elementary Education	Atchison, KS