EMU’s student-athletes continue to out-do themselves. The Royals set a new high for student-athletes named to the annual Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, putting 104 on the team, showing their fourth straight year with an increase in honorees.
Eastern Mennonite University broke 100 all-academic athletes for the first time in their history, while eclipsing last year’s record of 96. There has been a dramatic rise in honorees for EMU recently, with this year’s 104 nearly doubling the total from four years ago – 53 in 2010-11.
All of EMU’s ODAC-sponsored sports were represented on the All-Academic Team. Men’s volleyball competes in the Continental Volleyball Conference which fields its own academic team.
The ODAC All-Academic Team eclipsed 1,000 student-athletes for the ninth consecutive year and set a new record for conference honorees for the sixth year in a row. With representatives from each of the 17 ODAC institutions (including Catholic University for football only and Greensboro College and Notre Dame of Maryland University for swimming only), 1,800 student-athletes earned recognition on the 2013-14 ODAC All-Academic Team. That total was a full 200 more than last year’s 1,600.
Eligibility for the ODAC All-Academic Team is open to any student-athlete that competes in a conference-sponsored sport, regardless of academic class. He or she must achieve at least a 3.25 grade point average for the year to be considered for an ODAC All-Academic Award.
Washington and Lee University placed the most student-athletes on the list with 320 individuals on the academic team. In total, 10 ODAC-member schools eclipsed 100 honorees. Behind W&L, the other nine school’s ranged between EMU’s 104 and Bridgewater’s 159.
The entire list of Royals named to the ODAC All-Academic Team is listed below. Click here to see the full list of the ODAC All-Academic Team.
Steven Anhold – Men’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Lorraine Armstrong – Field Hockey
Emily Augsburger – Field Hockey
Becky Barrett – Women’s Basketball
Ariel Bills – Field Hockey
Megan Bishop – Women’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Becca Borg – Women’s Soccer, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Rachel Breidigan – Women’s Soccer
Tyler Brenneman – Men’s Soccer
Chafin Brumfield – Women’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Jonathan Bush – Men’s Soccer, Indoor/Outdoor Track
Ryan Bush – Men’s Golf
Lauren Campbell – Softball
Hannah Chappell-Dick – Women’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Robert Cook – Men’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Melissa Cox – Field Hockey
Nicolette Cuevas – Softball
Hannah Daley – Field Hockey
Patty Danaher – Women’s Cross Country
Paige DeBell – Field Hockey
Tyler Denlinger – Men’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Jenessa Derstine – Field Hockey
Katie Eckman – Women’s Cross Country
Mariah Foltz – Softball
Ryan Gehman – Men’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Joe Hall – Baseball
Christian Hansen – Men’s Basketball
Becca Hardy – Women’s Volleyball
Derek Harnish – Men’s Soccer
Bethany Hench – Field Hockey
Ryan Henschel – Baseball
Braden Herman – Men’s Soccer
Morgan Hill – Women’s Soccer
David Hooley – Men’s Soccer
Skyler Johnson – Women’s Volleyball
Kyle Johnson – Baseball
Robert Johnson – Baseball
Viktor Kaltenstein – Men’s Soccer
Brianna Kauffman – Field Hockey
Janae Kauffman – Field Hockey
Lanae Kreider – Women’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Jennifer Kuhns – Women’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Jacob Landis – Men’s Cross Country
Jordan Leaman – Men’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Kat Lehman – Women’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Mattie Lehman – Women’s Volleyball
Savanna Lester – Women’s Golf
Jake Lind – Men’s Soccer
Jessica Longenecker – Women’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Dean Lowery – Baseball
Aislinn Lucas – Softball
Sierra Martin – Women’s Soccer
Mariah Martin – Field Hockey
Rayah Martin – Women’s Soccer
Tim Martin – Men’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Grayson Mast – Men’s Soccer
Mark Mast – Men’s Soccer
Brad Matthias – Baseball
Erin Mays – Women’s Volleyball
Tyler McCullock – Baseball
Brittany McDonaldson – Women’s Golf
Macson McGuigan – Men’s Soccer
Reed Meyer – Men’s Basketball
Katie Miller – Women’s Volleyball
Chris Miller – Men’s Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Sa’Mone Moore – Women’s Basketball
Austin Mumaw – Men’s Soccer
Joseph Mumaw – Men’s Soccer
Emily Musselman – Field Hockey
Cara Neikirk – Softball
David Nester – Men’s Soccer
Jonathan Nisly – Men’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Ian Norris – Baseball
Nora Osei – Women’s Soccer, Basketball
Jolee Paden – Women’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Jesse Parker – Men’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Hannah Patterson – Women’s Cross Country
Dylan Polley – Men’s Soccer
Casey Racer – Softball
Jess Rheinheimer – Women’s Basketball
Sara Ritchie – Women’s Volleyball
Kyle Salladay – Baseball
Zach Sauder – Men’s Soccer
Juni Schirch – Women’s Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Sara Shenk Moreno – Women’s Soccer
Kayla Smeltzer – Women’s Volleyball
Marcy Smucker – Women’s Soccer
Paige Souder – Field Hockey
Garrett Spangler – Men’s Soccer
Mandy Stowers – Field Hockey
Rachel Sturm – Women’s Soccer, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Seth Suttles – Men’s Soccer
Ryan Thomas – Men’s Soccer
Haley Thomas – Softball
Shannan Thompson – Women’s Basketball
Hannah Walker – Women’s Soccer
Aaron Weaver – Baseball
Londen Wheeler – Men’s Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
Amanda Williams – Women’s Soccer
Camille Williams – Field Hockey
Alicia Ygarza – Women’s Basketball
Andrew Yoder – Men’s Soccer
Alena Yoder – Women’s Volleyball
Marla zumFelde – Women’s Basketball