Eastern Mennonite University set a new high for student-athletes named to the annual Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, as 80 Royals were honored.\u00a0 Last year EMU landed 61 on the list.<\/p>\n
All of EMU\u2019s ODAC-sponsored sports were represented on the All-Academic Team.\u00a0 Men\u2019s volleyball competes in the Continental Volleyball Conference and is not eligible for the ODAC team.<\/p>\n
The ODAC All-Academic Team eclipsed 1,000 student-athletes for the seventh consecutive year and set a new high-water mark for conference honorees for the fourth year in a row.\u00a0 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), 1,459 student-athletes earned recognition on the 2012-13 ODAC All-Academic Team.<\/p>\n
Eligibility for the ODAC All-Academic Team is open to any student-athlete that competes in a conference-sponsored sport, regardless of academic class.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
The entire list of Royals named to the ODAC All-Academic Team is listed below.<\/p>\n
Nels Akerson – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nElizabeth Alderfer – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nSonja Anderson – Field Hockey
\nKayley Argenbright – Women’s Basketball
\nTrey Barrett – Men’s Basketball
\nRuthie Beck \u2013 Softball
\nJennifer Blankenship – Women’s Basketball
\nJessica Blanks – Field Hockey
\nCarol Brinkley – Field Hockey
\nJonathan Bush – Men’s Soccer, Track & Field
\nHannah Chappell-Dick – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nHannah Clemmer – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nMelissa Cox – Field Hockey
\nNicolette Cuevas \u2013 Softball
\nMary Beth Danaher – Field Hockey
\nPatty Danaher – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nJenessa Derstine – Field Hockey
\nAlli Eanes – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nKatie Eckman – Cross Country
\nRyan Eshleman – Men’s Soccer
\nJonathan Estrada \u2013 Baseball
\nDaniel Friesen – Men’s Soccer
\nChantelle Garber – Field Hockey
\nJessica Goertzen – Women’s Volleyball
\nNaomi Good – Women’s Soccer
\nPatrick Graber – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nDerek Harnish – Men’s Soccer
\nBethany Hench – Field Hockey
\nRyan Henschel \u2013 Baseball
\nBrooke Hensley \u2013 Softball
\nJordan Hollinger – Men’s Soccer
\nDavid Hooley – Men’s Soccer
\nHolly Jensen – Women’s Soccer
\nBrianna Kauffman – Field Hockey
\nJanna Kaufman – Women’s Soccer
\nRachel Kennel – Women’s Volleyball
\nLanae Kreider – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nJonathan Leaman – Men’s Golf
\nParker Leap – Men’s Soccer
\nMattie Lehman – Women’s Volleyball
\nMollie Lehman – Field Hockey
\nRachel Lehman – Women’s Volleyball
\nLexi Link – Women’s Volleyball
\nOwen Longacre – Men’s Basketball
\nKarla Martin – Women’s Volleyball
\nKatie Martin – Women’s Volleyball
\nPhillip Martin – Track & Field
\nIan Mast – Men’s Soccer
\nMark Mast – Men’s Soccer
\nSaralyn Mast – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nBrittany McDonaldson – Women’s Golf
\nThomas Millary – Cross Country
\nKatie Miller – Women’s Volleyball
\nMichelle Miller – Women’s Volleyball
\nKaitlyn Morris \u2013 Softball
\nAustin Mumaw – Men’s Soccer
\nJoel Murray – Men’s Golf
\nDan Nafziger – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nJolee Paden – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nJesse Parker – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nHannah Patterson – Track & Field
\nAlicia Poplett – Women’s Soccer
\nJess Rheinheimer – Women’s Basketball
\nSteph Rheinheimer – Women’s Basketball
\nSara Ritchie – Women’s Volleyball
\nKrista Rittenhouse – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nAdriana Santiago – Field Hockey
\nMeghan Schaefer – Cross Country
\nJuni Schirch – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nJacob Shank – Men’s Soccer
\nAaron Sloan – Track & Field
\nKayla Smeltzer – Women’s Volleyball
\nAaron Springer – Cross Country, Track & Field
\nAndre Swartzentruber – Men’s Golf
\nJohn Toney – Men’s Golf
\nAlena Yoder – Women’s Volleyball
\nAndrew Yoder – Men’s Soccer
\nKegan Yoder – Men’s Soccer
\nTyler Yoder – Men’s Soccer
\nMichelle Zook – Field Hockey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"