Posted: Aug 04, 2022
HUDSONVILLE, Mich. - Nearly 70 Saint Mary's student-athletes garnered Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic Honor Roll accolades for the 2021-22 year to match the record for the largest single-year total for the Department of Athletics.
Sixty-nine Belles earned MIAA Academic Honor Roll recognition after maintaining a 3.5 grade point average or above for the 2021-22 academic year. The contingent of Saint Mary's student-athletes was part of 1,558 student-athletes collectively recognized by the MIAA for the preceding school year. The mark of 69 Saint Mary's student-athletes matches the 2020-21 academic year's record for Belles on the academic list.
It is the eighth consecutive year Saint Mary's has had at least 50 student-athletes earn a spot on the conference's honor roll listing. More than 50 percent of Saint Mary's student-athletes earned MIAA Academic Honor Roll accolades for the 2021-22 year. Each of the eight varsity sports at Saint Mary's had at least six honorees on the list for 2021-22, marking the second consecutive year each program has had that level of representation.
Five members of the Class of 2022 were four-year MIAA Academic Honor Roll honorees this year. Claire Hennessy, Mandi Hettinger, Bridget Kane, Becca Stella, and Riley Swope joined an elite group of Saint Mary's student-athletes as the group garnered the academic accolade each of the four years they were part of their respective teams.
Sixty-nine Belles earned MIAA Academic Honor Roll recognition after maintaining a 3.5 grade point average or above for the 2021-22 academic year. The contingent of Saint Mary's student-athletes was part of 1,558 student-athletes collectively recognized by the MIAA for the preceding school year. The mark of 69 Saint Mary's student-athletes matches the 2020-21 academic year's record for Belles on the academic list.
It is the eighth consecutive year Saint Mary's has had at least 50 student-athletes earn a spot on the conference's honor roll listing. More than 50 percent of Saint Mary's student-athletes earned MIAA Academic Honor Roll accolades for the 2021-22 year. Each of the eight varsity sports at Saint Mary's had at least six honorees on the list for 2021-22, marking the second consecutive year each program has had that level of representation.
Five members of the Class of 2022 were four-year MIAA Academic Honor Roll honorees this year. Claire Hennessy, Mandi Hettinger, Bridget Kane, Becca Stella, and Riley Swope joined an elite group of Saint Mary's student-athletes as the group garnered the academic accolade each of the four years they were part of their respective teams.
2021-22 Saint Mary's MIAA Academic Honor Roll Honorees
(stars denote number of years on Honor Roll)
| **Claire Bartz | Basketball | So. | Niles, Mich. | Edwardsburg |
| *Caitlin Bonnesen | Basketball | So. | Stirling, N.J. | Watchung Hills |
| **Elle Deardorff | Basketball | So. | Logansport, Ind. | Logansport |
| ***Bella Dugas | Basketball | Sr. | Plymouth, Mich. | Mercy |
| **Mary Kate Gareau | Basketball | So. | Manassas, Va. | Home School |
| **Anne Goralczyk | Basketball | So. | South Bend, Ind. | Saint Joseph |
| *Lauren Gumma | Basketball | Fr. | Troy, Mich. | Troy |
| ***Nikki Murphy | Basketball | Jr. | Chicago, Ill. | Mother McAuley |
| ***Maddie Rzepka | Basketball | Jr. | Walled Lake, Mich. | Divine Child |
| *Julia Schutz | Basketball | Fr. | Dyer, Ind. | Andrean |
| **Alexandria Swift | Basketball | So. | Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico | Vincent Memorial Catholic (Calif.) |
| *Angela Bannan | Cross Country | Jr. | Egg Harbor Twp., N.J. | Holy Spirit |
| ***Emily Blank | Cross Country | Sr. | Naperville, Ill. | Naperville Central |
| *Julia Bobosky | Cross Country | Jr. | Batavia, Ill. | Batavia |
| *Elizabeth Bollinger | Cross Country | Fr. | Lockport, Ill. | Lockport Township |
| **Anna DeMars | Cross Country | Jr. | Crown Point, Ind. | Crown Point |
| *Brigid Hull | Cross Country | Fr. | Mundelein, Ill. | Carmel Catholic |
| *Anne Scheck | Cross Country | Fr. | Ave Maria, Fla. | Rhodora J. Donahue Academy |
| ****Riley Swope | Cross Country | Sr. | Sussex, Wis. | Hamilton |
| **Amanda Tracy | Cross Country | So. | Orland Park, Ill. | Marist |
| **Haley Angel | Golf | So. | Tampa, Fla. | Academy of the Holy Names |
| **Erin Bennett | Golf | Jr. | Martinsville, Ind. | Martinsville |
| *Sydney Hruskoci | Golf | Sr. | Fishers, Ind. | Cathedral |
| *Georgie Kersman | Golf | Fr. | Muskegon, Mich. | North Muskegon |
| *Isa Patacsil | Golf | Jr. | San Antonio, Texas | Winston Churchill |
| *Katelyn Tokarz | Golf | Fr. | Northville, Mich. | Northville |
| ***Hillary Ziemba | Golf | Jr. | Jackson, Mich. | Lumen Christi |
| *Elizabeth Bourassa | Lacrosse | So. | New Brighton, Minn. | Irondale |
| ****Bridget Kane | Lacrosse | Sr. | Binghamton, N.Y. | Seton Catholic Central |
| *Kaitlyn King | Lacrosse | Fr. | Naperville, Ill. | Naperville Central |
| ***Shannon McCloskey | Lacrosse | Sr. | East Lansing, Mich. | Haslett |
| *Christiana Singler | Lacrosse | Fr. | Louisville, Ky. | Sacred Heart Academy |
| *Emma Zmudzinski | Lacrosse | Fr. | Granger, Ind. | Saint Joseph |
| *Lindsey Adent | Soccer | So. | St. Joseph, Mich. | St. Joseph |
| **Jillian Bowen | Soccer | Jr. | Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. | Manchester Essex Regional |
| **Maya Cole | Soccer | Sr. | Ada, Mich. | Grand Rapids Catholic Central |
| **Brianna Dewey | Soccer | So. | Highland, Ind. | Highland |
| *Mary Kaczynski | Soccer | Fr. | South Bend, Ind. | Penn |
| **Molly McCann | Soccer | So. | Clarendon Hills, Ill. | Fenwick |
| **Emily Mikitka | Soccer | So. | Naperville, Ill. | Benet Academy |
| *Sydney Skarbek | Soccer | Fr. | Niles, Mich. | Niles |
| *Kara Stacey | Soccer | Fr. | Grand Rapids, Mich. | Grand Rapids Catholic Central |
| ***Rose Stackhouse | Soccer | Sr. | St. Charles, Ill. | St. Charles East |
| ****Becca Stella | Soccer | Sr. | Byron Center, Mich. | Grand Rapids Catholic Central |
| **Libby Bierbaum | Softball | So. | Fort Wayne, Ind. | Bishop Luers |
| *McKenna Grigoli | Softball | Fr. | Brea, Calif. | Brea Olinda |
| *Anna Gruber | Softball | So. | South Bend, Ind. | Mishawaka Marian |
| ****Mandi Hettinger | Softball | Sr. | Winamac, Ind. | Winamac Community |
| **Paige Madden | Softball | Jr. | Davenport, Iowa | Assumption |
| *McKenna Myers | Softball | So. | Bremen, Ind. | Bremen |
| ***Mac Pepper | Softball | Jr. | Monument, Colo. | St. Mary's |
| ***Natalie Quinlan | Softball | Sr. | Oregon, Ohio | Clay |
| *Grace Renschen | Softball | Fr. | St. John, Ind. | Lake Central |
| ***Winnie Tomsheck | Softball | Sr. | Glenview, Ill. | Glenbrook South |
| *Caitlin Traxler | Softball | Jr. | Osceola, Ind. | Bremen |
| ***Kalyn Borger | Tennis | Jr. | Bristol, Ind. | Saint Joseph |
| *Alayna Campbell | Tennis | Fr. | Granger, Ind. | Saint Joseph |
| **Lucy Chamberlin | Tennis | Jr. | Harbor Springs, Mich. | Harbor Springs |
| ***Kathleen McLeod | Tennis | Jr. | Nashville, Tenn. | Pope John Paul II |
| **Nikki Rust | Tennis | Sr. | Wilmette, Ill. | Lake Forest Academy |
| *Bailey Siglow | Tennis | So. | Coloma, Mich. | Lake Michigan Catholic |
| ***Megan Collantes | Volleyball | Jr. | Santee, Calif. | Grossmont |
| *Lexi Degnan | Volleyball | So. | Chicago, Ill. | Nazareth Academy |
| ****Claire Hennessy | Volleyball | Sr. | Albuquerque, N.M. | Saint Pius X |
| **Molly Pooler | Volleyball | So. | Elkhart, Ind. | Penn |
| *Hannah Stacy | Volleyball | Sr. | New Lenox, Ill. | Lincoln-Way Central |
| *Shay Theile | Volleyball | Fr. | Comstock Park, Mich. | West Catholic |
| *Allison Thornton | Volleyball | Sr. | South Bend, Ind. | Mishawaka Marian |
| *Emma Watford | Volleyball | Jr. | Mishawaka, Ind. | Mishawaka |