
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 |