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Nearly Seventy Student-Athletes Earn MIAA Honor Roll Distinction

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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.
 
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