MIAA Has Nine Earn Track/XC Academic All-District

Two men, two women gain first team recognition

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The MIAA had nine student-athletes -- four men and five women -- gain ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All-District VII recognition, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America and released Thursday (June 4).

Two men and two women -- seniors Jon Garrett and Venessa Lee of Pittsburg State and juniors Michael McCampbell and Courtney Ayers of Southwest Baptist -- were first-team selections and are now eligible to be selected to the Academic All-America Team.

Garrett, a native of Lansing, Kan., has a 4.00 grade-point average as an accounting and finance double major. He placed fifth in the indoor mile and fifth in the outdoor 1500 meters in the 2009 MIAA Championships, and helped the Gorillas qualify for nationals in cross country.

Lee, a finalist for the Ken B. Jones Award as MIAA Student-Athlete of the Year, was nominated with a 3.89 GPA as a biology (pre-medicine)/Spanish double major. The Cleveland, Mo., product placed third in the 800 meters at both the indoor and outdoor NCAA Division II Championships and was 64th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship.

McCampbell earned his honor with a 4.00 GPA as a biology major. The Marshall, Mo., native placed eighth at the MIAA Cross Country Championship to earn All-MIAA honors and was 30th in the NCAA Division II Cross Country South Central Regional.

Ayers, of Maryland Heights, Mo., was selected with a 4.00 GPA as a Christian ministries major at SBU. She placed third at the MIAA Cross Country Championships and 10th in the regional race. On the track, she picked up All-MIAA honors with a third-place clocking in the 10,000 meters at the conference outdoor meet.

Those earning second-team recognition include PSU sophomores Mike Beeler (3.80 -- chemistry) and Brittney Graff (4.00 -- nursing), Missouri Southern juniors Ciara Lipsey (3.95 -- marketing & management) and Kimi Shank (3.95 -- health promotion & wellness) along with SBU senior Vince Tichenor (3.95 -- biology/chemistry).

College Division of District VII includes all NCAA Division II and III schools as well as NAIA-member institutions and junior colleges in the states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. Also included are all colleges and universities in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Men's College Division



FIRST TEAM


Aaron Braun           Adams (Colo.) State     Sr. Fort Collins, Colo.   3.77 Mathematics


Derek Carson          Nebraska Wesleyan       Sr. Lincoln, Neb.         3.89 History


Jon Garrett           Pittsburg State         Sr. Lansing, Kan.         4.00 Accounting/finance


Matt Gersick          Adams (Colo.) State     Gr. Pueblo West, Colo.    3.81 Human performance/physical edu.


Jordan Henry          Missouri S&T            Sr. St. Charles, Mo.      3.90 Electrical engineering


Mark Husted           Colorado Mines          Sr. Westminster, Colo.    3.87 Electrical engineering


Michael McCampbell    Southwest Baptist       Jr. Marshall, Mo.         4.00 Biology


David McKay           Luther (Iowa)           Sr. Iowa City, Iowa       3.94 Political science


Henry Reich           Grinnell (Iowa)         Sr. Mahtomedi, Minn.      4.00 Physics/mathematics


Josh Streeter         Adams (Colo.) State     Sr. Alamosa, Colo.        3.75 Theatre


  



SECOND TEAM


Mike Beeler           Pittsburg State         So. Lenexa, Kan.          3.80 Chemistry


Logan Boccard         Colorado Coll.          Sr. Broomfield, Colo.     3.89 Biology


John Boyd             Lindenwood (Mo.)        Sr. Ste. Genevieve, Mo.   3.98 History


Brian Chenoweth       Wartburg (Iowa)         Sr. Geneseo, Ill.         3.76 Business administration


Allen Ernst           Missouri S&T            So. Belleville, Ill.      4.00 Mechanical engineering


Matt Glasnapp         Nebraska Wesleyan       Sr. Beaver Lake, Neb.     3.78 Accounting


Ben Harmon            Washington (Mo.)        So. St. Louis, Mo.        3.36 Mechanical engineering


Brandon Harrington    Chadron (Neb.) State    Jr. Grand Island, Neb.    3.73 Health & physical education


Kevin Huggins         Lindenwood (Mo.)        Gr. Trinidad & Tobago     3.30 Accounting


Thomas Jamison        Grinnell (Iowa)         Sr. Portland, Ore.        3.91 History


Vince Tichenor        Southwest Baptist       Sr. Cassville, Mo.        3.95 Biology/chemistry


  



Women's College Division



FIRST TEAM


Courtney Ayers        Southwest Baptist       Jr. Maryland Heights, Mo. 4.00 Christian ministries


Hannah Baker          Wartburg (Iowa)         Jr. Keota, Iowa           3.97 Biology


Emma Erickson         South Dakota            So. Gayville, S.D.        3.94 Pre-physical therapy


Erin Keitges          Morningside (Iowa)      Jr. Jackson, Neb.         3.95 Elementary education


Venessa Lee           Pittsburg State         Sr. Cleveland, Mo.        3.89 Biology (pre-medicine)/Spanish


Lavenna Mullenbach    Adams (Colo.) State     Sr. Georgetown, Texas     3.67 Elementary education


Abby Schlueter        Doane (Neb.)            Sr. Beatrice, Neb.        3.67 Biology


Kelsey Steffens       Wartburg (Iowa)         Sr. DeWitt, Iowa          3.90 Elementary education


Vanessa Warzecha      Morningside (Iowa)      Sr. Aloha, Ore.           4.00 Biology


Heather Wood          Adams (Colo.) State     Sr. Los Alamos, N.M.      3.89 Mathematics/computer science


  



SECOND TEAM


Jessica Adams         Adams (Colo.) State     Jr. Cimarron, N.M.        3.86 Biology/chemistry


Alli Alberts          Washington (Mo.)        Sr. Smithton, Ill.        3.68 Biology/anthropology


Rachel Boeke          Central (Iowa)          Sr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa    3.58 Exercise science/athletic training


Brittney Graff        Pittsburg State         So. Eudora, Kan.          4.00 Nursing


Rachelle Hawkins      Cornell (Iowa)          Sr. Boise, Idaho          3.69 Kinesiology


Amber Hegge           South Dakota            So. Crofton, Neb.         3.93 Pre-business studies


Lisa Hughes           Lindenwood (Mo.)        Sr. Orchard Farm, Mo.     3.92 Accounting


Ciara Lipsey          Missouri Southern       Jr. Wichita, Kan.         3.95 Marketing & management


Zhulieta Mechkarska   Lindenwood (Mo.)        Gr. Sliven, Bulgaria      3.76 International business


Jamie Moline          Missouri S&T            Sr. St. Charles, Mo.      4.00 Biological sciences


Jackie Spelts         Nebraska Wesleyan       Jr. Burwell, Neb.         3.80 Health & fitness studies


Kimi Shank            Missouri Southern       Jr. Rolla, Mo.            3.95 Health promotion & wellness