Cardinals Place 30 on MAC Scholar Athlete List

July 24, 2015 | Baseball, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Swimming and Diving, Men's Tennis, Softball, Women's Swimming and Diving, Women's Tennis, Track & Field

By: Ball State Athletics

CLEVELAND – Ball State had 30 selections to the 2014-15 Mid-American Conference Distinguished Scholar Athlete list for the winter and spring seasons. As voted by faculty athletic representatives at MAC institutions, the list represents the “best of the best” from each sport's Academic All-MAC team.

Women's indoor and outdoor track and field, women's swimming and diving, and softball led the way for Ball State with five representatives each. Hannah Ciasto-Poor, Michaela Hull and Rebecca Lomax were selected to the lists for both indoor and outdoor track.

Ball State previously had 16 selections to the Distinguished Scholar Athlete list for the fall sports season. For the full academic year, the Cardinals had a total of 46 selections.

The Distinguished Scholar Athlete award is given to student-athletes who have excelled in athletics and academics. All student-athletes with a 3.20 GPA who participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for their sport were named to the previously announced Academic All-MAC teams. First-year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence were not eligible for the award.

From the Academic All-MAC teams for each sport, the faculty athletic representatives selected the “best of the best” to be honored with the Distinguished Scholar Athlete Award for the 2014-15 season. The number of Distinguished Scholar Athletes from each sport was equivalent to the number of first-team all-conference selections or 33 percent of nominees, whichever was greater.

The full list of winners in available at mac-sports.com.

WINTER SPORTS:

2015 MAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Hannah Ciasto-Poor, Ball State, Senior, 3.803 GPA, Nursing (Bloomington, Ind.)
Caitlynn Edon, Ball State, Senior, 3.778 GPA, Nursing (New Palestine, Ind.)
Michaela Hull, Ball State, Junior, 3.861 GPA, Exercise Science (Bloomington, Ind.)
Rebecca Lomax, Ball State, Senior, 3.325 GPA, Dance (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Marie Lumpkin, Ball State, Junior, 3.669 GPA, Elementary Education (Losantville, Ind.)

2015 MAC Men's Swimming & Diving Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Tanner Barton, Ball State, Sophomore, 4.00 GPA, Health Science (Dublin, Ohio)
Conner Snare, Ball State, Senior, 3.916 GPA, Health Science (Fort Wayne, Ind.)

2015 MAC Women's Swimming & Diving Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Jessica Extine, Ball State, Sophomore, 3.941 GPA, Pre-Nursing (Muncie, Ind.)
Sydney Harris, Ball State, Junior, 3.80 GPA, Psychology (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
Carlena Magley, Ball State, Senior, 4.00 GPA, Biology (Waterloo, Ind.)
Audrey Rodawig, Ball State, Sophomore, 4.00 GPA, Speech Language Pathology (Champaign, Ill.)
Jordan VanWinkle, Ball State, Senior, 3.916 GPA, Exercise Science (Newburgh, Ind.)

2015 MAC Men's Basketball Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Matt Kamieniecki, Ball State, Senior, Master of Business Administration, 3.476 GPA (Clarkston, Mich.)

SPRING SPORTS:

2015 MAC Men's Tennis Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Lucas Andersen, Ball State, Sophomore, Biology, 3.692 GPA (Greenwood, Ind.)
Ray Leonard, Ball State, Senior, Finance, 3.750 GPA (Bloomington, Ind.)

2015 MAC Women's Tennis Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Courtney Earnest, Ball State, Junior, 3.733 GPA, Nursing (Lexington, Ohio)
Courtney Wild, Ball State, Senior, 4.00 GPA, Speech Pathology (Carmel, Ind.)

2015 MAC Men's Golf Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
McCormick Clouser, Ball State, Senior, Economics, 3.711 GPA (Bluffton, Ind.)

2015 MAC Softball Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Hanne Stuedemann, Ball State, Senior, 3.786 GPA, Medical Preparation (Mattawan, Mich.)
Emily Dabkowski, Ball State, Junior, 3.434 GPA, Nursing (Plainfield, Ind.)
Loren Cihlar, Ball State, Senior, 3.907 GPA, Health Science (St. Charles, Ill.)
Kelsey Schifferdecker, Ball State, Junior, 3.963 GPA, Accounting (Belton, Mo.)
Jessica Craft, Ball State, Senior, 3.325 GPA, Accounting (LaPorte, Ind.)

2015 MAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Hannah Ciasto-Poor, Ball State, Senior, 3.809 GPA, Nursing (Bloomington, Ind.)
Courtney Edon, Ball State, Senior, 3.800 GPA, Nursing (New Palestine, Ind.)
Michaela Hull, Ball State, Junior, 3.828 GPA, Exercise Science (Bloomington, Ind.)
Hannah Lange, Ball State, Senior, 3.921 GPA, Physical Therapy (Martinsville, Ind.)
Rebecca Lomax, Ball State, Senior, 3.345 GPA, Dance (Indianapolis, Ind.)

2015 MAC Baseball Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
B.J. Butler, Ball State, Sophomore, 3.863 GPA, Information Systems (Mattawan, Mich.)
Alex Call, Ball State, Sophomore, 3.913 GPA, Entrepreneurial Management (River Falls, Wis.)