Eagle Athletics Continues Academic Prowess With Record Number Of G-MAC Honorees In 2025-26

Since joining the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, Ashland University's athletic department has seen its number of Academic All-Conference honorees grow by leaps and bounds.
 
In 2021-22, it was 153. Then, 256 in 2022-23, 291 in 2023-24 and 316 in 2024-25.
 
Now, as announced by the league on Tuesday (June 9) afternoon, that number has risen to 362 Academic All-Conference Eagles in 2025-26 (see list below).
 
To be eligible, the student-athlete must play a varsity sport recognized by the conference and have a minimum grade-point average of 3.30 based on the 4.0 system, as determined by each institution. The GPA shall be cumulative for the student-athlete's career (undergrad and graduate) at the nominating institution. Eligible student-athletes must have completed at least one full academic year at the nominating institution.
 
This adds to a highly-successful academic year in which:

• All Eagle teams continue to have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better, now for six consecutive semesters.
• Senior women's soccer forward Dani Hicks was named the 2025-26 Great Midwest women's Collegiate Achievement Award recipient.
• Softball center fielder Ashley Veldheer was the AU Class of 2026 valedictorian, and women's soccer midfielder Emily Pate and baseball pitcher Seth Witt were two of the senior class's salutatorians.
• Four AU student-athletes earned Great Midwest Elite 26 awards, tying for the most for the athletic department since joining the league – Veldheer, junior Rachel Stanchek (women's swimming/diving), sophomore Kaelyn Wagner (STUNT) and junior Ashley Drexler (women's lacrosse).
• Three Eagles have earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America citations so far –  Hicks (second team), Stanchek (third team), and senior men's diver Joey Lenczyk (second team).

FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	SPORT(S)
Katie	Achtziger	Women's lacrosse
Maxx	Adams	Men's cross country/track & field
Will	Adkins	Football
Griffin	Ailes	Baseball
Max	Albert	Baseball
Kit Kat	Anderson	Women's swimming & diving
Morgan	Apple	Women's track & field
Constanza	Arancibia	Women's tennis
Kylie	Arnett	Women's cross country/track & field
Jade	Avance	Women's track & field
Josh	Bachinsky	Men's swimming & diving
Jenna	Badali	Women's basketball
Nate	Barrett	Wrestling
Jason	Basile	Men's swimming & diving
Drew	Battles	STUNT
Drew	Becker	Baseball
Kaitlyn	Bell	STUNT
Amandine	Binet	Women's cross country/track & field
Tessa	Blain	Women's soccer
Cameron	Blair	Football
Dameyon	Bloomfield	Football
Andrew	Boden	Football
Alvaro	Boned	Men's soccer
Keola	Botts	Women's track & field
Luke	Brenner	Football
Dhiren	Brickman	Men's cross country/track & field
Noah	Brock	Men's soccer
Mason	Brown	Baseball
Grant	Brown	Men's swimming & diving
Ethan	Browning	Men's track & field
Ella	Bruss	Softball
Natalie	Byler	Women's cross country/track & field
Lily	Cain	Women's lacrosse
Rylen	Campbell	Wrestling
Cameron	Carr	Men's cross country/track & field
Gia	Casalinova	Women's basketball
Brianna	Chenevey	Women's track & field
Matthew	Chou	Men's basketball
Mikenzee	Clapper	STUNT
Katelyn	Claugus	Women's swimming & diving
Molly	Cleis	STUNT
Molly	Coleman	Women's cross country/track & field
Jaden	Cook	Football
Lily	Cook	Women's soccer
Anna	Corbel	Women's tennis
Daniel	Correa Hammer	Men's swimming & diving
Hannah	Coyan	STUNT
Cece	Craig	Women's soccer
Grace	Crall	STUNT
Tori	Cravens	Volleyball
Karleigh	Cress	Women's soccer
Rachel	Crumbacher	Women's lacrosse
Fiona	Dadas	Women's lacrosse
Delaney	Dadas	Women's lacrosse
Taylor	Davidson	Women's basketball
Cooper	Davis	Men's basketball
Cat	Davis	Women's lacrosse
Kaylee	Davis	Volleyball
Max	Dawson	Men's basketball
Izzy	Dean	Women's lacrosse
Benedetta	Dell'Orto	Women's basketball
Sofia	Divine	Women's soccer
Marin	Dixon	Volleyball
Ashley	Drexler	Women's lacrosse
Bernardo	Duarte	Men's tennis
Annie	Duncan	Women's lacrosse
Hugo	Dunger	Men's soccer
Brock	Durbin	Wrestling
Trei	Durstine	Men's swimming & diving
Kaitlin	Egolf	STUNT
Madilyn	Elson	Women's cross country/track & field
Ethan	Enders	Football
Keira	Erling	Women's soccer
Myia	Etzler	Volleyball
Izzy	Ezzone	Women's soccer
Robin	Falk	Men's swimming & diving
Stone	Fawcett	Baseball
Meghan	Ferrante	STUNT
Kara	Fields	Women's track & field
Huck	Finnegan	Men's cross country/track & field
Ashley	Fisher	Women's lacrosse
Maddie	Fleck	Women's golf
Braden	Fodor	Men's soccer
Enzo	Fourmann	Wrestling
Aiden	Fox	Men's track & field
Makiah	Francis	STUNT
Jonathan	Frost	Men's tennis
Kali	Funk	Women's soccer
Andrew	Gall	Men's cross country/track & field
Alivia	Ganslein	STUNT
Ella	Garner	Women's soccer
Gavin	Gaylor	Wrestling
Braeden	Geist	Men's cross country/track & field
Bryson	Getz	Football
Ava	Gibson	STUNT
Justin	Giffin	Football
Makenzie	Gigli	Women's lacrosse
Haleigh	Gilmore	Women's swimming & diving
Drew	Golowin	Baseball
Zander	Graham	Wrestling
Alex	Grant	Women's soccer
Madi	Grefe	Softball
Aden	Gregory	Men's basketball
Jackson	Grine	Baseball
Natalie	Grisak	STUNT
Mady	Hannahs	Softball
Katelyn	Harabedian	Women's basketball
LeeAnn	Harker	Women's golf
Abigail	Hartzler	Women's track & field
Brenna	Heinzerling	Women's cross country/track & field
Alaina	Heller	Women's track & field
Kyrie	Henline	Women's track & field
Grace	Henning	Women's soccer
Joselyn	Hensley	Women's swimming & diving
Dani	Hicks	Women's soccer
Haley	Hightower	Women's soccer
Lewis	Hill	Men's soccer
Alisha	Hill	Women's track & field
Lauren	Hinders	Women's lacrosse
Stephanie	Holubetz	Women's swimming & diving
Ben	Holzopfel	Football
Levi	Hondred	Men's track & field
Cooper	Hornfeck	Men's track & field
Josh	Hotz	Men's basketball
Madden	Houska	Football
Billy	Howard	Baseball
Ella	Howard	Women's swimming & diving
Lexi	Howe	Women's basketball
Cole	Huebner	Men's swimming & diving
Jillian	Hull	Women's swimming & diving
Colton	Hunt	Baseball
Riley	Hunt	Women's swimming & diving
Zurina	Immel	Women's cross country/track & field
Alex	James	Men's soccer
Brooke	James	STUNT
Katie	Jelaca	Women's track & field
Frankie	Jelovich	STUNT
Tierra	Johnson	Women's track & field
Morgan	Jones	STUNT
Rilynn	Jones	Women's track & field
Audrey	Kalmar	Women's soccer
Delaney	Keith	Softball
McKenzie	Kelso	Women's golf
Timothy	Kemer	Men's track & field
Nathan	King	Baseball
Raelyn	Koesters	Softball
Amanda	Kolar	Softball
Mason	Koons	Baseball
Grant	Koplinski	Men's soccer
Alex	Korwin	Women's lacrosse
Brady	Krichbaum	Men's basketball
Sean	Kruckeberg	Baseball
Nolan	Kuenning	Football
Hayden	Kuhn	Wrestling
Kate	Kujawski	Softball
Josh	Landes	Men's track & field
Reese	Landis	Women's track & field
Casey	Lantz	Men's basketball
Sydney	Lattimer	Women's track & field
Olivia	Lazarus	Women's track & field
Richard	Legg	Wrestling
Lucas	Leibrand	Men's swimming & diving
Emilie	Lemon	Women's cross country/track & field
Joey	Lenczyk	Men's swimming & diving
Jason	Lenczyk	Men's swimming & diving
Blake	Linsley	Football
Delaney	Lis	Softball
Hunter	Long	Men's track & field
Fernando	Lopez	Wrestling
Alysa	Lopez	Women's basketball
Jon	Lutz	Men's track & field
Kelsey	Lykins	Volleyball
Daylen	Madison	Men's cross country/track & field
Savanna	Mahaffey	STUNT
Matt	Malay	Wrestling
Liam	Mann	Men's track & field
Devin	Marsh	Men's track & field
Marley	Marshall	Men's soccer
Akil	Martin	Football
Sophia	Martin	Softball
Ayden	Mason	Men's swimming & diving
Delaney	Maynard	Softball
Slade	McClaskey	Football
Rachel	McCool	Women's soccer
Ryan	McEvilly	Men's swimming & diving
Carter	McFarland	Baseball
Gabe	McHolm	Men's cross country/track & field
Joe	McIntosh	Men's track & field
Maggie	McKnight	STUNT
Macy	McNamara	Volleyball
Allison	Meixner	Women's track & field
Roy	Mendoza	Men's soccer
Emily	Mendrick	Women's soccer
Jonathan	Merimee	Football
Maren	Metikosh	Softball
Payton	Meyer	Women's swimming & diving
Hannah	Michalowski	Women's soccer
Sammi	Miller	Women's golf
Livi	Miller	Volleyball
Mike	Millin	Wrestling
Trent	Minor	Men's basketball
Carter	Mishler	Men's golf
Natalie	Miskerik	Women's soccer
Ryohei	Miyake	Men's tennis
Maddi	Morgan	STUNT
Ravin	Morgan	Volleyball
Zoe	Mort	Women's golf
Gavin	Mullen	Men's track & field
Ashley	Mullet	Women's basketball
Julian	Myers	Men's golf
Ellie	Myers	STUNT
Gavin	Nelson	Wrestling
Nina	Nephew	Women's swimming & diving
Cameron	Nightingale	Men's track & field
Drew	Novak	Football
Makenzie	Nowell	Women's lacrosse
Alex	Ocampo	Men's soccer
Reid	Opel	Men's tennis
Payton	O'Toole	Women's swimming & diving
Collin	Overholt	Baseball
Lance	Overmyer	Wrestling
Jaelyn	Palmer	Women's cross country/track & field
Klaira	Paramore	Women's golf
Ava	Parrett	Women's cross country/track & field
Stella	Parrish	Women's lacrosse
Tomas	Paskauskas	Men's tennis
Brooke	Patel	Women's swimming & diving
Justin	Patrick	Men's track & field
Jennifer	Patrick	Women's track & field
Sidney	Payton	Softball
Rosie	Pellegrino	Women's soccer
Kaleb	Pena	Men's swimming & diving
Ana	Penteado	Women's tennis
Ayla	Perez	Women's lacrosse
Kylie	Perez	Women's lacrosse
Avery	Perkins	Women's soccer
Colin	Pham	Men's swimming & diving
Blair	Pichola	Women's swimming & diving
Juliana	Pignato	Women's swimming & diving
Mark	Pillar	Men's golf
Chloe	Pistone	STUNT
Leslie	Pollock	Women's track & field
Mary Kate	Prall	Women's swimming & diving
Evalienna	Pryor	Women's tennis
Abbey	Queen	Volleyball
Patrick	Radigan	Baseball
Anna	Ramsier	Women's swimming & diving
Mason	Reckner	Baseball
Reese	Redman	Wrestling
Alex	Reynolds	Men's swimming & diving
Clara	Richardson	Women's soccer
Kaden	Riddle	Football
Dakota	Riley	Women's golf
James	Rindfuss	Football
Ashlyn	Ring	Softball
Meagan	Rini	Women's track & field
Danielle	Robbins	Softball
Nalin	Robinson	Men's track & field
Emma	Robinson	STUNT
Izzy	Rogers	Women's soccer
Jordan	Rosales	Women's track & field
Fletcher	Rose	Wrestling
Altin	Rowland	Men's swimming & diving
Kendall	Rudd	Softball
Sergio	Ruiz	Men's soccer
Nate	Russell	Football
Nick	Sailers	Football
Matthew	Salvucci	Men's cross country/track & field
Kaj	Salzano	Men's tennis
Sophia	Samonek	Volleyball
Chaden	Sampson	Men's cross country/track & field
Grayson	Sasis	Football
Lucy	Schlotterer	Volleyball
Caden	Schmeltzer	Wrestling
Corinne	Schmidt	Women's lacrosse
Ella	Schneider	Women's soccer
Luke	Schreck	Men's golf
McKenzie	Schulz	Women's lacrosse
Olivia	Schulz	Softball
Justin	Schumacher	Men's cross country/track & field
Christian	Seibert	Men's track & field
Raechel	Serafimov	Women's swimming & diving
Taylor	Sharlow	Women's lacrosse
Jenna	Shedden	Volleyball
Sidney	Sheppert	Women's track & field
Ryan	Shimek	Baseball
Lincoln	Shirley	Men's swimming & diving
Ben	Sibert	Baseball
Beau	Siegfried	Men's basketball
Hope	Sievert	Women's cross country/track & field
Josie	Sipe	Women's lacrosse
Nate	Slater	Men's cross country/track & field
Jenna	Slates	Women's basketball
Whitney	Sluder	Women's soccer
Brayden	Smith	Football
Carter	Smith	Men's track & field
Odessa	Smith	Women's track & field
Sophia	Smithnosky	Softball
Michael	Snopik	Men's cross country/track & field
Max	Soltis	Men's track & field
Kalli	Spehar	Women's lacrosse
Kyndall	Spicer	Softball
Delaney	Spradlin	Women's swimming & diving
Kimberly	Staley	Women's cross country/track & field
Rachel	Stanchek	Women's swimming & diving
Aubrey	Steiner	Women's soccer
Drew	Stevens	Baseball
Emma	Stoll	Women's swimming & diving
Miranda	Stone	Women's track & field
Abby	Straus	Women's soccer
Adison	Stuckey	Women's track & field
Sam	Sutton	Men's golf
Annika	Sylver	Softball
Bri	Taber	Women's track & field
Joey	Taylor	Men's cross country/track & field
Samuel	Thomas	Men's cross country/track & field
Natalie	Thomas	Women's basketball
Izzy	Thomas	STUNT
Colton	Thress	Men's cross country/track & field
Megan	Tomasic	Women's swimming & diving
Yasmim	Tomita	Women's swimming & diving
Logan	Toms	Football
Flynn	Toon	Men's soccer
Nico	Traczyk	Football
Adi	Turnbaugh	Women's soccer
Hayden	Valenti	Men's track & field
Ashley	Veldheer	Softball
Corri	Vermilya	Women's basketball
Gracyn	Vidovic	Women's golf
Sidney	Voss	Women's lacrosse
Macey	Wade	Women's swimming & diving
Kaelyn	Wagner	STUNT
Sam	Wakula	Football
Grant	Wallery	Men's swimming & diving
Riley	Walstrum	Women's lacrosse
Vivian	Walter	Women's track & field
Caitie	Ward	STUNT
Sarah	Watson	Women's soccer
Carter	Weaver	Baseball
Gage	Weaver	Baseball
Sydney	Weickert	Volleyball
Abby	Wheeler	Women's track & field
Maddi	Whitticar	Women's swimming & diving
Christian	Wilkins	Men's basketball
Elisabeth	Willett	Women's cross country/track & field
Kerryn	Williams	STUNT
Hanah	Williamson	STUNT
Molly	Winner	Women's track & field
Emma	Wise	Women's cross country/track & field
Brittany	Witsken	Women's tennis
Seth	Witt	Baseball
Sam	Witt	Baseball
Ainsley	Witte	Women's lacrosse
Medgine	Wojton	Women's track & field
McKayla	Wymer	Women's track & field
Donovan	Yeager	Football
Hannah	Yemec	Women's swimming & diving
Joplin	Yoder	Women's basketball
Cooper	Young	Men's swimming & diving
Samantha	Young	Volleyball
Sam	Zeiter	Women's soccer
Ben	Zink	Baseball