CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced its 2020 Men’s Swimming and Diving Academic All-MAC team on Tuesday. The team is made up of 44 student-athletes from the five men's programs in the Conference.
Southern Illinois’ Kai Hoffman-Dussome and Zheng Yang Yeap each registered perfect 4.0 grade point averages during the 2019-20 season.
Miami and Southern Illinois lead the conference each with 12 student-athletes receiving academic honor, while Missouri State places 9 honorees on the 2020 squad.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport.
2019-20 MAC Men’s Swimming & Diving Academic All-MAC Team
Ben Andrew, Ball State, Senior, 3.441, Business Admin (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
Jack Luddy, Ball State, Senior, 3.292, Finance (Omaha, Neb.)
Duncan McLarty, Ball State, Sophomore, 3.754, Advertising (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Davis Meyn, Ball State, Junior, 3.302, Business Admin (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
Jacob Powell, Ball State, Senior, 3.449, Nursing (Granger, Ind.)
Ryan Short, Ball State, Sophomore, 3.966, Accounting (Athens, Ga.)
Jacob Bailey, Evansville, Senior, 3.20, Neuroscience (Newburgh, Ind.)
Paul Cozzens, Evansville, Senior, 3.40, Civil Engineering (Shelbyville, Ky.)
Zeke Metz, Evansville, Junior, 3.51, Statistical and Data Sciences (Topeka, Kan.)
Zack Sagan, Evansville, Senior, 3.27, Accounting (Greensville, S.C.)
Jacob Sampson, Evansville, Senior, 3.46, Exercise Science (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Austin Smith, Evansville, Junior, 3.42, Finance (Huntsville, Ala.)
Noah Barr, Miami, Junior, 3.31, Finance (Papillion, Neb.)
Will Bowater, Miami, Junior, 3.32, Finance (Hinsdale, Ill.)
Blake Brockman, Miami, Junior, 3.67, Finance (Fairfield, Ohio)
Ben Chatwin, Miami, Sophomore, 3.63, Biochemistry/Premedical Studies (Forest Lake, Minn.)
Grant Cicci, Miami, Sophomore, 3.25, Kinesiology (Dublin, Ohio)
Sam Curran, Miami, Sophomore, 3.72, Public Health (Sylvania, Ohio)
Nicholas Haller, Miami, Junior, 3.75, Integrated Social Studies Education (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Spencer Klinsky, Miami, Junior, 3.83, Biochemistry/Neuroscience (Brentwood, Tenn.)
James McGuire, Miami, Junior, 3.24, Finance (Sandy Springs, Ga.)
Ryan Sego, Miami, Sophomore, 3.61, Information Systems & Analytics (Batavia, Ill.)
Diego Valentim, Miami, Junior, 3.59, Public Health and Environmental Science, Business (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Nick Ward, Miami, Senior, 3.56, Engineering Management (Westerville, Ohio)
Arthur Cury, Missouri State, Sophomore, 3.63 GPA, Finance, (Curitiba, Parana, Brazil)
Trevor Fischer, Missouri State, Sophomore, 3.49 GPA, Business (St. Louis, Mo.)
Conner Funke, Missouri State, Sophomore, 3.47 GPA, Cell & Molecular Biology (Omaha, Neb.)
Michael Hampel, Missouri State, Junior, 3.52 GPA, General Studies (Owensboro, Ky.)
Thomas Heye, Missouri State, Senior, 3.92 GPA, Cell and Molecular Biology (Little Rock, Ark.)
Pawel Krawczyk, Missouri State, Sophomore, 3.93 GPA, Computer Science (Warsaw, Poland)
Sebastian Odent, Missouri State, Sophomore, 3.54 GPA, Entrepreneurship (Nice, Alpes Maritimes)
Samuel Senn, Missouri State, Senior, 3.93 GPA, Accounting (Springfield, Mo.)
Antonio Thomas, Missouri State, Senior, 3.43 GPA, Mass Media (Fayetteville, Ark.)
Kyle Berquist, Southern Illinois, Junior, 3.306, Industrial Management (Hillsboro, OR)
Jimmy Dooley, Southern Illinois, Senior, 3.450, Journalism (Round Lake, IL)
Weston Gadbois, Southern Illinois, Senior, 3.579, Exercise Science (Bremond, TX)
Tamas Hajtman, Southern Illinois, Senior, 3.734 (Bekescsaba, Hungary)
Kai Hoffmann-Dussome, Southern Illinois, Senior, 4.0, Aviation (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
Benson Jones, Southern Illinois, Senior, 3.745, Political Science (Murray, KY)
Kevin Kluge, Southern Illinois, Senior, 3.238, Criminal Justice (Aurora, IL)
Ryan Lehane, Southern Illinois, Senior, 3.851, Accounting (Naperville, IL)
Drake Manuello, Southern Illinois, Sophomore, 3.333, Marketing (Greeley, CO)
Chris Phillips, Southern Illinois, Senior, 3.619, Marketing (La Grange Park, IL)
Michael Stern, Southern Illinois, Junior, 3.627, Electrical Engineering (Naperville, IL)
Zheng Yang Yeap, Southern Illinois, Junior, 4.0, Finance (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
