MAC Announces Men's Swimming & Diving Academic All-MAC Team
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference announced the Men's Swimming and Diving Academic All-MAC team on Friday.
The 2016 team is made up of 69 student-athletes from the seven men's programs in the conference.
Ball State's Tanner Barton (Junior, Health Science), Missouri State's Brandon Weissman (Junior, Accounting), and Southern Illinois' Cody Bailey (Sophomore, Biological Sciences) each registered perfect 4.0 grade point averages.
Eastern Michigan leads the conference with 16 student-athletes receiving academic honors. Miami follows close behind with 14 Academic All-MAC honorees, while Southern Illinois placed 12 students on the team.
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.
Ball State
Tanner Barton, Junior, 4.000, Health Science
Jacob Eckert, Junior, 3.213, Actuarial Science
Austin Green, Junior, 3.41, Biology
JD Middleton, Junior, 3.589, Dietetics
Mitch Prather, Junior, 3.928, Exercise Science
Bradley Ridge, Junior, 3.333, Economics
Buffalo
Charles Barry, Junior, 3.26, Business
Garrett Clarke, Sophomore, 3.42, Mathematics
Itai De La Vega, Sophomore, 3.68, Business
Aaron Durrence, Junior, 3.21, Computer Science
Callum Liddiard, Junior, 3.48, Business
Dan Roche, Sophomore, 3.74, Engineering
Eastern Michigan
Erik Brinkhoff, Junior, 3.75, Finance
Logan Burton, Sophomore, 3.64, Sport Management
Chris Buzard, Junior, 3.52, Management
Alex Chan, Junior, 3.42, Communication Technology
Hunter Cook, Sophomore, 3.89, Biology
Dylan Crompton, Senior, 3.54, International Affairs
Conner Finnigan, Junior, 3.42, Construction Management
Krzysztof Gilski, Senior, 3.38, Electronic Engineering Technology
Erik Gissen, Senior, 3.58, Mechanical Engineering Technology
Andrew Henry, Senior, 3.78, Construction Management
Chris Hodges, Senior, 3.86, Accounting
Connor Johnson, Sophomore, 3.71, Undeclared
Josh Kreider, Sophomore, 3.65, Computer Science
Kevin Moore, Junior, 3.64, Finance
Brendan O'Shea, Junior, 3.88, Exercise Science
Peter Rusenas, Sophomore, 3.97, Accounting
Evansville
Matt Childress, Junior, 3.587, Business Finance
Will Glasscock, Junior, 3.234, History/Political Science
Reid Mobley, Senior, 3.535, Business
Brendan Ninneman, Sophomore, 3.328, Physics
Everett Plocek, Sophomore, 3.934, Exercise Science/Physical Therapy
Miami
Evan Bader, Senior, 3.97, Chemical Engineering & Chemistry
Thomas Blackstone, Sophomore, 3.42, Kinesiology
Lucas Brock, Junior, 3.27, Marketing
Christopher Dieter, Senior, 3.46, Computer Science
Cole Fryman, Senior, 3.67, Bioengineering
Maximilian Jelen, Junior, 3.35, History & Premedical Studies
Michael Nash, Senior, 3.20, Finance
Jacob Prodoehl, Senior, 3.88, Biology
Steven Russo, Junior, 3.32, Finance & Analytics
Ross Rybakowicz, Sophomore, 3.62, Biology
Sean Sargent, Junior, 3.81, Mechanical Engineering & EGR: Manufacturing Engineering
Peter Simcox, Sophomore, 3.39, Public Administration & Environmental Science
Davis Staley, Senior, 3.43, Kinesiology
Jack Strauss, Sophomore, 3.38, Finance
Missouri State
Will Brand, Sophomore, 3.20, Undeclared
Canaan Campbell, Sophomore, 3.91, Administrative Management
Kacper Cwiek, Sophomore, 3.76, Computer Information Systems
Miguel Davila, Senior, 3.78, International Business
William Frisbie, Sophomore, 3.48, Computer Information Systems
Christopher Heye, Sophomore, 3.47, Chemistry
Uvis Kalnins, Senior, 3.75, International Business
Jack Snow, Senior, 3.91, Biology
Isaac Springer, Senior, 3.48, Cell & Molecular Biology
Brandon Weissman, Junior, 4.00, Accounting
Southern Illinois
Cody Bailey, Sophomore, 4.0, Biological Sciences
Andre Brilhante, Junior, 3.824, Economics
Alex Crawford, Sophomore, 3.636, Finance
Joao Facciotti, Sophomore, 3.5, Undeclared
Till Pallmann, Senior, 3.296, Mechanical Engineering
Shane Phillips, Sophomore, 3.933, Biological Sciences
Andy Ross, Junior, 3.608, Radio/TV
Andres Saavedra, Senior, 3.685, Architecture
Joe Seguine-Hall, Sophomore, 3.667, Mechanical Engineering
Brandon Vuong, Senior, 3.261, Information Systems Technology
Michael Wolfe, Sophomore, 3.357, Mechanical Engineering
Bobby Wood, Junior, 3.705, Aviation