Mid-American Conference

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced Thursday the 2017 Women’s Basketball Academic All-MAC Team. A total of 53 student-athletes were named to the team from this past season.
 
Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Miami, Northern Illinois and Toledo all placed six student-athletes on the 2016-17 team, while Kent State followed close behind with five honorees.
 
Rachel Myers and Abby Siefker of Bowling Green, Jordan Korinek of Kent State (Second Team All-MAC), Mikayla Voigt of Northern Illinois, Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriot (Third Team All-MAC) and Michaela Rasmussen of Toledo each finished the 2016-17 season with perfect 4.00 grade point averages.
 
Other notable Academic All-MAC Team members include 2017 MAC Player of the Year and All-MAC first teamer Larissa Lurken of Kent State, Central Michigan’s Presley Hudson (first team All-MAC) and Reyna Frost (third team All-MAC), All-MAC third team honorees Mikaela Boyd (Toledo) and Meredith Shipman (Western Michigan) and All-MAC honorable mentions Hannah Plybon (Akron) and Carmen Grande (Ball State).
 
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.
 
Akron
Alli Ball, Junior, 3.589, Marketing Management
Hannah Plybon, Senior, 3.58, MBA Health Care Management
Megan Sefcik, R-Sophomore, 3,653, Early Childhood Education
 
Ball State
Carmen Grande, Sophomore, 3.987, Industry and Technology
Jill Morrison, Senior, 3.377, Sports Administration
 
Bowling Green
Maddie Cole, Sophomore, 3.543, International Business
Rachel Konieczki, Senior, 3.530, MBA Sports Management
Rachel Myers, Junior, 4.00, Dietetics
Haley Puk, Junior, 3.666, Exercise Science
Carly Santoro, Sophomore, 3.823, Communication Disorders
Abby Siefker, Senior, 4.00, Biology/Pre-Dentistry
 
Buffalo
Katherine Ups, Junior, 3.922, Biomedical Sciences
Liisa ups, Junior, 3.890, Biomedical Sciences
Mariah Suchan, Junior, 3.643, Biomedical Sciences
Ayoleka Sodade, Sophomore, 3.320, Exercise Science
 
Central Michigan
Cassie Breen, Junior, 3.60, Sport Management
Reyna Frost, Sophomore, 3.89, Physics-Astronomy Concentration
Jasmine Harris, Senior, 3.20, Political Science (Master’s)
Presley Hudson, Sophomore, 3.77, Teacher Education - Physical Education
Jaeda Robinson, Sophomore, 3.91, Biology/Biomedical Sciences
Aleah Swary, Junior, 3.35, Psychology and Family Studies
 
Eastern Michigan
Phillis Webb, Senior, 3.26, Management
Ashley Nickens, Senir, 3.55, Communication
 
Kent State
Alexa Golden, Sophomore, 3.86, Criminal Justice
Jordan Korinek, Junior, 4.00, Special Education
Larissa Lurken, Senior, 3.72, Nursing
McKenna Stephens, Senior, 3.25, Public Health
Paige Salisbury, Sophomore, 3.31, Biotechnology
 
Miami
Kayla Brown, Junior, 3.81, Microbiology
Megan Galloway, R-Junior, 3.47, Philosophy
Nanci Hunter, Sophomore, 3.59, Public Health
Kristen Levering, Sophomore, 3.84, Psychology
Kendall McCoy, Sophomore, 3.65, Kinesiology
Molly McDonagh, Junior, 3.35, Strategic Communication
                                                                                          
Northern Illinois
Georgia Breunig, Junior, 3.951, Accountancy
Cassidy Glenn, Senior, 3.515, Pre-Physical Therapy
Renee Sladek, Junior, 3.833, Communicative Disorders
Kelly Smith, Junior, 3.764, Biological Sciences
Mikayla Voigt, Sophomore, 4.00 Nursing
Courtney Woods, Sophomore, 3.674, Pre-Physical Therapy
 
Ohio
Taylor Agler, R-Junior, 3.333, Communication Studies
Katie Baker, R-Freshman, 3.441, Pre-Nursing
Hannah Boesinger, Senior, 3.265, Environmental Biology
Dominique Doseck, Sophomore, 3.807, Sports Management
 
Toledo
Mikaela Boyd, Sophomore, 3.25, Sociology
Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott, Junior, 4.00, Communication (Business minor)
Halee Printz, Sophomore, 3.23, Nursing
Michaela Rasmussen, Junior, 4.00, Biology (Chemistry & Spanish minor)
Sophie Reecher, Senior, 3.55, Exercise Science
Sarah St-Fort, Sophomore, 3.41, Finance (Business Management minor)
 
Western Michigan
Logan McCane, Sophomore, 3.80, Pre-Interdisciplinary Health Services
Meredith Miller, Sophomore, 3.88, Pre-Sales & Business Marketing
Meredith Shipman, Senior, 3.53, Exercise Science