CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference announced Tuesday afternoon the 2023 Men's Cross Country Academic All-MAC Team. A total of 42 student-athletes were named to this year’s squad.
Central Michigan led the way with 9 student-athletes honored, while Buffalo and Toledo followed with 7.
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 (3)
Kyle Stober, Sr., Mechanical Engineering, 3.931
Anthony Nichols, So., Sport Management, 3.697
Zayd Elkurd, Fr. (R), Nursing, 3.427
Bowling Green
Christian Gagliardi (Senior, Economics, 3.93)
Michael Nowinski (Junior, Sport Management, 4.0)
Bryce Weber (Sophomore, History, 4.0)
Josh Risko (Sophomore, Finance, 3.22)
Hunter Sidle (Sophomore, Health Science | Pre-Professional Medicine, 3.66)
Buffalo (7)
William Marchant – Senior – Computer Science – 3.384
Johann Matzal – Graduate Student – Business Administration – 4.0
Matt Gensel – Sophomore - Computer Science – 4.0
Sean O’Brien – Senior – Mechanical Engineering – 3.45
Luke Stoeffler – Sophomore – Aerospace Engineering – 3.98
Jacob Brink – Sophomore – Electrical Engineering - 3.71
Alex Hislop – Graduate Student – Exercise Science/Physical Therapy – 3.775
Central Michigan (9)
Blake Chipman, Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering, 3.4 GPA
Jason Fredricks, Sophomore, Undeclared, 3.56 GPA
Gabe Goosen, Redshirt Senior, Master of Business Administration, 3.85 GPA
Clay Kuiper, Sophomore, Public Relations, 3.68 GPA
Ethan Leitner, Sophomore, Undeclared, 3.84 GPA
Steven Porter, Junior, Statistics, 3.98 GPA
Hong Bing Tang, Sophomore, Computer Engineering 4.0 GPA
Joey Taverna, Sophomore, Computer Engineering, 3.53 GPA
Carson White, Junior, Environmental Engineering, 3.93 GPA
Eastern Michigan (3)
Sam Peterson, Sophomore, Media Studies and Journalism, 3.54
Grant Sweningson, Sophomore, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 3.83
Kian Wiles, Sophomore, Exercise Science, 3.53
Kent State (4)
Evan Alten, Junior, General Business, 3.642
Michael Arner, Junior, Aeronautics, 3.928
Jacob Mirabell, Senior, Middle Childhood Education, 3.210
Ethan Yost, Senior, Integrated Social Studies, 3.502
Miami (7)
Ben Bayless, Senior, Political Science, 3.22
Dan Conway, Graduate, Mechanical Engineering, 3.59
Charles Harders, Graduate, Computer Science, 3.28
Anton Martinez, Sophomore, Data Science and Statistics, 3.97
Victor Orsinelli, Junior, Supply Chain & Operations Mgmt/Marketing, 3.81
Johnny Sayle, Senior, Computer Science, 3.87
Patrick Wills, Sophomore, Political Science, 3.78
Ohio (2)
Sam Beeler, So., Civil Engineering (3.321)
Rocco DeVincent, So., Finance/Business Pre-Law (3.867)
Toledo (7)
Geoff Howles, Senior, University Studies, 3.577
Gavin Lammers, Junior, Mechanical Engineering, 3.735
Cooper Losey, Senior, Electrical Engineering, 3.790
Dennis Mutai, Sophomore, Nursing, 3.281
Jake Rethman, Senior, Biology, 3.983
Joshuah Taylor, Pre-Entrepreneurship Family & Business, 3.768
Ben Towler, Senior, Special Ed. Intervention Specialist, 3.618
