MTU athletes earn academic honors

Courtesy of MTU Athletics

BAY CITY, Mich. – Michigan Tech had 18 student-athletes named to the 2012-13 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Winter All-Academic & All-Academic Excellence Teams recently (June 18).

All-Academic Teams are comprised of those student-athletes that meet the criteria and carry a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0-3.49. All-Academic Excellence Teams are comprised of student-athletes that have a cumulative GPA of 3.50-4.0. Criteria states the student-athlete must be an active member on the roster at the end of the season and not a freshman or a first year transfer student.

Men’s Basketball
All-Academic
Anthony Katona, Senior, Exercise Science, Negaunee, Mich.
Ali Haidar, Senior, Electrical Engineering, Windsor, Ont.

All-Academic Excellence
Kyle Stankowski, Freshman, Electrical Engineering, Mosinee, Wis.
Alex Culy, Junior, Chemical Engineering, Rice Lake, Wis.
Troy Hecht, Junior, Finance, Vassar, Mich.
Ben Stelzer, Sophomore, Finance, Manitowoc, Wis.
Austin Armga, Junior, Exercise Science, Waupun, Wis.

Women’s Basketball
All-Academic
Paige Albi, Junior, Exercise Science, Sun Prairie, Wis.
Kate Glodowski, Junior, Exercise Science, Amherst, Wis.
Heather Kessler, Junior, Sports and Fitness Management, Antigo, Wis.
Emily Harrison, Sophomore, Chemical Engineering, Elk Mound, Wis.
Kelcey Traynoff, Junior, Civil Engineering, Wilmete, Ill.

All-Academic Excellence
Taylor Stippel, Junior, Liberal Arts, Stillwater, Mich.
Emma Veach, Senior, Psychology, Grand Haven, Mich.
Samantha Hoyt, Senior, Mathematics, Durand, Wis.
Kerry Gardner, Freshman, Exercise Science, Middleton, Wis.
Jillian Ritchie, Sophomore, Scientific & Techincal Communication, De Pere, Wis.
Michelle Gaedke, Sophomore, Biological Sciences, Dearborn, Mich.