PELLA—Central College placed 41 student-athletes on the spring sports American Rivers All-Conference all-academic team.
The Dutch had 12 women's track and field honorees with nine cited in men's track and field, eight in baseball, six in men's tennis, five in softball and one in men's golf. Central had 36 honorees last spring.
To qualify for the distinction, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore in academic standing with one year at his/her current school, achieve a 3.50 grade point average or better and compete at the varsity level.
Women's track and field competitor
Rachel Daniels (sophomore, Geneseo, Ill.) and softball player
Emma Lowden (sophomore, Winterset) lead the way with perfect 4.0 GPAs.
Academic All-American Rivers honorees
Name Yr. Sport Hometown (city, state)/HS Major(s) GPA
Kyle Hauser Sr. BSB Poplar Grove, Ill./Belvidere North Exercise science 3.87
Chris Hensley Sr. BSB Ottumwa, Iowa Engineering 3.51
Jon Rozeboom Sr. BSB Waukee, Iowa/Waukee Biology 3.69
Brendan Short So. BSB Normal, Ill./Normal Computer science 3.91
Sam Staley So. BSB Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Jefferson Engineering 3.62
Landon Vander Leest Jr. BSB Pella, Iowa/Pella Business management 3.54
Jake Wegner Sr. BSB Bloomington, Ill./Normal Exercise science 3.70
Kyle Wright Sr. BSB Manchester, Iowa/West Delaware Exercise science 3.70
Lucas Wendel So. MG Le Claire, Iowa/Pleasant Valley Biology 3.85
Nash Christian So. MT Whitewater, Wis./Fort Atkinson History/political science/ 3.82
German studies
Matthew Den Adel So. MT Ankeny, Iowa/Centennial Actuarial science 3.71
Tanner Finken Jr. MT Carroll, Iowa/Carroll Computer science/math 3.90
William Isiminger Sr. MT North Aurora, Ill./West Aurora Engineering/physics 3.89
Joe Roberts Sr. MT Lake-in-the-Hills, Ill./Huntley Social science 3.55
Michael Turnley So. MT Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan Social science 3.71
Madison Farrington So. SB Marshalltown, Iowa/East Marshall Biology 3.74
Sydni Huisman So. SB Treynor, Iowa/Treynor Actuarial science 3.70
Emma Lowden So. SB Winterset, Iowa/Winterset Exercise science/biology 4.00
Skylar Sadler So. SB Lisbon, Iowa/Lisbon Accounting/business mgmt.. 3.82
Sara Tallman Sr. SB Pella, Iowa/Pella Elementary education 3.97
Will DeHaan Jr. MTF DeWitt, Iowa/Central DeWitt Business management 3.95
Lucas Heitz So. MTF Adel, Iowa/ADM Engineering 3.84
Luke Pavlat Jr. MTF Pella, Iowa/Pella Athletic training 3.53
Nate Sanders Sr. MTF Waukee, Iowa/Waukee Exercise science 3.86
Jacob Sanders So. MTF Nevada, Iowa/Nevada Business management 3.60
Thomas Spoehr Jr. MTF Bennington, Neb./Bennington Mathematics 3.75
Adam Sylvia So. MTF Boston, Mass./Old Rochester Business management 3.56
Nick Thompson Jr. MTF Newhall, Iowa/Benton Actuarial science 3.82
Carter Tryon Jr. MTF Winterset, Iowa/Winterset Biology 3.72
Lindsey Blommers Jr. WTF Pella, Iowa/Pella Accounting 3.91
Rachel Daniels So. WTF Geneseo, Ill./Geneseo Exercise science 4.00
Holly Forrester Sr. WTF Manhattan, Kan./Rock Creek Exercise science 3.86
Mary Gray Sr. WTF West Des Moines, Iowa/Waukee Business management 3.53
Maya Jackson Jr. WTF Clarion, Iowa/Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Psychology 3.95
Malory Jones So. WTF Fairfield, Iowa/Fairfield Exercise science 3.87
MacKenzie Kruse So. WTF St. Clair, Minn./St. Clair Exercise science 3.51
Krissa Larson Jr. WTF Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock History 3.71
Hollie Loper So. WTF Richland, Iowa/Pekin Exercise science 3.72
Lauren Miller So. WTF Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque Biology/Spanish 3.94
Kiki Pingel Sr. WTF Pella, Iowa/Pella Exercise science 3.78
Audrey Smith So. WTF Keosauqua, Iowa/Van Buren Biochemistry 3.83