55 UD Student-Athletes Make A-R-C All-Academic Team
Nov 8, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The American Rivers Conference announced the members of the fall 2018 All-Academic team on Thursday. 55 Spartans had a grade point average of 3.50 or better and as a whole, the conference had 475 elligble student-athletes reach this feat.
To be eligible for All-Academic Team honors a student-athlete must be on the eligibility list for the sport of nomination, at least a sophomore in academic standing with at least one year in residence and attain an accumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better (on a 4.0 scale).
The UD volleyball team led all American Rivers Conference volleyball programs with 14 student-athletes making the All-Academic team.
Student-Athlete’s name Year Sport Hometown/High School Major(s)
Natalie Donath So WCC Dubuque, Iowa/Senior Pre-Nursing
Megan Ely Jr. WCC Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Jefferson Elementary Education
Mackenzie Helgemoe Jr. WCC Rubicon, Wis./Beaver Dam Biology/Science in Secondary Edu.
Isabella Mazzanti Jr. WCC Woodstock, Ill./Woodstock North Communications
Riley Boyce Sr. MCC Madison, Wis./Madison East Flight Operations
Jacob Heitter Jr. MCC Byron, Ill./Byron Flight Operations
Tavian Rumple Jr. MCC Mesa, Ariz./Mesa Flight Operations
Brandon Sindt Jr. MCC Dubuque, Iowa/Senior Environmental Science
Joseph Tobin Jr. MCC Durant, Iowa/Durant Digital Art and Design
Blaze Barista Jr. FB Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton Warrenville South Sports Marketing & Management
Allen Rodriguez So. FB Orfordville, Wis./Parkview Wellness & Exercise Science
Kobe Starkey So. FB Menasha, Wis./Menasha Economics
Collin Stefanowski Sr FB Lake Villa, Ill./Grant Business
Adam Steingraeber So. FB Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North Sports Marketing & Management
Carissa Brown So. WS Oswego, Ill./Oswego Criminal Justice
Lauren Cangelosi Sr. WS Clarendon Hills, Ill./Hinsdale Central Wellness & Exercise Science
Amanda Chlebek Jr. WS Lombard, Ill./Glenbard East Psychology
Natalie Dienstbach So. WS St. Louis, Mo./St. Joseph’s Academy Undecided
Alexia Garza So. WS Silvis, Ill./United Township Undecided
Ireland Hill So. WS Holy Cross, Iowa/Western Dubuque Pre-Nursing
Alexa Martin Jr. WS Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Prairie Human Health Science
Erica Miller So. WS Wauconda, Ill./Wauconda Pre-Nursing
Megan Moll Jr. WS Middleton, Wis./Lakeside Lutheran Accounting
Meghan Moorman So. WS Rockford, Ill./Boylan Catholic Pre-Nursing
Victoria Roethler So WS Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Jefferson Pre-Education, Physical Education
Isabelle Robinson So. WS Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove Pre-Nursing
Rylee Andresen Jr. VB Oxford Junction, Iowa/Midland Human Health Science
Issy Cleary So. VB Bismark, N.D./Century Human Health Science
Maddy Cruz So. VB Chicago, Ill./Chicago Christian Pre-Education
Emily Dlugosz So. VB Lockport, Ill./Lockport Township Pre-Nursing
Sarrah Farraday Jr. VB Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North Sociology/Sports Mtg. & Mng.
Paige Harbort Jr. VB Janesville, Wis./Milton Basic Science in Secondary Education
Lyndy Holdt So. VB Davenport, Iowa/Davenport North Biology
Lydia Kleckner So. VB Decorah, Iowa/Decorah Digital Art and Design
Shauna McAleer So. VB Goose Lake, Iowa/Northeast Community Pre-Nursing
Annie Meyer So. VB Bernard, Iowa/Cascade Pre-Nursing
Jenna Runde Sr. VB Elgin, Ill./Central Physical Education & Health Teaching
Johanna Steggall Sr. VB Marion, Iowa/Marion Criminal Justice/Sociology
Kendra Witte So. VB Mediapolis, Iowa/Mediapolis Accounting
Kara Wright Jr. VB Stockton, Ill./Stockton Biology
Daniel Bacskai So. MS Herrenberg, Germany/Stuttgart Sports Marketing & Management
Dominik Chece So. MS Woodstock, Ill./Prairie Ridge Business
Noah Clarke Jr. MS Orion, Ill./Orion Math
Charlie Mendez So. MS Lakemoor, Ill./McHenry East Accounting
Joey Ott So. MS Dubuque, Iowa/Home School Business/Economics
Steven Owens So. MS St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East Business
Nicholas Russey So. MS Killeen, Texas/Kaiserslautern Pre-Education, Physical Education
Zach Simanski So. MS Ashburn, Va./Stuttgart Human Health Science
Carson Sutherland So. MS Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley Math
Ashley Palacios-Quinonez Jr. WT Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Pines Computer Forensics & Security
Megan Ranney Sr. WT Waterloo, Wis./Lake Mills Computer Information Systems
Hailey Wang Jr. WT Elkhorn, Wis./Elkhorn Human Health Science
Hannah Hamann So. WG Wheatland, Iowa/Calamus-Wheatland Computer Forensics & Security
Daniela Miranda So. WG Woodstock, Ill./Woodstock North Business
Elizabeth Stalla So. WG Evergreen Park, Ill./Evergreen Park Flight Operations
