NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its Winter/Spring 2012 Academic All-Conference honorees today, with Carleton student-athletes earning distinction 38 times. To qualify for recognition, student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior, or senior with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
Additionally, student-athletes in basketball, hockey, baseball, softball and tennis must compete in 50 percent of their team’s varsity regular-season contests to be eligible. Swimming and diving student-athletes must qualify for the conference finals while track and field participants must earn honorable mention status in an individual event or place in the top three as a relay team at the MIAC Championships to earn the honor.
Carleton’s baseball and men’s swimming & diving boast the most honorees in the MIAC for their sports. Both squads had five Knights recognized. The rosters for Carleton’s women’s indoor and outdoor track & field teams also had five individuals honored.
A total of 16 honors went to Knight seniors (pictured), with another 16 handed out to juniors and the final half-dozen to sophomores.
Baseball***
Paul Dimick (Sr., Northfield, Minn.)
Patrick Philley (Sr., Gig Harbor, Wash.)
Henry Rownd (Jr., Rochester, Minn.)
David Stillerman (So., Evanston, Ill.)
Alex Wirta (Sr., Corte Madera, Calif.)
Men’s Basketball
Daniel Geiger (So., New Prague, Minn.)
Scott Theisen (Jr., Champlin, Minn.)
Men’s Indoor Track and Field
Dylan Cheever (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn.)
Robert Davis (Jr., Eden Prairie, Minn.)
Kian Flynn (Sr., Otis, Ore.)
Women’s Indoor Track and Field
Simone Childs-Walker (Sr., Seattle, Wash.)
Taylor Ffitch (Sr., Portland, Ore.)
Haley Johnson (Jr., Golden Valley, Minn.)
Alison Smyth (Sr., Billings, Mont.)
Sarah Trautman (So., Lexington, Mass.)
Men’s Outdoor Track and Field
Dylan Cheever (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn.)
Robert Davis (Jr., Eden Prairie, Minn.)
Brian Spisiak (Jr., Elmhurst, Ill.)
Robert Wakeley (Sr., Kenmore, Wash.)
Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Simone Childs-Walker (Sr., Seattle, Wash.)
Taylor Ffitch (Sr., Portland, Ore.)
Haley Johnson (Jr., Golden Valley, Minn.)
Alison Smyth (Sr., Billings, Mont.)
Sarah Trautman (So., Lexington, Mass.)
Softball
Kaitlin Bagley (So., Duluth, Minn.)
Brooke McManigal (So., Bothell, Wash.)
Chelsea Yost (Jr., Bemidji, Minn.)
Men’s Swimming and Diving***
Ben Bedore (Jr., Mequon, Wis.)
Kevin Hallman (Sr., Oak Park, Ill.)
Andrew Hardt (Jr., Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
Djem Kissiov (Sr., Madison, Wis.)
Erik Klontz (Jr., Bethesda, Md.)
Women’s Swimming and Diving
Grace Comier (Jr., Rockford, Ill.)
Erin McDuffie (Jr., Anchorage, Ak.)
Anne Metcalf (Sr., Bath, Maine)
Sophie Pilhofer (Jr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.)
Women’s Tennis
Erin Gudul (Sr., North Oaks, Minn.)
Kathryn Schmidt (Sr., Hopkins, Minn.)
***most honorees in MIAC for that sport
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