RIPON, Wisconsin – The Ripon College athletic department earned 161 spots on the Academic All-Midwest Conference team as announced by the league office on Monday.
Ripon had the fourth-highest number of student-athletes on the Academic All-Conference list, trailing just Grinnell (286), Lawrence (177) and Lake Forest (166). Ten members of the women's tennis program received recognition, which tied the conference lead for that sport.
Three Red Hawk athletes were each named to the Academic All-Midwest Conference team for the fourth school year in a row to highlight Ripon individually:
Anna Bauer,
Mara Millard and
Kalyn Otzelberger. In addition, 36 others were honored for the third consecutive school year:
Gabriel Drake,
Jordan Riebe,
Yazan Mekki,
Seth Beckman,
Jacob Oppeneer,
Vance Plecha,
Kaleb Schroeder,
Sam Kobylski,
Mckenzie Wiesner,
Tia Endrizzi,
Victoria Enk,
Chase Polyak,
Aubrey Malotky,
Sophia Brinker,
Ellie Ove,
Bella Kasuboski,
Ryan Davis,
Cade Tackmier,
Anna Fahrney,
Abby Hartmann,
Bella Opelt,
Adrian Baquera,
Benjamin Hildebrand,
Matt Seeber,
Sam Trzebiatowski,
Rainier Villanueva,
Jazmin Antonio Reyes,
Alison DeNamur,
Kynaeda Gray,
Natalie McNeely,
Isabelle Willett,
Ben Rahlf,
Sophie Czerwonka,
Brock Warren,
Kalen Berger and
Kiki Sherman.
Multiple squads were near the top of the conference leaderboards for their respective sport. Ripon garnered the second-most student-athletes on the Academic All-Midwest Conference teams in men's cross country, women's basketball, men's indoor track and field and men's outdoor track and field.
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