HILBERT, Wis. -- 44 Ripon College student-athletes were inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma National Honor Society, as announced by the Midwest Conference today, July 21. 

A national scholar-athlete society recognizing four-year collegiate student-athletes who have excelled both academically and athletically, Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes undergraduate collegiate student-athletes who participate in a sport at the varsity level, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fourth full-time semester, and earn a 3.5 or higher cumulative grade point average.
 
Selection for membership is by an athletics department designee in consultation with the individual's head coach and is based on outstanding scholarship, earned athletic letter winner, excellent character and citizenship.

Ripon students awarded the honor are as follows, separated by sport:

Men's Soccer
Connor Handrick (De Pere, Wis., Notre Dame Academy)
Thomas Geocaris (Green Bay, Wis., Notre Dame Academy)
Connor Reiner (Snohomish, Wash., Glacier Peak HS)
Eric Staszak (Deerfield, Wis., Deerfield HS)
Austin Stevens (Mukwonago, Wis., Mukwonago HS)
Eduardo Zermeno (Franklin Park, Ill., East Leyden HS)

Women's Swim & Dive
Kennedy Moore (De Pere, Wis., De Pere HS)
Lillian McGuire (Crystal Lake, Ill., Crystal Lake South HS)
Natalie Weidner (Portage, Wis., Portage HS)

Men's Swim & Dive
Brendan Kile (Verona, Wis., Verona Area HS)
Wil Hargrave (Ripon, Wis., Wisconsin Connections Academy)
Sean Rath (Glen Ellyn, Ill., Glenbard West HS)

Women's Cross Country
Gabby Allard (Appleton, Wis., Kimberly HS)
Nicole Arnhold (Hampton, N.Y., Granville HS)
Minnie Hoffman (Oostburg, Wis., Oostburg HS)
Ximena Juarez Martinez (Addison, Ill., Addison Trail HS)

Men's Cross Country
Jeremy Saloun (Portage, Wis., Portage HS)

Volleyball
Haylee Kast (Reedsburg, Wis., Reedsburg Area HS)

Women's Basketball
Maggie Glaus (Elmwood, Wis., Elmwood HS)
McKenzie Bestor (La Valle, Wis., Reedsburg Area HS)
Natalie Rauwolf (Madison, Wis., Madison Memorial HS)
Molly Johannes (Eldorado, Wis., Laconia HS)
Laney Havlovitz (Wild Rose, Wis., Wild Rose HS)
Sophie Schlieve (Antigo, Wis., Antigo HS)
Maddi Friedle (McHenry, Ill., McHenry HS)
Nadia Hoffa (Coloma, Wis., Westfield Area HS)

Women's Soccer
Rebecca Roszel (Fremont, Calif., Irvington HS)
Jadyn Johnson (Seymour, Wis., Seymour Community HS)
Alyssa Klementzos (Salem, Wis., Westosha Central HS)
Faith Katers (Green Bay, Wis., Green Bay West HS)
Chloe Daly (Geneva, Ill., Geneva HS)
Ashlynn Erickson (Elk River, Minn., Elk River HS)
Makenna Brown (Machesney Park, Ill., )

Football
Jack Berens (Wausau, Wis., Wausau West HS)
Bryce Braunel (Neenah, Wis., Neenah HS)
Ben Crock (Mount Vernon, Iowa, Mount Vernon HS)
Noah Hanson (Ripon, Wis., Ripon HS)

Baseball
Dallan Lopez (Wauwatosa, Wis., Wauwatosa East HS)
Adam Mellema (Park Ridge, Ill., Maine South HS)
Alex Pankratz (Waupaca, Wis., Waupaca HS)
Sean Tracy (Naperville, Ill., Metea Valley HS)

Softball
Hadley Berendsen (Kimberly, Wis., Kimberly HS)
Jayden Markus (Sorento, Ill., Greenville HS)
Sydney Swanson (Burnsville, Minn., Lakeville South HS)

For the full conference release, click here.