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Academic and athletic accolades were recently awarded to ´óÏóÊÓƵ University student-athletes and coaches from conference and national sports associations.

Congratulations and Go Muskies!

Archery: Three Muskies at the USA Archery Indoor Nationals: Grace Pederson ’25 in Women’s Fixed Pins, Remington McClung ’24 in Men’s Fixed Pins, and Kylie Brookover ’26 in Women’s Compound.

Baseball: Four Muskies earned . Wyatt Reeder ’24 and Tobie Teke ’25 were named Second Team All-OAC, and Weston Melick ’25 and Sam Palmieri ’26 were named Honorable Mention All-OAC. and ’24 were each named as an OAC Hitter of the Week.

Fourteen members of the team were named to the : Gino Barber ’24, Christopher Brison ’25, Liam Carey ’24, Jackson Duchesne ’26, Joey Eurez ’26, Louie Hess ’26, Weston Melick ’25, Sam Palmieri ’26, Brock Pfister ’25, Wyatt Reeder ’24, Travis Reynolds ’25, Jaxon Rinkes ’24, Dane Sparks ’26, and David Stiles ’26.

Men’s Basketball: Ethan Taylor ’25 was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) team. Ethan and Shane Knepp ’26 were named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) . Duane Davis ’26 was named .

Women’s Basketball: Four Muskies were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) : Caitlyn DeMassimo ’25, Halle Morehead ’25, Claudia Harrington ’26, and Tori Jones ’26. Caitlyn, Hallie, Claudia, and Tori were also named to the (OAC) Honor Roll, along with Kenzie Bicking ’25.

Caitlyn was also named to the First Team and Claudia received All-OAC Honorable Mention.

Men's Golf: Three members of the team were named to the : Cameron Henry ’24, Ethan Miller ’24, and Keegan Windle ’25.

Women’s Golf: Three members of the team were named to the : Molly Cepek ’26, Allison Jurkovic ’24, and Morgan Mullaly ’25.

Men’s Lacrosse: For the first time in program history, three Muskies earned (OAC) honors. Drew Schneider ’25 was named first-team All-OAC, Spencer Zecchini ’24 was named second-team All-OAC, and Trevor Connolly ’24 was Honorable Mention All-OAC. Spencer was also named as an , and set new ´óÏóÊÓƵ records for the most points in a single game, most assists in a single game, and most assists in a season. Trevor was named as an .

Five members of the team were named to the : Sam Bolen ’26, Trevor Connolly ’24, Jacob Sega ’24, Evan Showler ’24, and Spencer Zecchini ’24.

Women’s Lacrosse: For the second straight year, Riley Hudock ’25 was named to the (OAC) Second Team. She was also twice-named this season and set new ´óÏóÊÓƵ records in career points, draw control, and caused turnovers. She also holds the single season records for goals, points, and draw controls. The team for team assists in a game and tied the record for team goals in a game, and Hannah Heyboer ’24 set new records for individual assists in a game and individual assists in a season.

Four members of the team were named to the :  Hannah Heyboer ’24, Riley Hudock ’25, Kasi Tully ’26, and Riley Zwagerman ’25.

Softball: Madelyn Thomas ’24 was named the John Wells Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) , and twice received OAC honors this season. Madelyn, Kalie Eshelman ’26, and Cara Taylor ’26 were all named First-Team , Sadie Smith ’26 was named Second-Team All-OAC, and Tareyn Born ’27 was named Honorable Mention All-OAC. Cara was also named an OAC . Madelyn and Cara were both named National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III .

Five members of the team were named to the : Lynsey Dudley ’25, Kalie Eshelman ’24, Sadie Smith ’26, Cara Taylor ’26, and Madelyn Thomas ’24.

Women’s Soccer: Morgan Meisel ’25 and Hannah Ritchie ’26 received   (OAC) and honors. They were both named to the All-OAC Second Team. Megan was named to the OCSA Second Team and Hannah was named to the OCSA All-Ohio Third Team.

Men’s Indoor Track & Field: Daven Gibson ’27 was named and qualified for the high jump at the 2024 NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field National Championships. Daven was also named an Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) in field events. Tristan Makowski ’24 earned , was named  by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, and broke the ´óÏóÊÓƵ record in shot-put three times this season. Colton Whyte ’25 earned in the 400-meter.

Four members of the Men’s Track & Field team were named to the : Chance Carpenter ’24, Lane Smith ’26, Wade Speeth ’24 and Colton Whyte ’25.

Women’s Indoor Track & Field: The 4X200 relay team of Averi Wallace ’26, Liberty Bunting ’26, Shannon Cooper ’27, and Anna Lippiatt ’26 earned (OAC) honors. Averi also earned in the 400-meter at the All-Ohio Championship.

Kilikina Schultz ’26 set a in 60-meter hurdles. 

Fifteen members of the Women’s Track & Field team were named to the : Kylie Andres ’26, Liberty Bunting ’26, Amber Corll ’26, Abigal Derry ’26, Izabella Erlenbach ’26, Jacquelynn Grinnell ’25, Alyssa Heinrichs ’26, Emily Keylor ’26, Kyra Kiessling ’26, Anna Lippiatt ’26, Jesikah Samuel ’26, Kilikina Schultz ’26, Rosemary Stephens ’26, Averi Wallace ’26, and Hailey Wilson ’24.

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field: Colton Whyte ’25 and Daven Gibson ’27 were named Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) . Colton was the Track Player of the Week and Daven was the Field Player of the Week.