25 student-athletes earn all-HCAC academic honors

May 15, 2019

DEFIANCE, Ohio - Defiance College landed 25 student-athletes on the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic Team for the spring 2019 season.

Tom Bohlsen Academic All-Conference student-athletes must carry a 3.50 cumulative grade point average into their playing season. Nominees must also have completed one full academic year at the institution.

The baseball and softball programs led Defiance with nine nominees, followed by women's track and field with four, and men's golf with three nominees.

BASEBALL

Jon Brown, junior, Haskins
Michael Gilliland, senior, Napoleon
Zach Johnson, sophomore, El Paso, Ill.
Kody King, junior, Cecil
Jude Neary, junior, Toledo
Mason Rapp, senior, Fortville, Ind.
Michael Reese, sophomore, Constantine, Mich.
T.J. Scott, senior, Cincinnati
Lucas Thomeier, sophomore, Wickliffe

SOFTBALL

Michaela Bauer, senior, Hicksville
Erin Breece, sophomore, Hamler
Hali Geraci, sophomore, Springboro
Brooke Gostomsky, junior, Dayton
Jackie Hartman, senior, Parma
Ely King, senior, Mechanicsburg
Jen Nashalsky, sophomore, Galloway
Jordan Osborne, senior, Delaware
Paige Sickmiller, senior, Leipsic

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD

Madi Bowman, junior, Eaton
Malia Ferry, junior, Milford
Blake Newman, junior, Jackson, Mich.
Meagan Trimpey, sophomore, Bowling Green

MEN'S GOLF

Hayden Clingaman, sophomore, Stryker
Stephen Dolan, senior, Painesville Twp.
Drake Moening, senior, Defiance