Two Wayne State University spring sport student-athletes were recognized with the
GLIAC Spring Commissioner's Awards for academic and athletic excellence. Only six female and six male student-athletes receive such distinction each season.
Softball pitcher
Casey Hanes (Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman) and baseball pitcher
Brady Cooper (Allen Park, Mich.) are the third and fourth WSU student-athletes honored with the GLIAC Commissioner's Award this school year.
Hanes earn
ed First Team All-America accolades from both the NFCA and Daktronics after leading the nation in earned-run average (0.58) and finishing second in victories (42), shutouts (19) and strikeouts (366). The two-time GLIAC Pitcher of the Year, Hanes led the Warriors to the 2010 College World Series after claiming the GLIAC regular-season title, along with the NCAA Midwest Regional and Super Regional trophies. Off the field, she was a GLIAC All-Academic team selection as well as being voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team.
Hanes concluded her collegiate career ranked fifth in wins (126) in NCAA Division II history, sixth in complete games (130) and innings pitched (1,062.7), tied-for-sixth in games pitched (179), seventh in shutouts (60), tied-for-ninth in games started (141), and 10th in strikeouts (1,156), while setting school record for strikeouts (649), shutouts (32) and ERA (0.67) and tying the school mark for wins (72).
Cooper was voted to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-Midwest Region Second Team as well as the All-GLIAC Second Team along with receiving Daktronics All-Midwest Region Second Team honors. He compiled a 6-4 record with a 4.38 earned-run average. He had three complete games including a shutout, tied for third in the GLIAC with 58 strikeouts and was third in fewest walks with 15 in 61 2/3 innings. Cooper helped the Warriors win both the GLIAC regular-season title and GLIAC tournament championship while advancing to the NCAA tournament for the third time in school history.
A 2010 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection, he had seven semesters with at least a term gpa of 3.5+ including five perfect 4.00 semesters. A three-time GLIAC All-Academic Team member, Cooper was named to the Academic All-District Second Team in 2009. He was the recipient of the Athletic Dean's Award for having the highest cumulative grade-point average of any student-athlete in the College of Education in both 2008-09 and 2009-10.
