The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has released its spring sports All-Academic Excellence (cumulative gpa 3.5+) and All-Academic (cum. gpa 3.0-3.49) teams for the 2012 season. Wayne State had a total of 43 student-athletes recognized by the league office for their academic accomplishments including 20 from baseball (7-Excellence + 13 All-Academic), 10 from softball (7-Excellence +3 All-Academic), seven from men's tennis, and six from golf.
Representing baseball on the All-Academic Excellence team were seven seniors in
Ryan Buter (North Muskegon, Mich.),
Andrew Ciennik (Waterford, Mich./Mott),
J.J. Ciennik (Waterford, Mich./Mott),
Billy Hurley (Mississauga, Ont./St. Aloysius Gonzaga),
Corey Post (Coldwater, Mich.),
Josh Schafer (Mt. Pleasant, Mich.), and
Phil Swanson (Rochester Hills, Mich./Stoney Creek).
Another 13 baseball student-athletes received GLIAC All-Academic honors. They were seniors
Justin DeFrancis (Rochester, Mich./Stoney Creek),
Matt Mahalak (Wyandotte, Mich./Our Lady of Mt. Carmel),
Eric Ramaekers (Lake Orion, Mich.),
Justin Sylvester (Macomb, Mich./Dakota),
Kyle Vesey (Brighton, Mich.) and
Josh Wedesky (Fowlerville, Mich.), juniors
Kasey Koster (Portage, Mich./Central) and
Alex Pierse (Clinton Twp., Mich./De La Salle), along with sophomores
Chris Gebara (Troy, Mich.),
Jeff Sorenson (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson), and
Kirk Stambaugh (Sylvania, Ohio/Southview), and redshirt freshmen
Christian Bilkovic (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and
Mark Lepri (Shelby Twp., Mich./Utica Eisenhower).
Junior golfer
Tyler Haksluoto (St. Clair Shores, Mich./South Lake) earned a spot on the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team, while five other golfers received All-Academic accolades. They were senior
Jafar Dada (Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer East), juniors
Brad Griffith (Webberville, Mich./Fowlerville) and
Alex LaSerra (Jackson, Mich./Napoleon), and sophomores
Reid Dean (Fowlerville, Mich.) and Rob Favaro (LaSalle, Ont./St. Thomas of Villanova).
Three CoSIDA Academic All-Americans are part of the seven softball student-athletes to be named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence squad. They are seniors
Alison Allen (Redford, Mich./Farmington Hills Mercy) and
Rebecca Stanley (Waterloo, Ont./Waterloo C.I.), juniors
Makelle Barski (Trenton, Mich.), and
Stephanie Foreman (Cambridge, Ont./Preston), and sophomores
Amanda Burnard (Canton, Mich./Plymouth),
Nikki Fulton (Stratford, Ont./St. Michael Catholic S.S.) and
Logan White (Brantford, Ont./Johnson C.V.I.). The three softball student-athletes earning All-Academic team honors all were seniors in
Sam Cain (Taylor, Mich./Kennedy),
Lauren Histed (Shelby Twp., Mich./Utica), and
Rebecca Ryan (Westland, Mich./Dearborn Divine Child).
The WSU men's tennis team led all GLIAC netter squads with six All-Academic Excellence selections in senior
Will Nolan (Troy, Mich.), juniors
Thomas Ducret (Paris, France),
Oscar Gamarra (Guayaquil, Ecuador), and
Jon Groszek (Dearborn Hts., Mich./Divine Child), along with sophomores
Michael FitzGerald (Grosse Ile, Mich.) and
Melvin Joseph (Northville, Mich.).
Matt Fisher earned a spot on the GLIAC All-Academic team.
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