DETROIT -- The Wayne State University Department of Athletics honored the Warrior student-athletes who recorded at least a 3.50 grade-point average for the Fall 2017 term during its 18th annual Academic Recognition Luncheon held earlier today at the Mort Harris Recreation and Fitness Center on the WSU campus.

Eight Deans' Award winners were also recognized for having the highest cumulative grade-point average among all student-athletes in that particular college:

* College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Nicholas Ang (Rochester, Mich.) is a junior on the men's tennis team.  Ang is a Psychology major and has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) with a perfect 4.00 term GPA all five semesters.  Ang, who helped co-found Detroit Feedback Loop, recently helped the non-profit organization win a $10,000 first-place social innovation challenge award.  He is a two-time ITA Scholar Athlete.

* College of Education - Amanda Noakes (Battle Creek, Mich. / Lakeview) is a senior on the women's golf team.  A Kinesiology major, Noakes has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) with a perfect 4.00 term GPA all seven semesters.  A two-time GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team honoree, Noakes fired a season-best round of 77 last fall during the Saginaw Valley Invitational.

* Mike Ilitch School of Business - Drew Dowding (Michigan Center, Mich.) was a redshirt junior on the football team this past fall.  Dowding, who is majoring in finance, was selected as the WSU Football Scholar-Athlete Award recipient this past December.  He has earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) all seven semesters at WSU, including one 4.00 term.  Dowding has played in 28 games recording 70 career tackles (49-21), including 10.5 for loss. He is tied-for-37th in school history with two forced fumbles and three fumbles recovered.

* College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts - Shannon McNamara (Lansing, Mich. / Mason) is in her fourth year as a member of the women's golf squad.  A journalism major, McNamara has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) five times.  She was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team the last two years and is also a two-time recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award.  This is the second consecutive year that McNamara has received the Deans' Award from CFPCA.

* College of Engineering - Chloe Luyet (Plymouth, Mich. / Canton) is a senior on the women's golf team.  Luyet, who is a chemical engineering honors major, has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) six semesters, including two 4.00 terms.  A two-time GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team honoree, Luyet is also a two-time recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award.

* College of Nursing - Leah Coonrod (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Gull Lake) is a senior on the women's track and field squads and is receiving her third consecutive Deans' Award.  Coonrod, who is a nursing honors major, has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) seven semesters, including five 4.00 terms.  She has earned eight GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team certificates from cross country, indoor track and outdoor track.  Coonrod has also been a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

* Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - Jackie Feist (Beverly Hills, Mich. / Birmingham Groves) is a redshirt junior on the women's cross country, and indoor and outdoor track teams.  Feist, who is majoring in pharmacy, has earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) all three semesters since transferring from Iowa State.  A member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Feist is a two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic recipient, as well as a 2017 NCAA All-Midwest Region honoree after finishing 13th at the regional meet.

* Honors College - Nazir Jairazbhoy (Farmington, Mich. / Detroit Catholic Central) is a junior on the men's golf team and is majoring in chemical engineering honors.  He has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) all five semesters at WSU, including one 4.00 term.  Jairazbhoy has received both GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team recognition as well as the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award.

A school-record thirty-three (33) student-athletes recorded a perfect 4.00 term GPA with a record 74 percent of Warrior student-athletes receiving above a 3.00 for the recently completed Fall (2017) semester.

Also recognized at the luncheon was Robert E. Simanek, a 1958 graduate of Wayne State University and a 1952 recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War.  Simanek was presented with a No. 58 Wayne State University Medal of Honor football jersey with his name on the back.