All-Academic SLIAC

General Ben Greenberg, Sports Information Director

32 Gorlok Student-Athletes Named to Fall SLIAC All-Academic Team

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - Webster University had 32 of its fall sport student-athletes named to the 2019 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Fall All-Academic Team that was released by the league office on Tuesday. The 32 student-athletes was second-most among the league's 10 member institutions as Greenville had a league-best 36 total selections.
 
The Gorlok women's soccer and volleyball teams each had nine student-athletes recognized, while the men's soccer team had six selected, the women's cross country team had four student-athletes selected and the men's cross country had three overall student-athletes selected.
 
Along with Greenville's 36 and Webster's 32 selections, MacMurray was third with 26 selections, while Fontbonne and Principia were tied for fourth with 24 overall selections. Spalding was next with 19 and the Golden Eagles were followed by Westminster with 19, Iowa Wesleyan had 16 selections, while Eureka and Blackburn had three and two overall selections. In addition, Illinois College (2), Monmouth (2) and Lake Forest (1), who are members of the league for both men's and women's golf, had a total of five women's golfers selected.
  
The SLIAC Fall All-Academic team had a total of 200 student-athletes total from around the conference honored. In order to earn All-Academic Team honors a student-athlete must hold a 3.5 cumulative grade point average, be at least a sophomore in academic standing and have been enrolled in at least one full year at their current institution.
 
10 of the 28 fall SLIAC All-Academic Gorloks were recognized for a second consecutive season and six of the honorees are three-time SLIAC Fall All-Academic selections – senior women's soccer player Lilly Brauer (Belleville, Ill./Belleville East), senior volleyball player Sarah Jacobs (Carbondale, Ill./Murphysboro), senior women's soccer player Melissa Kasper (Oswego, Ill./Oswego), senior women's soccer player Olivia Osterhage (St. Louis, Mo./Eureka), senior men's soccer player Justin Schmidt (St. Louis, Mo./Metro) and senior women's cross country runner Meredith Sowers (Rolla, Mo./Rolla.

The Webster student athletes earning 2019 SLIAC Fall All-Academic were:
* - denotes 2018 SLIAC Fall All-Academic Team selection
^ - denotes 2017 SLIAC Fall All-Academic Team selection

+ - denotes 2016 SLIAC Fall All-Academic Team selection
 
Student-Athlete Sport Yr. Hometown Major
Lilly Brauer^* Women's Soccer Sr. Belleville, Ill. Biology
Kylie Burke Volleyball So. Belleville, Ill. Biology
Hailey Busche Women's Soccer So. Troy, Ill. Biology
Matt Ceriotti* Men's Soccer Jr. St. Louis, Mo. Sports Communications
Matt Coffey            Men's Soccer     So. Eureka, Mo. Business Administration
Abram Donovan*    Men's Cross Country Sr. St. Paul, Minn. Games and Game Design
Taylor Dunning Women's Cross Country So. Chester, Ill. Biological Sciences
Peyton Eikel Volleyball So. Dardenne Prairie, Mo. Elementary Education
Kristen Farrah* Volleyball Jr. St. Charles, Mo. Journalism
Kaleigh Finney* Women's Soccer Jr. Concord, Calif. Criminology
Nathan Freyling* Men's Cross Country Jr. Fenton, Mo. Business Administration
Kyra Gensel Volleyball So. Clarkton, N.C. Biological Sciences
Lexey Grapentine* Women's Soccer Jr. Middleton, Wis. Business
Ryleigh Grommet Women's Soccer So. Rolla, Mo. Biology & Chemistry
Eli Guzman Men's Cross Country So. Parkville, Mo. Audio Production
Tanner Haugen Men's Soccer So. Jefferson City, Mo. Marketing
Matt Huster Men's Soccer So. Imperial, Mo. Business Marketing
Sarah Jacobs^* Volleyball Sr. Carbondale, Ill. Business Administration
Melissa Kasper^* Women's Soccer Sr. Oswego, Ill. Biology
Justin Kohler Men's Soccer So. Waterloo, Ill. Management
Samantha Kruse*     Volleyball Jr. Waterloo, Ill. Chemistry
Emma Larson* Volleyball Jr. Bellevue, Neb. Journalism & English
Olivia Osterhage^* Women's Soccer Sr. St. Louis, Mo. Media Communications
Julia Paradise Women's Soccer So. St. Louis, Mo. Undeclared
Lindsay Poitras Women's Cross Country So. Imperial, Mo. Exercise Science & Psychology
Cora Reed Women's Cross Country So. Manchester, Mo. Psychology
Jenna Rodriguez* Volleyball Sr. Smithton, Ill. Education
Justin Schmidt^* Men's Soccer Sr. St. Louis, Mo. Film Production
Meredith Sowers^* Women's Cross Country Sr. Rolla, Mo. Criminology
Ali Spohr Volleyball So. Quincy, Ill. Biological Sciences
Logan Takizawa* Men's Soccer Jr. Holualoa, Hawaii International Business
Kaitlyn Theriot Women's Soccer So. Lake St. Louis, Mo. Undeclared
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Players Mentioned

Sarah Jacobs

#4 Sarah Jacobs

RS
5' 9"
Junior
Kristen Farrah

#6 Kristen Farrah

DS
5' 7"
Sophomore
Jenna Rodriguez

#12 Jenna Rodriguez

S
5' 6"
Junior
Samantha Kruse

#13 Samantha Kruse

OH
5' 10"
Sophomore
Emma Larson

#26 Emma Larson

S/RS
5' 8"
Sophomore
Matt Ceriotti

#13 Matt Ceriotti

F
5' 9"
Sophomore
Justin Schmidt

#21 Justin Schmidt

D
5' 10"
Junior
Logan Takizawa

#12 Logan Takizawa

M
5' 7"
Sophomore
Abram Donovan

Abram Donovan

5' 11"
Junior
Nathan Freyling

Nathan Freyling

5' 8"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Sarah Jacobs

#4 Sarah Jacobs

5' 9"
Junior
RS
Kristen Farrah

#6 Kristen Farrah

5' 7"
Sophomore
DS
Jenna Rodriguez

#12 Jenna Rodriguez

5' 6"
Junior
S
Samantha Kruse

#13 Samantha Kruse

5' 10"
Sophomore
OH
Emma Larson

#26 Emma Larson

5' 8"
Sophomore
S/RS
Matt Ceriotti

#13 Matt Ceriotti

5' 9"
Sophomore
F
Justin Schmidt

#21 Justin Schmidt

5' 10"
Junior
D
Logan Takizawa

#12 Logan Takizawa

5' 7"
Sophomore
M
Abram Donovan

Abram Donovan

5' 11"
Junior
Nathan Freyling

Nathan Freyling

5' 8"
Sophomore