2018 NSIC Spring All-Academic Team Release      

             Wayne State College placed 34 student-athletes named to the 2018 Northern Sun Conference Spring All-Academic Team announced Wednesday afternoon by the league office in Burnsville, Minnesota.
            To be eligible for the NSIC Spring All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must be a member of the varsity traveling team and have a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 or better. The student-athlete must also have reached sophomore academic and athletic standing at the institution represented with one full year completed at that particular institution.  The Wildcat men's track and field team had the most spring selections with 12 followed by baseball at nine, softball seven honorees and women's track and field six.
            The following is a listing of Wayne State student-athletes named to the 2018 NSIC Spring All-Academic Team:
Baseball (9):                       
David Janes                          Sr.           Dubuque, Iowa
Spencer Johnson                 Sr.           Centennial, Colo.
Adam Poldberg                    Sr.           Carter Lake, Iowa
Dalton Smith                         Sr.           Omaha, Neb.
Gabe Hoogers                     Jr.            Sioux City, Iowa
Jordan Mehl                          Jr.            Concordia, Kansas
Kyle Thompson                   Jr.            Omaha, Neb.
Jake Lemar                          So.          Urbandale, Iowa
Lawson Zenner                    So.          Savage, Minn.
Softball (7):
Jordyn Breitbarth                 Sr.           Hilo, Hawaii
Rachel Shumaker Sr.           Whittier, Calif.
Katelyn Wobken                   Sr.           Scribner, Neb.
Abbie Hix                               Jr.            Wayne, Neb.
Riley Vanderveen                 Jr.            Burlington, Wash.
Allison Niemeier                  So.          Kansas City, Mo.
Jenna Stewart                      So.          Moorpark, Calif.
Men's Outdoor Track and Field (12):                                           
Allen Arauz                           Sr.           Norfolk, Neb.
Antoine Bardou                    Sr.           St. Chely D'apcher, France
Derek Lahm                          Sr.           Columbus, Neb.
Brandon Marker                   Sr.           Springfield, Neb.
Brady Metz                            Sr.           Grand Island, Neb.
Kole Heller                            Jr.            Platte, S.D.
Jayle Hinkle                          Jr.            Ericson, Neb.
Matthew Nemec                  Jr.            Hayward, Minn.
Robert Sullivan                    Jr.            Bennington, Neb.
Richard Sweeney                 Jr.            Blair, Neb.
Dylan Kaup                           So.          Neligh, Neb.
Nathan Pearson                   So.          Aurelia, Iowa
Women's Indoor Track and Field (6):                                                          
Mary Alderson                      Gr.           Fremont, Neb.
Michaela Dendinger           Sr.           Coleridge, Neb.
Tessa Ives                             Sr.           Verdigre, Neb.
Morgan Shearer                   Jr.            Mondamin, Iowa
Tia Jones                              So.          Elkhorn, Neb.
Josephine Peitz                   So.          Wakefield, Neb.