NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic With Distinction Release

            Nine seniors from Wayne State College were recognized today with the 14th annual NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award announced Thursday morning by the league office in Burnsville, Minnesota. The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed to senior NSIC student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher and are exhausting their eligibility and on track to graduate.
            The nine seniors from Wayne State that earned the honor represented six different sports. Logan Hughes and Kassidy Pingel in women's basketball, Viktoria Bortkiewicz-Hamelin and Paige Peters from women's golf, Regan Ott and Chloe Schlines from women's soccer, Jessie Brandl and Isabelle Vacek in volleyball and Lindsey Stuckey from women's cross country/track and field.
            "We continue to increase the number of student-athletes that have earned the Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award, which is a testament to the dedication of the student-athletes, coaches and administrators in our league," remarked NSIC Commissioner Erin Lind.  "I am filled with pride on how our student-athletes in the NSIC continue to excel in the classroom, in the community and on the playing field.  These are characteristics in which Dr. Myles Brand emphasized.  I am extremely proud of all these student-athletes for their devotion to their universities, the NSIC and to their personal academic and athletic goals.  I have no doubt these student-athletes will continue to achieve success in life well beyond the classroom and the competition venues."
A record total 264 student athletes from the 16 institutions in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference will receive the award in its 14th year.  Each student athlete will be recognized by the NSIC with a certificate of achievement and a wrist watch.  The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference is a 16-team, 18-sport NCAA Division II Conference with teams located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
 
WAYNE STATE
Name                           Sport                                       Hometown                   Major/GPA
Viktoria Bortkiewicz-Hamelin  Golf                                  Montreal, Quebec          Sport Management / 3.80
Jessie Brandl                Volleyball                                  Stanton, Neb.                Communications / 3.85
Logan Hughes               Basketball                                 Shenandoah, Iowa         Health & Physical Education / 3.92           
Regan Ott                     Soccer                                     Fort Worth, Texas          Psychology / 3.87
Paige Peters                 Golf                                          Bancroft, Neb.               Elementary Education / 3.77
Kassidy Pingel              Basketball                                 Cherokee, Iowa             Biology/Pre-Physician Assistant / 4.00
Chloe Schlines              Soccer                                      Council Bluffs, Iowa       Criminal Justice & Psychology / 3.81
Lindsey Stuckey            Track/Cross Country                  York, Neb.                    Biology/Pre-Dental / 4.00
Isabelle Vacek              Volleyball                                   Ankeny, Iowa                Psychology / 3.95