Wayne State College had 17 student-athletes recognized today with the 16th annual NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award announced Friday morning by the league office in Burnsville, Minnesota. The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed to NSIC academic senior student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher.
            "It brings me joy to continue to see how our student-athletes in the NSIC 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," said Lind.
            A total of 263 student athletes from the 15 institutions in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference will receive the award in its 16th 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 15-team, 18-sport NCAA Division II Conference with teams located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
 
WAYNE STATE
Name                           Sport                                      Hometown                  Major/GPA
Maelee Beacom            Women's XC/Track & Field   Hooper, Neb.                Mass Communications/Sport Media / 3.823
Alex Brandt                   Track & Field                         Grand Island, Neb.        Business Finance / 3.955
Abbigail Brodersen        Women's Golf                       Albion, Neb.                  Construction Management/Drafting / 4.00
Delaney Clark               Women's Basketball              Appleton, Wis.              Criminal Justice / 3.921
Quentin Dreyer             Men's XC/Track & Field         Manning, Iowa              Technology Education / 4.00
Sydney Escritt              Women's XC/Track & Field    Hebron, Neb.                Chemistry-Pre Med / 3.91
Max Heard                    Baseball                                Omaha, Neb.                Business Accounting / 3.98
Josh Kilzer                    Baseball                                Omaha, Neb.                Sport Management / 3.789
Abby Kopecky              Women's Basketball               Aberdeen, S.D.             Biology / 3.823
Dexter Larsen               Football                                  Blair, Neb.                    Exercise Science / 3.887
McKenna Markle           Women's Track & Field         Ponca City, Okla.          Criminal Justice / 3.750
Keagan McLaughlin      Baseball                                Gretna, Neb.                 Industrial Technology / 3.841
Wyatt Nissen                Men's Track & Field                Albion, Neb.                  Sport Management / 3.760
Tate Norblade               Women's Basketball               Papillion, Neb.               K-12 Physical Education
Alex Schall                   Football                                   Kearney, Neb.               Biology / 3.94
Blake Stanley                Baseball                                 Elkhorn, Neb.                Business Accounting / 3.90
Kaden Young                Baseball                                 Columbus, Neb.            Business Management / 3.827