Wayne State College had 14 student-athletes recognized today with the 17th annual NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award announced Friday 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.
            "It is incredibly rewarding to see NSIC student-athletes continue to thrive academically, serve their communities,
and compete at a high level," said NSIC Commissioner Erin Lind. "Those qualities reflect the principles championed by Dr. Myles Brand, and they remain at the heart of what we value in this conference. I am proud of the commitment these student-athletes show to their institutions, the NSIC and their own academic and athletic pursuits and I am confident their success will extend far beyond their time in competition." 
            A record total of 324 student athletes from the 16 institutions in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference will receive the award in its 17th 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 Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
 
WAYNE STATE
Name                           Sport                                       Hometown                   Major/GPA
Tatum Berry                  Women's Soccer                       Montrose, Colo.             Criminal Justice / 3.89
Nathan Cunningham      Baseball                                   Elkhorn, Neb.                Business Finance / 4.00
Rachel Dahlen               Women's Basketball                  Devils Lake, N.D.          Political Science / 3.83
Tyler Donaldson            Women's Soccer                       Johnston, Iowa              Psychology / 3.88
Dawson Forgy              Football                                    Winterset, Iowa             Exercise Science / 3.93
Reese Johnson             Volleyball                                  Denver, Iowa                 Business Management / 3.78
Luke Lambert                Football                                    Greenwood, Neb.          Construction Management / 3.78
Alex Leuenberger          Men's Track & Field                   Waverly, Neb.               Health and Physical Education / 3.91
Gabriel Monosmith        Baseball                                   Ankeny, Iowa                Business Management / 3.97
Olivia Ottman                Women's Golf                           Grand Island, Neb.        Business Admin/Management / 3.80
Megan Rietz                  Women's Basketball                  Huxley, Iowa                 Computer Science / 3.80
Saffire Sayre                 Women's Golf                           Des Moines, Iowa          Applied Math / 4.00
Olivia Schwarzrock        Women's Track & Field              Gibbon, Minn.               Criminal Justice / 3.88
Kylah vanDonkersgoed Women's Basketball                  Sioux Falls, S.D.           Criminal Justice / 3.84