OU student-athletes named to The Summit League All-Academic Teams

Leading the way with a league-best 63 student-athletes, Oakland University has earned the top place on The Summit League All-Academic Teams.

Student-athletes must have at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) during their season of competition and have used a semester of eligibility to earn a place on their sports' All-Academic Team. An additional 26 OU student-athletes earned the distinction of Scholar Athlete by earning a 3.6-or-better GPA and eight Oakland student-athletes finished with all-As during the semester.

During the fall semester, a total of 481 Summit League student-athletes earned a spot on the All-Academic teams in the sports of men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, and volleyball.

It is the third consecutive term that the Golden Grizzlies have led the way for The Summit League. South Dakota State is in second place with 55 athletes and IUPUI third with 51 athletes recognized. Both IPFW and Western Illinois had 50 team members. UMKC had 48 honorees followed by Oral Roberts (45), Centenary (43), Southern Utah (39) and North Dakota State (37).

Complete List of Oakland Summit League All-Academic Team Members:

• Women's Cross Country (9)
  Kelsey Carmean (Sr., Ortonville, Mich.)
  Emma Claucherty (Fr., Haslett, Mich.)*
  Erica D'Angelo (Sr., Clinton Township, Mich.)*
  Brittni Hutton (Jr., Highland, Mich.)*
  Lia Jones (Jr.,Tustin, Mich.)*
  Claire Leigh-Monstevens (Sr., Rochester Hills, Mich.)*
  Sara Lieblein (Sr., Lake Orion, Mich.)*
  Christine Lindsay (Fr., Waterford, Mich.)*
  Jami Rodes (Jr., Traverse City, Mich.)*
  
  
• Men's Cross Country (10)
  
  Justin Battle (Sr., Beverly Hills, Mich.)
  Pat Cassady (Jr., Flushing, Mich.)*
  Brian Ciarkowski (Sr., Macomb, Mich.*)
  Nate Ismond (Fr., Petoskey, Mich.)
  Zack Jones (Sr., Tustin, Mich.)*
  Steven Marcinkowski (Jr., Howell, Mich.)
  Joe Osentoski (Jr., Temperance, Mich.)
  Ross Solanskey (Sr., Berkley, Mich.)
  Kenny Wall (Jr., Flushing, Mich.)
  Nathan Ziolko (Fr., Lake Orion, Mich.)
  
  
• Women's Soccer (16)
  
  Brianna Bowery (So., Rochester Hills, Mich.)
  Julianne Boyle (So., Lake Orion, Mich.)*
  Katie Bramble (So., Manistee, Mich.)*
  Nicole Deluca (So., Clinton Township, Mich.)
  Alyssa Fulton (So., Burton, Mich.)*
  Kourtney Grant (Fr., Brampton, Ontario, Canada)*
  Dani Haelewyn (Sr., Rochester, Mich.)
  Meghan Hartwig (Jr., Chesterfield, Mich.)*
  Melissa Hartwig (Jr., Chesterfield, Mich.)
  Marlen Knoph (So., Fjellhamar, Norway)
  Melissa MacKinnon (Fr., Burlington, Ontario, Canada)
  Nikki Neubauer (Sr., Milford, Mich.)*
  Jordan Penz (Fr., Troy, Mich.)
  Serena San Cartier (Fr.. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada)*
  Kristen Steffes (So., Grand Blanc, Mich.)
  Kara Weber (So., Calgary, Ontario, Canada)
  
  
• Men's Soccer (14)
  
  Joseph Ashmore (So., Farmington Hills, Mich.)
  Andrew Barrett (Fr., Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
  Alex de Leon (Fr.,San Jose, Calif.)
  Johnny Dreshaj (So., Clinton Twp, Mich.)*
  Jonathan Evans (Sr., Brownstown Township, Mich.)
  Nick Kristock (So., Novi, Mich.)*
  James Leutzinger (So., Washington, Mich.)
  Makesi Lewis (Jr., Port of Spain, Trinidad)
  Miche'le Lipari (Fr., Macomb, Mich.)*
  Sean Magee (Fr., Portage, Mich.)*
  Konner McNamara (Jr., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)*
  Vuk Popovic (Sr., Belgrade, Serbia)
  Jake Przybycien (Sr., Clarkston, Mich.)
  John Timm (Jr., Clarkston, Mich.)


• Volleyball (14)
  
  Allison Bell (Jr., Accounting Marion, Iowa)
  Brittany Dunn (Sr., Bowling Green, Ohio)*
  Ali Hedden (Jr., Health Sciences Grand Ledge, Mich.)
  Brittany Holbrook (So., Westland, Mich.)
  Katie Horling (Jr., Zeeland, Mich.)
  Alli Kirk (So., Bloomington, Ill.)
  Jillian Kulka (So., Groose Pointe Woods, Mich.)
  Jenna Lange (Jr., Marlette, Mich.)*
  Becca Means (Fr., Caledonia, Mich.)
  Amber Miehlke (So., Lake Zurich, Ill.)
  Lauren Milosek (Jr., Brighton, Mich.)
  Ashleigh Slemmer (Jr., Columbus, Ohio)*
  Alissa Valentine (Fr., Naperville, Ill.)
  Audrey Wilson (Fr., Naperville, Ill.)

For more information about Oakland's Athletics, view the website at ougrizzlies.com.