UNI track and field: 17 Panthers earn 2022 MVC scholar-athlete honors

UNI track and field: 17 Panthers earn 2022 MVC scholar-athlete honors

5/24/2022 12:51:00 PM | Track and Field

ST. LOUIS - This year the Missouri Valley Conference recognized 17 Panthers among 138 athletes named to the 2022 Track & Field Scholar-Athlete team for their performance in the classroom and in the sport of track and field.

Fifty-six student-athletes hold at least a 3.80 cumulative grade-point average, and 16 on the list maintain a perfect 4.0. Logan Calvin of Illinois State and Ryann Porter of Indiana State are highlighted as the Men's and Women's Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Student-athletes were named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team by meeting the following criteria and procedures:

3.3 cumulative grade-point average
At least a sophomore in academic and athletic standing
Placed in the top eight of an individual event or top three in a relay event at the Indoor or Outdoor Championship

UNI track and field list:

Jill Bennett 3.33 Public Health: Community Health
Lydia Berns-Schweingruber 4.00 Elementary Education/Sociology
Marin Ehler 4.00 Movement & Exercise Science
Katie Fare 3.55 Movement & Exercise Science
Seb Gearhart 3.86 Business Administration/Management
Malory Henze 3.91 Community Health & Recreation
Isabelle Holtzen 3.72 MIS: Business Analytics/Finance: Investments
Paige Holub 3.77 Marketing: Management/Management: Human Resource/Psychology
Erin Kerkhoff 3.81 Liberal Studies
Cierra Laux 3.62 Elementary Education
Katie Nimrod 3.81 Movement & Exercise Science
Rylan Santi 3.62 Movement & Exercise Science
Mari Shavers 3.71 Criminology & Criminology Justice: Correction
Jack Sumners 3.48 General Economics
Rylie Todd 3.52 Communications/PR: Strategic Public Relations
Jill Vonnahme 3.98 Supply Chain Management/MIS: Business Analytics
Libby Wedewer 3.80 Movement & Exercise Science

UP NEXT

Your Panthers open up competition at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds May 25 in Arkansas.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

6 p.m. - men's long jump (Parker Kiewiet) - flight 3 of 4
6 p.m. - 110-meter hurdles (Jack Sumners) - heat 3 / lane 2
7 p.m. - 100-meter dash (Isiah Trousil) - heat 2 / lane 3
7 p.m. - shot put (Darius King) - flight 4 of 4
8:45 p.m. - 200-meter dash (Parker Kiewiet): heat 1 / lane 7

THURSDAY, MAY 26

10 a.m. - women's hammer (Mari Shavers) - flight 1 of 3
7 p.m. - women's shot put (Katie Fare / Marin Ehler) - Ehler: flight 1 of 4 / Fare: flight 2 of 4

FRIDAY, MAY 27

1 p.m. - men's discus (Tom Yezek / Darius King) - Yezek (flight 3 of 3) / King (flight 2 of 3)
6:15 - 110-meter hurdles quarterfinals (Jack Sumners)
6:35 - 100-meter dash quarterfinals (Isaiah Trousil)
7:50 - 200-meter dash quarterfinals (Parker Kiewiet)