Jan. 24, 2007

SAULT STE MARIE - Thirteen Lake Superior State fall sport athletes representing the 2006 cross country, volleyball and women's tennis teams received Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic Team honors.

LSSU's highest-ranking student-athletes included junior middle hitter Jamie Groos (Escanaba, Mich.) of the volleyball team, who has a 3.97 grade point average while majoring in computer science, and redshirt freshman cross country team member Katie Scott (Mitchell, Ont.), who carries a 3.91 gpa while majoring in exercise science.

Scott, the Lakers' No. 1 runner this season, was also named academic all-America and headed a Laker squad that earned academic All-America team honors by posting a team gpa of 3.52.

Senior Celina Grondin (Fleurimont, Que.), who has a 3.46 gpa while majoring in business administration, played No. 1 singles and doubles in women's tennis and had the Lakers' highest gpa. Academic leaders on the men's cross country team were sophomore Luke Allen (Manistee, Mich.), a political science major, and junior Evan Williams (Plainwell, Mich.), a math major. Both runners maintain 3.51 gpas.

The complete list of Laker athletes receiving GLIAC All-Academic recognition is below.

Men's Cross Country
Luke Allen, So., political science, Manistee, Mich., 3.51
Evan Williams, Jr., math/secondary education, Plainwell, Mich., 3.51
Tom Thornton, Jr., history, Sand Lake, Mich., 3.15
Emory Nelkie, Jr., geology/chemistry, West Branch, Mich., 3.13

Women's Cross Country
Kathleen Scott, Fr., exercise science, Mitchell, Ont., 3.91
Danielle Reinbold, Sr., exercise science, Frankenmuth, Mich., 3.87
Jade Szubelak, So., communications, Fairview, Mich., 3.61
Stephanie Riedel, Jr., environmental chemistry, Eau Claire, Wis., 3.41

Volleyball
Jamie Groos, Jr., computer networking, Escanaba, Mich., 3.97
Trisha Dutton, So., exercise science, Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 3.22

Women's Tennis
Alexandria Chiakmakis, Sr., biology, St. Clair, Mich., 3.01
Celina Grondin, Sr., international business, Fleurimont, Que., 3.46
Megan LaMothe, Jr., education, Troy, Mich., 3.34