Jan. 11, 2008

Bay City, Mich. - Following the fall athletic seasons, 61 Grand Valley State University athletes were named to their respective GLIAC All-Academic teams. Women's soccer and football both had 15 players named to the teams, while men's and women's cross country earned 13 and eight nods, respectively. Six volleyball players and four women's tennis players also earned GLIAC All-Academic recognition, as well. In order to be a member of the team, a player must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher and cannot be a freshman or a first-year transfer.

Following is a list of Grand Valley State members of the GLIAC All-Academic teams:

Men's Cross Country (13) Name Year Major Curtis Barclay So. Geology Tim Dalton Jr. Physical Education Grant Fall Sr. Accounting/Finance Chris Hammer Jr. Math/Secondary Education Brad Hunter Jr. International Relations Levi LaChappelleRFr. English Derek Marr Jr. Movement Science Benjamin McCune So. Information Systems Nate Peck Sr. Psychology Brian Principe RFr. Information Systems Mike Segal RFr. Exercise Science Mark Vandermeer Sr. Mathematics/Education Robbie Young Sr. Biology

Women's Cross Country (8) Lori Burgess So. Language Arts/Elementary Ed. Rosana Chapman Sr. Nursing Kelly Gibbons Jr. Special Education Meggie Grube Sr. Spanish Amy Kolin RFr. Phys. Therapy/Biomedical Sc. Katherine McCarthyRFr. Undecided Kristen Myers RFr. Nursing Susie Rivard Sr. Business

Football (15) Bill Brechin GS Master's Business Admin. Tory Buter RFr. Pre-Business Billy EisenhardtJr. Criminal Justice Matt Flutur RFr. Engineering Ryan Gaydosh Sr. Criminal Justice Brennan Glass RFr. Criminal Justice Alex Gilde RFr. Biomedical Science Brett Harris So. Accounting Doug Neumayer So. Political Science Danny Richard RFr. Engineering Bryan Thomas So. Physical Education Jacob Topp Jr. History Lance Travis So. Biomedical Science Justin Ulberg Sr. Natural Resource Management Justin Victor RFr. Criminal Justice

Women's Soccer (15) Emily Berner Sr. Physical Education Sue Christenson Sr. Political Science Irie Dennis So. Psychology Ashley Elsass Jr. Advertising/P.R. Colleen HillgardJr. Pre-Business Katie Johnson So. Biology Lauren King So. Health Science Lindsey Klykken Sr. Athletic Training Kristina NasturzioJr. Criminal Justice Jamie Radley Jr. Hospitality & Tourism Meaghan RobinsonJr. Legal Science Elena Sobolic Jr. Film & Video Natalja Stanski So. Health Science Katy Tafler Jr. Biomedical Science Kourtney WillertSr. Health Science

Women's Tennis (4) Jenna Killips Sr. Physical Education Audrey Koopsen Jr. Photography Jaime OppenlanderJr. Psychology Emily Zellner Sr. Marketing

Volleyball (6) Danielle AlexanderJr. Marketing Katey Crichton So. Health Professions Allyson Riley Sr. Master's Bus. Adm. Erica VandeKoppleSr. Biology Megan Walling Jr. Health Professions Meredith Young So. Business