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18 Zips Earn Academic All-MAC Outdoor Track and Field Honors
June 05 | Track & Field
2024 MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-MAC RELEASE | 2024 WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-MAC RELEASE
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The University of Akron men's and women's outdoor track and field team earned 18 selections when the Mid-American Conference released its 2024 Outdoor Track and Field Academic All-MAC Team on Wednesday, June 5.
In all, 231 student-athletes from 12 conference institutions were honored including redshirt seniors Makenna Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio), Jabari Neal-Jackson (Cincinnati, Ohio), Charles Sanders (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Kyle Stober (Mogadore, Ohio), senior Maddie Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio), redshirt juniors Jean Dieuvil (North Miami Beach, Fla.), Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio) and Jimmy Harkelroad (Huron, Ohio), juniors Cassidy Allen (Lakewood, N.Y.), Kayla Allen (Lakewood, N.Y.), Nighyah Carthen (Twinsburg, Ohio), Grace Edwards (Garretsville, Ohio), Grace Henderson (Rostraver Township, Pa.) and Adaeze Nwokike (Benin City, Nigeria), redshirt sophomore Owen Wendl (Medina, Ohio) and sophomores Caden Dawson (Chardon, Ohio), Vanessa Horn (Ludwigsfelde, Germany) and Benjamin Hudak (Tallmadge, Ohio).
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport and have been at residence at their school for one year. True freshman and first-year transfer student-athletes are not eligible.
2024 AKRON MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-MAC SELECTIONS
Hunter Garretson, Jr. (R), Math Education, 4.000
Kyle Stober, Sr., Mechanical Engineering, 3.946
Benjamin Hudak, So., Chemistry, 3.902
Caden Dawson, So., Emergency Management & Homeland Security, 3.310
Owen Wendl, So. (R), Mechanical Engineering, 3.268
Jimmy Harkelroad, Jr. (R), Programming (CIS), 3.267
Jean Dieuvil, Jr. (R), Organizational Supervision, 3.233
Charles Sanders, Sr. (R), Political Science (G), 3.213
Jabari Neal-Jackson, Sr. (R), Cybersecurity, 3.203
2024 AKRON WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-MAC SELECTIONS
Maddie Heimlich, Sr., Elementary Education-Literature (G), 4.000
Vanessa Horn, So., Psychology, 4.000
Adaeze Nwokike, Jr., Exercise Science, 3.988
Grace Edwards, Jr., Political Science, 3.881
Kayla Allen, Jr., Exercise Science, 3.705
Grace Henderson, Jr., Biomedical Science, 3.698
Makenna Heimlich, Sr. (R), MBA (G), 3.660
Cassidy Allen, Jr., Biomedical Engineering, 3.495
Nighyah Carthen, Jr., Nursing, 3.398
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The University of Akron men's and women's outdoor track and field team earned 18 selections when the Mid-American Conference released its 2024 Outdoor Track and Field Academic All-MAC Team on Wednesday, June 5.
In all, 231 student-athletes from 12 conference institutions were honored including redshirt seniors Makenna Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio), Jabari Neal-Jackson (Cincinnati, Ohio), Charles Sanders (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Kyle Stober (Mogadore, Ohio), senior Maddie Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio), redshirt juniors Jean Dieuvil (North Miami Beach, Fla.), Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio) and Jimmy Harkelroad (Huron, Ohio), juniors Cassidy Allen (Lakewood, N.Y.), Kayla Allen (Lakewood, N.Y.), Nighyah Carthen (Twinsburg, Ohio), Grace Edwards (Garretsville, Ohio), Grace Henderson (Rostraver Township, Pa.) and Adaeze Nwokike (Benin City, Nigeria), redshirt sophomore Owen Wendl (Medina, Ohio) and sophomores Caden Dawson (Chardon, Ohio), Vanessa Horn (Ludwigsfelde, Germany) and Benjamin Hudak (Tallmadge, Ohio).
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport and have been at residence at their school for one year. True freshman and first-year transfer student-athletes are not eligible.
2024 AKRON MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-MAC SELECTIONS
Hunter Garretson, Jr. (R), Math Education, 4.000
Kyle Stober, Sr., Mechanical Engineering, 3.946
Benjamin Hudak, So., Chemistry, 3.902
Caden Dawson, So., Emergency Management & Homeland Security, 3.310
Owen Wendl, So. (R), Mechanical Engineering, 3.268
Jimmy Harkelroad, Jr. (R), Programming (CIS), 3.267
Jean Dieuvil, Jr. (R), Organizational Supervision, 3.233
Charles Sanders, Sr. (R), Political Science (G), 3.213
Jabari Neal-Jackson, Sr. (R), Cybersecurity, 3.203
2024 AKRON WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-MAC SELECTIONS
Maddie Heimlich, Sr., Elementary Education-Literature (G), 4.000
Vanessa Horn, So., Psychology, 4.000
Adaeze Nwokike, Jr., Exercise Science, 3.988
Grace Edwards, Jr., Political Science, 3.881
Kayla Allen, Jr., Exercise Science, 3.705
Grace Henderson, Jr., Biomedical Science, 3.698
Makenna Heimlich, Sr. (R), MBA (G), 3.660
Cassidy Allen, Jr., Biomedical Engineering, 3.495
Nighyah Carthen, Jr., Nursing, 3.398
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