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21 Rowers Earn CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
8/4/2017 11:42:00 AM | Women's Rowing
Athletes with at least a 3.20 were eligible for selection
RICHMOND, Va. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University rowing team had 21 student-athletes receive the 2017 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Commissioner's Academic Award for the Winter/Spring semester, the conference announced Friday, Aug. 4.
Among the honorees were seniors Samantha Allen (Pomona, N.J.-Absegami), Autumn Little (Taylor, Mich.-Riverview Community), Caitlyn Maguire (Dayton, Ohio-Vandalia Butler), and Rachel Turner (Sylvania, Ohio-Sylvania Northview), sophomores Sarah Anderson (Cleveland, Ohio-Charles F. Brush), Jennifer Bucci (Toronto, Ont.-Bishop Allen Academy), Mia Forman (South Pasadena, Calif.-South Pasadena), Baylee Kinkade (Portage, Mich.-Portage Central), Christa Maddick (Stockbridge, Mich.-Stockbridge), Lauren Magnuson (Saint Joseph, Mich.-Saint Joseph), Johnni Morris (Fairfield, Ohio-Fairfield), Cailey Muir (Ann Arbor, Mich.-Saline), Addison Oblanas (Seattle, Wash.-Seattle Academy), Makenna Rothert (Liberty Township, Mich.-Lakota West), Kelli Sharples (Pinckney, Mich.-Pinckney), and Rebekah Wheeler (Newark, Ohio-Newark), and freshmen Karissa Fald (Carvel, Alberta-Memorial Composite), Amanda Flora (Greenfield, Ind.-Greenfield Central), Taylor Heard (Massilon, Ohio-Northwest), Karson Mahaney (Troy, Ohio-Miami East), and Ashly Matzek (Ellsworth, Wis.-Ellsowrth).
The CAA Commissioner's Academic Award gives special recognition to those student-athletes who have distinguished themselves both in the classroom and in the athletic arena. Those student-athletes that are members of a team in a CAA sport and achieved at least a 3.20 grade point average based on semester/quarter performance or cumulative GPA.
In total, 1,414 student-athletes in the CAA received the honor. EMU had 21 of the 148 rowing athletes on the list. For the full list please click here.
Among the honorees were seniors Samantha Allen (Pomona, N.J.-Absegami), Autumn Little (Taylor, Mich.-Riverview Community), Caitlyn Maguire (Dayton, Ohio-Vandalia Butler), and Rachel Turner (Sylvania, Ohio-Sylvania Northview), sophomores Sarah Anderson (Cleveland, Ohio-Charles F. Brush), Jennifer Bucci (Toronto, Ont.-Bishop Allen Academy), Mia Forman (South Pasadena, Calif.-South Pasadena), Baylee Kinkade (Portage, Mich.-Portage Central), Christa Maddick (Stockbridge, Mich.-Stockbridge), Lauren Magnuson (Saint Joseph, Mich.-Saint Joseph), Johnni Morris (Fairfield, Ohio-Fairfield), Cailey Muir (Ann Arbor, Mich.-Saline), Addison Oblanas (Seattle, Wash.-Seattle Academy), Makenna Rothert (Liberty Township, Mich.-Lakota West), Kelli Sharples (Pinckney, Mich.-Pinckney), and Rebekah Wheeler (Newark, Ohio-Newark), and freshmen Karissa Fald (Carvel, Alberta-Memorial Composite), Amanda Flora (Greenfield, Ind.-Greenfield Central), Taylor Heard (Massilon, Ohio-Northwest), Karson Mahaney (Troy, Ohio-Miami East), and Ashly Matzek (Ellsworth, Wis.-Ellsowrth).
The CAA Commissioner's Academic Award gives special recognition to those student-athletes who have distinguished themselves both in the classroom and in the athletic arena. Those student-athletes that are members of a team in a CAA sport and achieved at least a 3.20 grade point average based on semester/quarter performance or cumulative GPA.
In total, 1,414 student-athletes in the CAA received the honor. EMU had 21 of the 148 rowing athletes on the list. For the full list please click here.
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