UW-Stout Scholar-Athlete Program
MENOMONIE (April 11, 2020) - Over the course of the next few weeks, the UW-Stout Athletic Department will be shining the spotlight on our Scholar-Athletes and there is no better week to turn the spotlight on than during Division III Week, April 13-19. It's easy to follow the athletic endeavors of our student-athletes, but the academic side does not always get it's due. Our intent is to highlight the student side of many of our more than 400 UW-Stout student-athletes.
The UW-Stout Scholar Athlete Award is given to student-athletes with a cumulative 3.50 grade point average in the semester preceding their final season of eligibility. This is the ninth year of the UW-Stout Scholar-Athlete program, which was instituted by UW-Stout Athletic Faculty Representatives
Jo Hopp and
Brian Finder in 2012. The program has grown from 18 senior scholar-athletes and 76 underclassmen during the first year of the program to this year's 35 senior scholar-athletes and 127 underclassmen.
The UW-Stout Scholar-Athlete Awards Night was originally scheduled for March 23 in the Memorial Student Center, but the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Those senior scholar-athletes honored are:
Heather Beecher (Gladwin, Mich), Steph Cannon (Mora, Minn), Sierra Coonts (Windsor, Colo), Jessica Daley (Streamwood, Ill), Sarah Dickmann (Shawano), Jessica DuVal (Logan, Iowa), Tyler Ellefson (Spring Valley), Nikki Fitzgerald (Franklin), Becky Fesenmaier (Spring Valley), Alexa Filipiak (Elk River, Minn), Tim Grambo (Apple Valley, Minn), Jack Hemsath (Minneapolis, Minn), Justin Herbst (Park Falls), McKylie Hoff (Barron), Emily Jacques (Oshkosh), Dillon Keller (Cazenovia), Hannah Kirchner (La Crosse), Jennifer Kleinschmidt (Prescott), Trystin Kluess (Greenleaf), Kate Koster (Star, Idaho), Adam Kresl (Eagle River), Josh Lacey (Greenville), Emily Makina (Orland Park, Ill), Madison McCambridge (Boulder, Colo), Nikki Nelson (Frederic), Bella Pedlar (Rogers, Minn), Thomas Roble (Carver, Minn), Courtney Schmitt (West Bend), Kara Simonson (Otsego, Minn), Raelin Sorensen (Balsam Lake), Brittany Staab (St. Paul, Minn), Marissa Van Tassel (Elk River, Minn), Benjamin Vanhove (Edina, Minn), Brandon Vecchio (Tomahawk), Shannan Watkins (Hoover, Ala)
This is the ninth year of the UW-Stout Scholar-Athlete program, which was instituted by UW-Stout Athletic Faculty Representatives
Jo Hopp and
Brian Finder in 2012. The program has grown from 18 senior scholar-athletes and 76 underclassmen during the first year of the program to this year's 31 senior scholar-athletes and 127 underclassmen.
For the academic school year, 272 of 402 UW-Stout student-athletes compiled a GPA of 3.0 or better; 159 had a GPA of 3.5 or better; and 41 had a 4.0 for the school year. The combined student-athlete GPA (3.252) exceeded the general student body GPA (3.128) for the ninth consecutive school year.
The medallion presented to each of the senior Scholar-Athletes was designed by former Blue Devil student-athletes Kate Mikutowski and Zak Snell. In addition, a large action poster of each senior Scholar-Athlete will be displayed in the Sports and Fitness Center during the upcoming year.
The Scholar Athlete Award program is supported by the offices of the Chancellor; Academic and Student Affairs; and Administrative and Student Life Services.
2019-20 Scholar-Athletes
Shahan Ameen
Kylie Amundson
James Anderson
Tyler Anfinson
Jessica Barr
Jace Baumann
Chloe Beatty
Carlie Beatty
Kelly Beck
Heather Beecher*
Michala Belter
Caylee Boone
Brady Booth
Peter Brey
Katelyn Brockman
Jacob Bugella
Evan Butcher
Stephanie Cannon*
Melanie Carli
Eliza Carman
Whitley Carothers
Lucas Carroll
Kayla Chamberlain
Jessica Christiansen
Emily Anne Cohen
Sierra Coonts*
Lauren Couves
Spencer Cowley
Riley Crotteau
Jessica Daley*
Alyssa Dalke
Daniel Deis
Ciara DeLozier
Sarah Dickmann*
Jessica DuVal
Tyler Ellefson
Ellise LIttle
Rebecca Fesenmaier*
Alexa Filipiak
Nikki Fitzgerald*
Maxwell Fore
Parker Fossum
Garett Giertuga
Timothy Grambo*
Cannon Griner
Brandon Haag
Gabriel Hall
Korin Hall
Anna Hall
Kyrstin Hanson
Caitlin Harrison
Zachary Helget
Jack Hemsath*
Justin Herbst*
Jack Hoaby
McKylie Hoff*
Cory Hoglund
Mackenzie Huber
Emily Jacques*
Owen Jelinek
Kaitlyn Jennings
Isabella Jewell
Lindsey Johnson
Shannon Jones
Kobe Keller
Dillon Keller*
Mariah Kent
Hannah Kirchner*
Brennan Kitchen
Ethan Kjellberg
Jennifer Kleinschmidt*
Madelyn Kleinschmidt
Kennedy Kleist
Trystin Kluess*
Lydia Kneubuehl
Logan Koehling
Kate Koster
Adam Kresl*
Ariel Kuchta
Megan Kunz
Joshua Lacey*
Victoria Lammar
Mariah Lang
Carson Larrabee
Isaac Larrabee
Shelby Larson
Allegra Larson
Kevin Liu
Landon Lushanko
Makayla Kulow
Emily Makina*
Malin Lyon
Grace Maurer
Madison McCambridge*
Rex Meikle
Melissa Gess
Staci Meyer
Lauren Mickley
Zachary Miller
Haydon Miller
Madelyn Mullenbach
Renee Murphy
Addison Murry
Alex Nagel
Alexa Neilitz
Nicole Nelson*
Daniel Nesja
Nicole DeGrave
Erin O'Brien
Kady Ohm
Elizabeth Olsem
Ethan Olson
Klairissa O'Reilly-Dye
Elizabeth Oswald
Bella Pedlar*
Molly Perkins
Kaylee Peterson
Mason Priebe
Keegan Pulchinski
Amber Ripley
Thomas Roble*
Emma Roedler
Parker Rongstad*
Bailey Roux
Bennett Rozek
Matthew Ryan
Samantha Scheller
Kammon Sawtelle
Henry Scheit
Adam Schilawski
Courtney Schmitt*
Payton Schneider
Kade Sherry
Kara Simonson*
John Smozynski
Raelin Sorensen*
Brittany Staab*
Zachary Strasser
Alexander Stuckert
Joseph Sturgeon
Kendra Swanson
Dalie Thomas
Kelsey Ulrich
Marissa Van Tassel*
Benjamin Vanhove*
Tomi Varjonen
Brandon Vecchio
Peter Verstegen
Aurora Waite
Shannan Watkins*
Joshua Wehrman
Paul Weise
Elizabeth Wentzel
Ethan Wiesner
Ian Williams
Sam Wouters*
Rachel Younker
Joel Zachow
Noah Zastrow
Leah Zemke
Samantha Ziwicki
*indicates Senior Scholar-Athlete