MENOMONIE - 48 UW-Stout senior scholar-athletes were honored Monday, April 1 in an awards ceremony that also recognized 208 underclass scholar-athletes in Memorial Student Center.
Those scholar-athletes honored were: Bridgette Allen, Lauren Arenz, Katelyn Belleau, Isabel Bratley, Catelyn Capozzi, Andrew Carlson, Olivier Charest, Alyssa Crymble, Genevieve Czaplewski, Matthew Dahlseide, Jensen DeJong, Abigail Filipiak, Jamie Hensel, Caden Hoffman, Sidney Hoverman, Brett Howard, Allyssa Ihde, Arely Jaime Luevano, John Jebamani, Lydia Kneubuehl, Elizabeth Meyer, Luke Parzyck, Nathan Rewald, Aliyah Sherman, Aliyah Smetana, Elliana Therrien, Matthew Thomas, Gervase Thompson, Caleb Timm, Nels Trandahl, Connor Walechka, Nathan Williamson, Alia Wilson, Olivia Winkler, Haylee Yaeger
The UW-Stout Scholar Athlete Award is given to senior student-athletes with a cumulative 3.50 grade point average. A faculty mentor presents a medallion to be worn at graduation to the honorees during the ceremony. In addition, a large action poster of each senior Scholar-Athlete will be displayed in the Sports and Fitness Center during the upcoming year.
This is the 13th year of the UW-Stout Scholar-Athlete program, which was instituted to honor student-athletes for their commitment to academics. The program has grown from 18 senior scholar-athletes and 76 underclassmen during the first year of the program to this year's 48 senior scholar-athletes and 208 underclassmen.
Student-athlete speakers for the evening sharing some thoughts for those in attendance were seniors Gervase Thompson (football) and Genevieve Czaplewski (gymnastics).
After the fall of 2023 semester 256 student-athletes posted over a 3.50 and 38 carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average. The Blue Devil student-athletes compiled a 3.37 cumulative grade point average and for the 14
th consecutive year had a cumulative grade point average higher than the general student body.
