November 8, 2007

Five MSUB Runners Earn Academic Honor

BILLINGS, Mont. – Five members of the Montana State University Billings cross country teams were named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference cross country all-academic team on Thursday.  The academic teams featured 76 total student-athletes, 24 men and 52 women.

Jarred Rensvold was the only Yellowjacket men’s runner on the academic team.  The Wolf Point, Mont., native has a 3.96 cumulative grade point average in biology.  No other Yellowjackets were eligible to be considered for the team because they are in their first year at MSUB.

The Lady Yellowjackets, usually among the top 10 in the nation for team GPA every year, placed four student-athletes on the team.  Freshmen are not eligible, and six of the Jackets’ 11 runners in 2007 were freshmen.  Making the women’s GNAC academic team were Kym Island, Colleen Dalimata, Cierra Dornfeld, and Erin Gannon.  Island has a 3.86 GPA in human services, Dalimata has a 3.81 GPA in business finance, Dornfeld has a 3.61 GPA in art education, and Gannon has a 3.51 GPA in elementary education.

Heading up the women's academic squad were Heather McIntyre of Alaska Anchorage, Kirsten Clarke of Central Washington, Ashley Puga of Northwest Nazarene and Krinda Carlson of Saint Martin’s, all with perfect 4.00 GPAs.   Among the men, the top academic all-star was Vahur Teppan of Alaska Fairbanks, who also has a perfect 4.00 GPA.

Eight of the athletes – Kaley Strachan of Alaska Anchorage; Krynn Finstad of Alaska Fairbanks; Kevin Lambert of Northwest Nazarene; Kaleigh Bishop of Saint Martin’s; Megan Wrightman, Kaitlin Rohde and Karin Rohde, all of Seattle Pacific, and Keith Lemay of Western Washington,   were also honored for the third time.   Twenty other athletes were repeat selections.

To be eligible for the academic team, student-athletes must have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 and be in at least their second year of competition at their university.

2007 GNAC Cross Country Academic All-Conference Team  

Men 
*Mick Boyle, Alaska Anchorage (Psychology, Jr., 3.58, Kenai, AK)
*Cornelius Sigei, Alaska Anchorage (Accounting, Jr., 3.53, Nairobi, Kenya)
David Kiplagat, Alaska Anchorage (Management, Jr., 3.23, Kapsabet, Kenya)

Vahur Teppan, Alaska Fairbanks (Undeclared, Sr., 4.00, Tartu, Estonia)
Chris Eversman, Alaska Fairbanks (Chemistry, Sr., 3.90, Salcha, AK)
*Marius Korthauer, Alaska Fairbanks (Business Administration, Sr., 3.88, Bonndorf, Germany)
John Parry, Alaska Fairbanks (Anthropology, So., 3.67, Whitehorse, Yukon)

Kevin Oberholser, Central Washington (Chemistry/Pre-Med, So., 3.79, Redmond, WA)
Eric Ardissono, Central Washington (Recreation & Tourism, So., 3.76, Shoreline, WA)
Scott Palmer, Central Washington (Chemistry/Pre-Med, So., 3.36, Edgewood, WA)
Trevor Kulvi, Central Washington (PE Teaching, Sr., 3.21, Bonney Lake, WA)

Jarred Rensvold, Montana State Billings (Biology, Sr., 3.96, Wolf Point, MT)

Seth Clark, Northwest Nazarene (Secondary Education, So., 3.78, Grangeville, ID)
Greg DeSimone, Northwest Nazarene (Biology, So., 3.42, Las Vegas, NV)
Hank Hetrick, Northwest Nazarene (Engineering Physics, So., 3.34, Caldwell, ID)
**Kevin Lambert, Northwest Nazarene (Christian Ministries, Sr., 3.83, Nampa, ID)
Josh Wageman, Northwest Nazarene (Pre-Physical Therapy, Jr., 3.94, Meridian, ID)

*Steven LaLonde, Saint Martin’s (Business, Sr., 3.44, Centralia, WA)

Nicholas Alvarado, Seattle (Arts & Sciences Pre-Major, So., 3.32, San Francisco, CA)

Chad Meis, Seattle Pacific (Engineering Science, So., 3.23, Renton, WA)

Nik Karr, Western Oregon (Physical Education, Jr., 3.78, Tigard, OR)
Kyle Seick, Western Oregon (Nursing, So., 3.78, Monmouth, OR)
Beau Backman, Western Oregon (History, So., 3.23, Gig Harbor, WA)

**Keith Lemay, Western Washington (Physical Education, Sr., 3.70, Lynden, WA)

Women
Heather McIntyre, Alaska Anchorage (Elem. Education/Mathematics, So., 4.00, Kenai, AK)
**Kaley Strachan, Alaska Anchorage (Biological Sciences, Sr., 3.75, Port Alberni, BC)
*Laura Carr, Alaska Anchorage (Education/Languages, Jr., 3.64, South Bend, IN)
Anjuli Haydu, Alaska Anchorage (Hospitality & Restaurant Management, Sr., 3.49, Craig, AK)
Mary Krusen, Alaska Anchorage (Nursing, Sr., 3.47, Kenai, AK)
Autumn Streuli, Alaska Anchorage (Nursing, Sr., 3.36, Petersburg, AK)

*Elisabeth Habermann, Alaska Fairbanks (Chemistry, So., 3.86, Soldotna, AK)
*Julia Coulter, Alaska Fairbanks (Biology, Jr., 3.65, Traverse City, MI)
*Anna Coulter, Alaska Fairbanks (Business Administration, Jr., 3.45, Traverse City, MI)
**Krynn Finstad, Alaska Fairbanks (Psychology & Criminal Justice, Sr.,  3.45, Fairbanks, AK)
Tamra Kornfield, Alaska Fairbanks (Mechanical Engineering, Sr.,  3.36, Anchorage, AK)

*Kirsten Clarke, Central Washington (Exercise Science, Jr., 4.00, Wenatchee, WA)
*Marcie Mullen, Central Washington (Biology, Jr., 3.94, Sedro-Woolley, WA)
Shannon Vreeland, Central Washington (Undeclared, So., 3.93, Olalla, WA)
Katie Hummel, Central Washington (Food Science & Nutrition, Sr., 3.83, Yakima, WA)
Stephanie Cooke, Central Washington (Music Education, So., 3.49, Ellensburg, WA)
Stephanie Druktenis, Central Washington (Law & Justice, Jr., 3.49, Bellevue, WA)
Mary Bakeman, Central Washington (Undeclared, So., 3.21, Freeland, WA)

Kym Island, MSU Billings (Human Services, Jr., 3.86, Columbia Falls, MT)
Colleen Dalimata, MSU Billings (Business Finance, Sr., 3.81, Columbia Falls, MT)
Cierra Dornfield, MSU Billings (Art Education, Jr., 3.61, Woodbury, MN)
Erin Gannon, MSU Billings (Elementary Education, Jr., 3.51, Yankton, SD)

Ashley Morman, Northwest Nazarene (Business Administration, So., 3.97, Bonners Ferry, ID)
*Ashley Puga, Northwest Nazarene (Accounting, Jr., 4.00, Meridian, ID)
Miriam Reardon, Northwest Nazarene (Social Work, So., 3.71, Grangeville, ID)
*Jennifer Young, Northwest Nazarene (Chemistry, Jr., 3.96, Florence, OR)

Krinda Carlson, Saint Martin’s (English, So., 4.00, Pateros, WA)
**Kaleigh Bishop, Saint Martin’s (Education, Sr., 3.99, Tacoma, WA)
*Jessie Dunnam, Saint Martin’s (Elementary Education, Sr., 3.53, Kelso, WA)

*Katie Hansen, Seattle (Biology, Jr., 3.88, Portland, OR)
Jaime Clark, Seattle (Social Work, Jr., 3.81, St. Louis, MO)
Jennifer Innes, Seattle (Theology & Religious Studies, Jr., 3.77, San Bruno, CA)
*Rhiannon Cadelinia, Seattle (Liberal Studies, Jr., 3.70, San Francisco, CA)
Rachel Yorkston, Seattle (Nursing, So., 3.51, Bellingham, WA)
Greta Stickney, Seattle (Journalism, So., 3.43, Poulsbo, WA)
*Natalie Martinez, Seattle (Biology, Jr., 3.23, San Francisco, CA)

*Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific (Exercise Science, Sr., 3.98, Richland, WA)
Lisa Anderberg, Seattle Pacific (Political Science, So., 3.89, Edmonds, WA)
Jessica Pixler, Seattle Pacific (English, So., 3.89, Sammamish, WA)
**Megan Wrightman, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Sr., 3.88, Bend, OR)
**Kaitlin Rohde, Seattle Pacific (Psychology, Sr., 3.81, Bellingham, WA)
**Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific (Nursing, Sr., 3.81, Bellingham, WA)
Jane Larson, Seattle Pacific (English, So., 3.81, Fall City, WA)
*Kim Beaman, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Jr., 3.66, Emily, MN)
*Katie Hart, Seattle Pacific (Interior Design, Jr., 3.65, Pasadena, CA)
Kate Harline, Seattle Pacific (Education, So., 3.55, Orem, UT)

Jessica Harper, Western Oregon (Spanish, Jr., 3.75, Oregon City, OR)
Alee Rowley, Western Oregon (Mathematics, So., 3.69, Kenai, AK)

Danielle Slaughter, Western Washington (Pre-Medicine, So., 3.92, Spokane, WA)
Valerie Matthews, Western Washington (Pre-Physical Therapy, So., 3.49, Sammamish, WA)
*Amy Olson, Western Washington (Physical Education, Jr., 3.36, Stanwood, WA)
Keely Kaligis, Western Washington (Sociology, Sr., 3.23, Mukilteo, WA)

*Repeater (Mullen from 2005) **Two-time repeater  (Lambert from 2004-05)