Lawrence University Sports News

Contact: Joe Vanden Acker, Sports Information Director, 920-832-6878
For Immediate Release June 5, 2007

Lawrence spring season student-athletes honored on Academic All-MWC team

APPLETON, Wis. -- Twenty-four Lawrence University student-athletes competing in spring sports have been named to the Academic All-Midwest Conference team.

To be eligible for the team, a student-athlete must be least a sophomore and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher. Lawrence's track team had the most honorees for the Vikings with 11.

Representing outdoor track:
Laurel Benson, junior, Appleton, Wis., biochemistry
Elizabeth Bird, senior, Oshkosh, Wis., music education
Alison Blegen, sophomore, Whitefish Bay, Wis., biochemistry and psychology
John Budi, senior, Kimberly, Wis., biology
Russell Geisthardt, junior, Bloomer, Wis., physics
Benjamin Glover, junior, Accra, Ghana, biochemistry
Phil Keith, senior, Park Ridge, Ill., biology
Stephanie Kliethermes, senior, Elmhurst, Ill., mathematics and English
Stephanie Kramer, junior, Appleton, Wis., psychology
Lisa Ritland, sophomore, Lodi, Wis., mathematics
Madeline Shadduck, sophomore, Minneapolis, Minn., art education

Representing softball:
Molly Bouressa, senior, Kaukauna, Wis., biology and chemistry
Justine Garbarski, junior, St. Charles, Ill., mathematics and gender studies
Charlie King, sophomore, Plymouth, Wis., French and theatre
Catherine Marinac, junior, St. Paul, Minn., biology and chemistry
Jenna Reichel, sophomore, Madison Lake, Minn., biology and chemistry

Representing baseball:
Chris Clouthier, senior, Appleton, Wis., music education
Brad Hauser, senior, Appleton, Wis., chemistry
Evan Neuens, sophomore, Aurora, Wis., mathematics and economics

Representing men's tennis:
Nick Dufficy, sophomore, Skokie, Ill., biology
Travis Fondow, sophomore, Roseville, Minn., government and Spanish
Daniel Hertel, sophomore, Sheboygan, Wis., biology
Lincoln Thomas, sophomore, Portland, Ore., psychology

Representing men's golf:
Sebastian Specks, junior, Rochester, Minn., biology