The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference recently announced the spring honorees of the HCAC All-Academic awards for the 2019 school year. Twenty-six Bluffton University athletes were recognized for their efforts in the classroom.
Seniors Kelsey Reeder (Galion/Northmor) and Casey Clark (Lima/Central Catholic) were both recognized following their final season with the Beavers. It marked the third straight honor for Reeder and the second for Clark. Juniors Courtney Jasinski (Englewood/Northmont) and Caylin Morstadt (Delaware/Rutherford B. Hayes) have been honored for both of the seasons in which they were eligible. Fellow junior Megan Hill (Arcadia) joined sophomores Brianna Baker (Defiance/Ayersville), Sydney Bowen (Convoy/Crestview), Riley Langstaff (Findlay), Katie McCord (Lawrenceburg, Ind.) and Taylor Steinke (Findlay) as first-time honorees.
Baseball had five members receive Academic All-Conference honors. Jordan Stutzman (Millersburg/West Holmes) earned his third straight HCAC All-Academic honor in three years of eligibility. Parker Reynolds (Avon) was honored for the second straight season while fellow junior Adam Duncan (Northwood/Lake) took home his first academic award. Sophomores Jacob Latkofsky (Temperance, MI/Ida) and Garrett O'Reilly (Galena/Orange) earned Academic All-HCAC in their first season of eligibility.
Sophomore Julian LaVallee (Jefferson/Jefferson Area) is the first Academic All-HCAC for Beaver golf since the program was re-ignited in 2017.
Seniors Jonah Eckert (Terre Haute, IN/West Vigo) and Maelinn Delong (Archbold/Bryan) were recognized for the third straight year. Dakota Frost (Edgerton/Hicksville) and Alexis Cash (Gaines, MI/Lake Fenton) all notched their second consecutive honor while senior Joshua Ehlers (Defiance/Tinora) and juniors Justin Kauffman (Smithville) and Ciana Hostetler (Sugarcreek/Garaway) were also recognized. Sophomores Bailie Barrington (Waynesfield/Waynesfield-Goshen), Kimberly Hetrick (Fremont/Ross) and Stephanie Fox (Pickerington/Central) were all recognized in their first year of eligibility.
To be named All-Academic HCAC, a student-athlete must have completed a full year at the institution, be a varsity athlete and carry a minimum cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50 through the semester preceding the end of the season.
