Twenty-six members of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion women's cross country have made the 2016-17 MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
Amanda Bentley, sophomore from Somonauk, Ill./Somonauk
Ellie Best, sophomore from Kalamazoo/Portage Central
Alicia Bostwick, freshman from Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville Community
Grace Charnesky, freshman from Lake Orion/Seoul Foreign
Abby Couwenhoven, sophomore from Mokena/Lincoln-Way
Rebecca Duran, freshman from Palatine/Palatine
Alissa Frazee, junior from Watervliet/Home School
Jessica Gaines, senior from Sterling Heights/Utica Acad. Intl. Studies
Kayla Gercak, sophomore from Vicksburg/Portage Northern
Kristen Godwin, junior from Oxford/Oxford
Mackenzie Govier, senior from China/Marine City
Alexis Guttilla, junior from St. Charles, Ill./Westminster Christian
Emily Hamilton, sophomore from Naperville, Ill./Naperville North
Sally Hansma, freshman from Grand Rapids/Jenison
Erin Herrmann, senior from Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton-Warrenville South
Emily Joosse, senior from Chillicothe, Ohio/Zane Trace
Hannah Kenny, freshman from Grand Haven/Grand Haven
Kate Kooiker, senior from Hamilton/Hamilton
Avery Lowe, sophomore from North Muskegon/North Muskegon
Chelsea Miskelley, freshman from Holland/Black River
Alexandra Moxon, junior from Naperville, Ill./Naperville North
Kelly Peregrine, freshman from Traverse City/Traverse City Central
Mackenzie Schmidt, sophomore from Spring Lake/Spring Lake
Allison Utting, sophomore from Grandville/Grandville
Sophia Vander Kooy, freshman from Indianapolis, Ind./Brebeuf Jesuit Prep
Rachael Webb, junior from Grand Rapids/Grandville
The group is among a league-high 202 Hope College student-athletes to earn spots on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll by maintaining a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the year.
Gaines, Herrmann and Joosse are three of 16 Hope College student-athletes who made the MIAA Academic all four years.
The academic awards program is administered by the faculty representatives of the MIAA member colleges.
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