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Men's Track and Field Leads League with 13 Academic All-MAC Honorees
4/2/2020 9:01:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
Chris Devaney paced the conference with a 3.97 GPA
CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Mid-American Conference announced that 13 student-athletes from the Eastern Michigan University men's track and field program were named to the Academic All-MAC Team today, April 2.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport.
The Green and White leads the conference with 13 student-athletes receiving Academic All-MAC honors. From there, Central Michigan follows with 11 honorees, while Akron, Buffalo, and Kent State each have 10 student-athletes on the 2020 squad.
Additionally, redshirt freshman Chris Devaney (New Plymouth, New Zealand-New Plymouth) boasts the conference's best GPA with a mark of 3.97. Devaney, who finished third in the 5,000-meter run at the 2020 MAC Indoor Championships with a time of 14:28:12, intends to major in economics.
Along with Devaney, the Eagles named to the Academic All-MAC Team were: senior Sean Beckom II (Saginaw, Mich.-Heritage); juniors Solomon Costa (Gahanna, Ohio-Gahanna Lincoln), Owen Day (Ottawa, Ontario-International School of Dusseldorf), Derek Jones (Erie, Pa.-Cathedral Preparatory), and Owen Richardson (Basingstoke, England-The Costello School); sophomores Joe Ingram (Cincinnati, Ohio-Anderson), Baldvin Magnusson (Akureyri, Iceland-Hull University), Payne Wylie (Saskatchewan, Canada-Colonsay School), and Charlie Young (Grand Haven, Mich.-Grand Haven); and redshirt freshmen Ronald Brandal (Huron, Ohio-Huron), Andy Payne (Worthington, Ohio-Thomas Worthington), and Eddie Zuercher (Rocky River, Ohio-Rocky River).
Eastern Michigan concluded the 2019-20 campaign by placing second at the MAC Indoor Championships with a team score of 142 points. For updates on the men's track and field team through the offseason, follow the team's twitter account, @EMUMXC_TF.
2019-20 MAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Academic All-MAC Team
Nuh Andu, Akron, Sophomore, 3.363, Exercise Science (Doha, Qatar)
Malcom Briley, Akron, Sophomore, 3.208, Criminal Justice (Pickerington, Ohio)
Hesham Eldesouky, Akron, R-Junior, 3.309, Civil Engineering (Nasr City, Egypt)
Malik Hudson, Akron, Senior, 3.231, Media Studies (Cleveland, Ohio)
Brandon Hochbein, Akron, R-Junior, 3.741, Emergency Management (Sarver, Pa.)
Dylan Hochbein, Akron, Senior, 3.690, Nursing (Sarver, Pa.)
Jacob Hutcherson, Akron, R-Sophomore, 3.386, Mechanical Engineering (Uniontown, Ohio)
Patrick Kimball, Akron, R-Junior, 3.228, Physical Education (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Marc Migliozzi, Akron, R-Junior, 3.390, Mechanical Engineering (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Nick Stricklen, Akron, Senior, 3.919, Exercise Science (Lexington, Ohio)
Ryan Buzby, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.667, Biology (Grand Island, N.Y.)
Benjamin Cardamone, Buffalo, Senior, 3.428 (Elmira, N.Y.)
Caleb Covell, Buffalo, Senior, 3.303, Mechanical Engineering (Rochester, N.Y.)
Thomas Flannery, Buffalo, Junior, 3.268, Business Administration (Orchard Park, N.Y.)
Patrick Hazlitt, Buffalo, Junior, 3.439, Business Administration (Hector, N.Y.)
Scott Loforte, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.915, Civil Engineering (Canandaigua, N.Y.)
Caleb Nickens, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.440, Civil Engineering (Amherst, N.Y.)
Christopher Nowak, Buffalo, Junior, 3.777, Business Administration (Amherst, N.Y.)
Mark Przybocki, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.230, Exploratory (Middletown, N.Y)
David Wolanin, Buffalo, Junior, 3.821, Business Administration, Business Administration (Lancaster, N.Y.)
Parker Aerts, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.72, Entrepreneurship (Muskegon, Mich.)
Mark Beckmann, Central Michigan, Senior, 3.40, Physical Education (Waterloo, Ind.)
Gavin Jaime, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.20, Exercise Science (Shorewood, Ill.)
Jeron Kelly, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.41, Finance
John Mitrzyk, Central Michigan, Senior, 3.77, Exercise Science (Standish, Mich.)
Conor Naughton, Central Michigan, Junior, 3.64, Sport Management (Northville, Mich.)
Gage Shellenbarger, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.53, Exercise Science (Mount Pleasant, Mich.)
Emmett Smrcka, Central Michigan, Junior, 3.30, Biology (Pinckney, Mich.)
Cole Targgart, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.96, Personal Finance (Coldwater, Mich.)
Logan Targgart, Central Michigan, Senior, 3.78, Personal Finance (Coldwater, Mich.)
Ryan Taylor, Central Michigan, Junior, 3.81, Exercise Science (Kitchener, Ont., Can.)
Sean Beckom II, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.63, Psychology (Saginaw, Mich.)
Ronald Brandal, Eastern Michigan, R-Freshman, 3.62, Secondary Education-Intent (Huron, Ohio)
Solomon Costa, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.27, General Business-Intent (Gahanna, Ohio)
Owen Day, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.61, Simulation, Animation & Gaming (Ottawa, Ontario)
Chris Devaney, Eastern Michigan, R-Freshman, 3.97, Economics-BBA Intent (New Plymouth, New Zealand)
Joe Ingram, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore, 3.72, Exploratory (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Derek Jones, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.77, General Business-Intent (Erie, Pa.)
Baldvin Magnusson, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore, 3.25, Communication (Akureyri, Iceland)
Andy Payne, Eastern Michigan, R-Freshman, 3.44, Exploratory (Worthington, Ohio)
Owen Richardson, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.57, Accounting (Basingstoke, England)
Payne Wylie, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore, 3.23, Social Work-Intent (Saskatchewan, Canada)
Charlie Young, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore, 3.27, Sport Management (Grand Haven, Mich.)
Eddie Zuercher, Eastern Michigan, R-Freshman, 3.33, Mechanical Engineering-Intent (Rocky River, Ohio)
Joshua Allen, Kent State, Junior, 3.961, Mathematics (Worthington, Ohio)
Clark Bookman, Kent State, Senior, 3.438, Business Management (Mogadore, Ohio)
Trevor Detillion, Kent State, R-Senior, 3.457, Construction Management (Chillicothe, Ohio)
Mitchell Kubicki, Kent State, Senior, 3.404, Construction Management (Toledo, Ohio)
TJ Lawson, Kent State, R-Senior, 3.792, Sports Administration/Business Management (Stow, Ohio)
Anthony Milliner, Kent State, Junior, 3.422, Human Development/Family Studies (New Brighton, PA)
Walter Petzel, Kent State, R-Senior, 3.799, Construction Management (Kingston, Ohio)
Justin Prack, Kent State, Junior, 3.743, Accounting (Springfield, Ohio)
Alex Stamper, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.456, Architecture (Medina, Ohio)
Xavier Williams, Kent State, R-Sophomore, 3.286, Digital Sciences (Forestville, Maryland)
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport.
The Green and White leads the conference with 13 student-athletes receiving Academic All-MAC honors. From there, Central Michigan follows with 11 honorees, while Akron, Buffalo, and Kent State each have 10 student-athletes on the 2020 squad.
Additionally, redshirt freshman Chris Devaney (New Plymouth, New Zealand-New Plymouth) boasts the conference's best GPA with a mark of 3.97. Devaney, who finished third in the 5,000-meter run at the 2020 MAC Indoor Championships with a time of 14:28:12, intends to major in economics.
Along with Devaney, the Eagles named to the Academic All-MAC Team were: senior Sean Beckom II (Saginaw, Mich.-Heritage); juniors Solomon Costa (Gahanna, Ohio-Gahanna Lincoln), Owen Day (Ottawa, Ontario-International School of Dusseldorf), Derek Jones (Erie, Pa.-Cathedral Preparatory), and Owen Richardson (Basingstoke, England-The Costello School); sophomores Joe Ingram (Cincinnati, Ohio-Anderson), Baldvin Magnusson (Akureyri, Iceland-Hull University), Payne Wylie (Saskatchewan, Canada-Colonsay School), and Charlie Young (Grand Haven, Mich.-Grand Haven); and redshirt freshmen Ronald Brandal (Huron, Ohio-Huron), Andy Payne (Worthington, Ohio-Thomas Worthington), and Eddie Zuercher (Rocky River, Ohio-Rocky River).
Eastern Michigan concluded the 2019-20 campaign by placing second at the MAC Indoor Championships with a team score of 142 points. For updates on the men's track and field team through the offseason, follow the team's twitter account, @EMUMXC_TF.
2019-20 MAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Academic All-MAC Team
Nuh Andu, Akron, Sophomore, 3.363, Exercise Science (Doha, Qatar)
Malcom Briley, Akron, Sophomore, 3.208, Criminal Justice (Pickerington, Ohio)
Hesham Eldesouky, Akron, R-Junior, 3.309, Civil Engineering (Nasr City, Egypt)
Malik Hudson, Akron, Senior, 3.231, Media Studies (Cleveland, Ohio)
Brandon Hochbein, Akron, R-Junior, 3.741, Emergency Management (Sarver, Pa.)
Dylan Hochbein, Akron, Senior, 3.690, Nursing (Sarver, Pa.)
Jacob Hutcherson, Akron, R-Sophomore, 3.386, Mechanical Engineering (Uniontown, Ohio)
Patrick Kimball, Akron, R-Junior, 3.228, Physical Education (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Marc Migliozzi, Akron, R-Junior, 3.390, Mechanical Engineering (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Nick Stricklen, Akron, Senior, 3.919, Exercise Science (Lexington, Ohio)
Ryan Buzby, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.667, Biology (Grand Island, N.Y.)
Benjamin Cardamone, Buffalo, Senior, 3.428 (Elmira, N.Y.)
Caleb Covell, Buffalo, Senior, 3.303, Mechanical Engineering (Rochester, N.Y.)
Thomas Flannery, Buffalo, Junior, 3.268, Business Administration (Orchard Park, N.Y.)
Patrick Hazlitt, Buffalo, Junior, 3.439, Business Administration (Hector, N.Y.)
Scott Loforte, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.915, Civil Engineering (Canandaigua, N.Y.)
Caleb Nickens, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.440, Civil Engineering (Amherst, N.Y.)
Christopher Nowak, Buffalo, Junior, 3.777, Business Administration (Amherst, N.Y.)
Mark Przybocki, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.230, Exploratory (Middletown, N.Y)
David Wolanin, Buffalo, Junior, 3.821, Business Administration, Business Administration (Lancaster, N.Y.)
Parker Aerts, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.72, Entrepreneurship (Muskegon, Mich.)
Mark Beckmann, Central Michigan, Senior, 3.40, Physical Education (Waterloo, Ind.)
Gavin Jaime, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.20, Exercise Science (Shorewood, Ill.)
Jeron Kelly, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.41, Finance
John Mitrzyk, Central Michigan, Senior, 3.77, Exercise Science (Standish, Mich.)
Conor Naughton, Central Michigan, Junior, 3.64, Sport Management (Northville, Mich.)
Gage Shellenbarger, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.53, Exercise Science (Mount Pleasant, Mich.)
Emmett Smrcka, Central Michigan, Junior, 3.30, Biology (Pinckney, Mich.)
Cole Targgart, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.96, Personal Finance (Coldwater, Mich.)
Logan Targgart, Central Michigan, Senior, 3.78, Personal Finance (Coldwater, Mich.)
Ryan Taylor, Central Michigan, Junior, 3.81, Exercise Science (Kitchener, Ont., Can.)
Sean Beckom II, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.63, Psychology (Saginaw, Mich.)
Ronald Brandal, Eastern Michigan, R-Freshman, 3.62, Secondary Education-Intent (Huron, Ohio)
Solomon Costa, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.27, General Business-Intent (Gahanna, Ohio)
Owen Day, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.61, Simulation, Animation & Gaming (Ottawa, Ontario)
Chris Devaney, Eastern Michigan, R-Freshman, 3.97, Economics-BBA Intent (New Plymouth, New Zealand)
Joe Ingram, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore, 3.72, Exploratory (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Derek Jones, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.77, General Business-Intent (Erie, Pa.)
Baldvin Magnusson, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore, 3.25, Communication (Akureyri, Iceland)
Andy Payne, Eastern Michigan, R-Freshman, 3.44, Exploratory (Worthington, Ohio)
Owen Richardson, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.57, Accounting (Basingstoke, England)
Payne Wylie, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore, 3.23, Social Work-Intent (Saskatchewan, Canada)
Charlie Young, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore, 3.27, Sport Management (Grand Haven, Mich.)
Eddie Zuercher, Eastern Michigan, R-Freshman, 3.33, Mechanical Engineering-Intent (Rocky River, Ohio)
Joshua Allen, Kent State, Junior, 3.961, Mathematics (Worthington, Ohio)
Clark Bookman, Kent State, Senior, 3.438, Business Management (Mogadore, Ohio)
Trevor Detillion, Kent State, R-Senior, 3.457, Construction Management (Chillicothe, Ohio)
Mitchell Kubicki, Kent State, Senior, 3.404, Construction Management (Toledo, Ohio)
TJ Lawson, Kent State, R-Senior, 3.792, Sports Administration/Business Management (Stow, Ohio)
Anthony Milliner, Kent State, Junior, 3.422, Human Development/Family Studies (New Brighton, PA)
Walter Petzel, Kent State, R-Senior, 3.799, Construction Management (Kingston, Ohio)
Justin Prack, Kent State, Junior, 3.743, Accounting (Springfield, Ohio)
Alex Stamper, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.456, Architecture (Medina, Ohio)
Xavier Williams, Kent State, R-Sophomore, 3.286, Digital Sciences (Forestville, Maryland)
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