41 Blue Tiger Freshmen & Newcomers Make the MIAA Honor Roll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced on Friday (June 28) that 41 Lincoln University freshmen and transfer student-athletes earned a spot on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
Nine Blue Tigers earned the prestigious MIAA Academic Excellence Award. The honorees include Nico Tovar Cardona from the men’s golf team; Emma Wolken and Tatiana Beaumont from the women’s basketball team; and Kierra O’Rourke, Abbi Conrad, Lindsey Brandt, Maddie Sechrest, Ann-Marie Simpson and Vanessa Cardenas from the softball program.
Additionally, both Shaneal Clarke Giddings and Odeshia Nanton from the women’s track & field program received the MIAA Scholar Athlete Award.
The MIAA Academic Excellence Award is bestowed upon student-athletes at member institutions that have completed at least two full semesters and possess a perfect cumulative grade point average of 4.0. The MIAA Scholar Athlete Award, given to student-athletes at member institutions who have completed two full semesters, hold a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher, and earned All-MIAA honors. To make the MIAA Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have finished at least two full semesters of course work at a league school and hold a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
Below is the complete list of Blue Tigers who made the MIAA Academic Honor Roll, divided by sport.
Men’s Basketball | ||||
Bronson | Borlace | Fr. | Business Administration | Melbourne, Australia |
Elijah | Farr | Sr. | Graduate Studies | Kansas City, Mo. |
Jose Roberto | Tanchyn | Fr. | Business Administration | Cordoba, Spain |
Women’s Basketball | ||||
Kiara | Cabrera | Fr. | Business Administration | Naples, Fla. |
Emma | Wolken | Fr. | Wellness | Jefferson City, Mo. |
Alyssa | McCarty | Fr. | Physical Education | Gentry, Ark. |
Steph | Torres | Sr. | Psychology | Orlando, Fla. |
Biance | Stocks | So. | Physical Education | Osage Beach, Mo. |
Tatiana | Beaumont | Jr. | Psychology | Sydney, Australia |
Heaven | Shockley | Fr. | Wellness | Springfield, Mo. |
Korri | Williams | Fr. | Biology | Dallas, Texas |
Men’s Golf | ||||
Blake | Meredith | Fr. | Accounting | Jefferson City, Mo. |
Joel | Stroschein | Fr. | Journalism | Lake Ozark, Mo. |
Nico | Tovar Cardona | Fr. | Business Administration | Bogota, Colombia |
Women’s Golf | ||||
Divya | Gunasegar | Fr. | Psychology | Selangor, Malaysia |
Softball | ||||
Kierra | O’Rourke | Fr. | Physical Education | Versailles, Mo. |
Mackenzie | Graham | Jr. | English | Seattle, Wash. |
Taylor | Heimbaugh | Fr. | Nursing | Rolla, Mo. |
Abbi | Conrad | Jr. | Biology | Swan Lake, Manitoba |
Kasey | Kilburn | Jr. | Physical Education | Grain Valley, Mo. |
Ella | Percival | Fr. | Business Administration | Russellville, Mo. |
TK | Lawson | Fr. | Wellness | Kansas City, Mo. |
Emily | Thompson | Jr. | Business Administration | Iberia, Mo. |
Gabby | Newman | Jr. | Biology | Albany, Mo. |
Josie | Stewart | Fr. | Wellness | Russellville, Mo. |
Zyon | Williams | Fr. | Wellness | St. Louis, Mo. |
Lindsey | Brandt | Jr. | Elementary Education | Linn, Mo. |
Maddie | Sechrest | Fr. | Psychology | Holden, Mo. |
Ann-Marie | Simpson | Jr. | Elementary Education | Perryville, Mo. |
Paige | Rademann | Sr. | Business Administration | Eugene, Mo. |
Torri | Hinnah | Jr. | Business Administration | Marthasville, Mo. |
Vanessa | Cardenas | Jr. | Psychology | House Springs, Mo. |
Paige | Schaffer | So. | Undecided | Jefferson City, Mo. |
Jamilyn | Bagby | Jr. | Criminal Justice | Wentzville, Mo. |
Madi | Hampton | Fr. | Criminal Justice | Little Rock, Ark. |
Men’s Track | ||||
Sharim | Hamilton | Jr. | Wellness | St. Paul’s, St. Kitts & Nevis |
Emmanuel | Rwotomiya | Fr. | Pre-Engineering | Kingston, Jamaica |
Gabriel | Williams | Fr. | Journalism | Wichita, Kan. |
Women’s Track | ||||
Shaneal | Clarke Giddings | Fr. | Criminal Justice | Port Antonio, Jamaica |
Odeshia | Nanton | Fr. | Wellness | Georgetown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
Doreen | Onchangu | Fr. | Journalism | Njoro, Kenya |