By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sixty-five student-athletes representing the five winter sports programs at Fort Hays State University were listed on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll, announced Tuesday (April 4) by the league office. Seven of those Tigers earned the Scholar-Athlete Award while three received the Academic Excellence Award.
Included on this release of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll are 20 student-athletes from men’s indoor track & field, 15 from women’s indoor track & field, 12 from wrestling, 11 from women’s basketball and seven representing men’s basketball.
Individuals earning the Scholar-Athlete Award include Kyler Kinnamon from men’s basketball; Belle Barbieri, Carly Heim and Kacey Kennett from women’s basketball; Brandon Ball and Micquille Robinson from wrestling and Seppe van ‘t Westende from men’s indoor track & field.
Whitney Randall (WBB), Conrad Vajnar (WR) and Mark Faber (MT&F) all picked up the Academic Excellence Award for carrying a perfect 4.00 GPA.
To be recognized on the Academic Honor Roll, one must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.00 at the certifying member institution. The individual must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. Transfers and true freshman are recognized at the conclusion of the school year, after they meet the two terms of attendance requirement.
To qualify as a Scholar-Athlete an individual must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.50 at the certifying member institution. They must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. If competing in a championship sport of the MIAA, the student-athlete must earn All-MIAA honors.
An MIAA Academic Excellence Award recipient must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 4.00 or better at the certifying member institution. The honoree also must have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.
The complete list of Fort Hays State MIAA Academic Honor Roll recipients is below.
| Name | Sport | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown |
| Kyler Kinnamon | MBB | Sr. | 3.56 | HHP (Sport & Exercise Therapy) | McPherson, Kan. |
| Aaron Nicholson | MBB | Jr. | 3.05 | HHP (Sport Management) | Wichita, Kan. |
| Trey O’Neil | MBB | Sr. | 3.35 | HHP (K-12 Teaching/Coaching) | Scott City, Kan. |
| Payton Stephens | MBB | Jr. | 3.37 | HHP (Sport & Exercise Therapy) | Manhattan, Kan. |
| Jared Vitztum | MBB | So. | 3.92 | Finance | Hays, Kan. |
| Brady Werth | MBB | Sr. | 3.14 | Geosciences (Geology) | Hays, Kan. |
| Nyjee Wright | MBB | R-Fr. | 3.57 | HHP (Fitness Programming) | Wichita, Kan. |
| Alex Barbosa | MT&F | So. | 3.13 | Tech Studies (Engineering) | Ulysses, Kan. |
| Israel Barco | MT&F | Sr. | 3.33 | Chemistry | Elkhart, Kan. |
| Lucas Broxterman | MT&F | So. | 3.78 | Agriculture (Agronomy) | Hoyt, Kan. |
| Oscar Carmona | MT&F | Sr. | 3.30 | HHP | Dodge City, Kan. |
| Erik Chaparro | MT&F | Fr. | 3.70 | Psychology | Garden City, Kan. |
| Kaleb Crum | MT&F | So. | 3.55 | History (Secondary Education) | Lamar, Colo. |
| Michael Eisenbarth | MT&F | Jr. | 3.78 | Communication (Public Relations) | Onaga, Kan. |
| Mark Faber | MT&F | So. | 4.00 | Biology (Health Professions) | Colby, Kan. |
| Shane Finegan | MT&F | So. | 3.00 | Geosciences (Geography) | Orchard, Colo. |
| Peter Franklin | MT&F | So. | 3.71 | Biology (Health Professions) | Loveland, Colo. |
| Jorge Gallegos | MT&F | Fr. | 3.95 | HHP | Leoti, Kan. |
| Robert Loeffler | MT&F | Jr. | 3.05 | English (Writing) | Newton, Kan. |
| Brett Meyer | MT&F | Sr. | 3.26 | HHP | Scott City, Kan. |
| Kolt Newell | MT&F | Sr. | 3.20 | HHP (Sport & Exercise Therapy) | Damar, Kan. |
| Bill Oyet | MT&F | Jr. | 3.05 | Management | Omaha, Neb. |
| Jared Pfeifer | MT&F | Jr. | 3.55 | HHP (Sport Management) | Ellis, Kan. |
| Reed Rome | MT&F | Jr. | 3.32 | Agriculture Business | Hugoton, Kan. |
| Robbie Schmidt | MT&F | So. | 3.45 | Accounting | Topeka, Kan. |
| Seppe van ‘t Westende | MT&F | Jr. | 3.72 | MBA | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Layton Werth | MT&F | Sr. | 3.71 | Agriculture (Agronomy) | Brewster, Kan. |
| Belle Barbieri | WBB | Jr. | 3.94 | Nursing | Abilene, Kan. |
| Whitney Clampitt | WBB | So. | 3.43 | Nursing | Chillicothe, Mo. |
| Carly Heim | WBB | Sr. | 3.75 | Elementary Education | Hoxie, Kan. |
| Kyleigh Kasper | WBB | So. | 3.92 | General Science (Biology) | Russell, Kan. |
| Kacey Kennett | WBB | Jr. | 3.69 | HHP (Sport & Exercise Therapy) | Olathe, Kan. |
| Tatyana Legette | WBB | Sr. | 3.39 | HHP (Sport Management) | Topeka, Kan. |
| Madison Mittie | WBB | So. | 3.70 | Communication Sciences & Disorders | Manhattan, Kan. |
| Lanie Page | WBB | Jr. | 3.31 | HHP (K-12 Teaching/Coaching) | Wamego, Kan. |
| Whitney Randall | WBB | So. | 4.00 | HHP (K-12 Teaching/Coaching) | Alva, Okla. |
| Robin Ritsema | WBB | Jr. | 3.93 | International Business | Lakin, Kan. |
| Taylor Rolfs | WBB | Jr. | 3.49 | Medical Diagnostic Imaging | Claflin, Kan. |
| Rebeca Avelar | WT&F | So. | 3.50 | HHP (K-12 Teaching/Coaching) | Johnson, Kan. |
| Courtney Batchman | WT&F | Jr. | 3.82 | Nursing | Sylvan Grove, Kan. |
| Grace Buessing | WT&F | So. | 3.85 | Nursing | Wichita, Kan. |
| Tessa Durnell | WT&F | Jr. | 3.39 | Communication Sciences & Disorders | Harwood, Mo. |
| Haley George | WT&F | So. | 3.45 | Pre-Education (Elementary) | Hays, Kan. |
| Lucy Giles | WT&F | Sr. | 3.66 | HHP (Masters) | Minneapolis, Kan. |
| Yessenia Gonzales | WT&F | Sr. | 3.91 | Elementary Education | Elkhart, Kan. |
| Laurel Haley | WT&F | So. | 3.39 | Art (Art History) | Topeka, Kan. |
| Mariah Hammersmith | WT&F | Jr. | 3.12 | Radiologic Technology | Hutchinson, Kan. |
| Bree Hysaw | WT&F | So. | 3.67 | HHP (Exercise Science) | Parker, Colo. |
| Haley Jones | WT&F | Jr. | 3.35 | Psychology | Clay Center, Kan. |
| Summer Kragel | WT&F | So. | 3.00 | Psychology | Olathe, Kan. |
| Peri Lange | WT&F | Jr. | 3.70 | HHP (Sport & Exercise Therapy) | Moundridge, Kan. |
| Lindsay Shupe | WT&F | Jr. | 3.86 | HHP (Sport Management) | Minneapolis, Kan. |
| Julia Wagner | WT&F | Jr. | 3.68 | Biology (Health Professions) | Victoria, Kan. |
| Brandon Ball | WR | Jr. | 3.77 | Tech Studies (Education) | Great Bend, Kan. |
| Jonathan Ball | WR | So. | 3.83 | Finance | Great Bend, Kan. |
| Dy’Juan Carney | WR | Sr. | 3.19 | Mathematics (Teaching) | Tallahassee, Fla. |
| Conrad Cole | WR | Jr. | 3.31 | Finance (Financial Planning) | Brush, Colo. |
| A.J. Cooper | WR | So. | 3.26 | Agriculture Business | Cimarron, Kan. |
| Aryus Jones | WR | R-Fr. | 3.06 | HHP (K-12 Teaching/Coaching) | Junction City, Kan. |
| Brody Lewis | WR | So. | 3.22 | Agriculture (Animal Science) | Riverton, Neb. |
| Micquille Robinson | WR | Sr. | 3.76 | Tech Studies (Construction Management) | Wichita, Kan. |
| Anthony Scantlin | WR | R-Fr. | 3.68 | Tech Studies (Manufacturing) | Mulvane, Kan. |
| Conrad Vajnar | WR | R-Fr. | 4.00 | Accounting | Hays, Kan. |
| Marty Verhaeghe | WR | So. | 3.09 | HHP | Bucyrus, Kan. |
| Braden Visnieski | WR | So. | 3.10 | Management | Harrah, Okla. |