PORT OF SPAIN, Trinada - Sophomore Raven Clay of The University of Findlay women's track and field team finished third in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2009 Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships on July 31 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
ATLANTA - The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced its winners for the 2008-09 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll. This award, given in NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and Junior College/Community College, awards teams throughout the nation that carry the highest grade point averages (GPA) for the entire season based on the nomination submitted by WBCA-member head coaches.
NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Thursday that Ashland University was selected as the 2009 Men’s Indoor Track and Field “Scholar Team of the Year” and as the 2009 Outdoor Track and Field “Scholar Team of the Year.”
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – Junior Kevin Coates (Louisville, Ky./Ballard) will compete among the nation’s best as he represents Lewis in the 2009 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships and World Championship Trials from Tuesday, July 7 to Saturday, July 11.
Ashland University cross country/track and field coaches Leigh Daniel and Nick Cordes have won NBC's Today Show wedding contest and will be married live on national television on July 15th at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) recently announced that Ferris State University defensive tackle Jake Visser (Coopersville), who concluded his collegiate playing career last fall, was chosen for membership into the organization's prestigious 2009 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of the top college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a 3.2 GPA or better.
Tiffin University men’s soccer player Adrian Vlad (Alba Lulia, Romania) and Saginaw Valley State University women’s soccer player Kim Oberski (Port Huron, Mich.) were chosen as the recipients for the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Post-Graduate Scholarship.The honor, which awards each recipient $5,000 in aid to the graduate school of their choice, was voted on by the Faculty Athletic Representatives in the GLIAC.
Ferris State Univeristy football player Jake Visser (Coopersville, Mich.), and Grand Valley State State University women’s soccer player Katy Tafler (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra Park) were named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s (GLIAC) 2008-09 male and female “Scholar-Athletes of the Year,” respectively, as voted by the league’s faculty athletic representatives.
Bay City, Mich.--The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced today the Spring 2009 All-Academic Teams. 564 student-athletes from twelve institutions were honored in the following sports; baseball, softball, men and women's golf, men's tennis and men and women's outdoor track and field. To be eligible for all-academic status, the student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0, on a 4.0 scale, and must not be a freshman or first year transfer.
Raquel Hansen of the nationally-ranked Bulldogs has attained 2008-09 Academic All-America First-Team status in the Women's At-Large College Division by ESPN The Magazine.
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was well represented with four member institutions finishing in the top 20 of the 2008-09 the Division II Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup final standings. The GLIAC was the only conference to place four teams in the top 20. For the sixth consecutive year, Grand Valley State University has been named the winner.
Michigan Tech junior Ken Gilkerson was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Cross Country and Track Field Third Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Michigan Technological University athletic director Suzanne Sanregret will receive the Under Armour Division II Central Region Athletic Director of the Year Award Saturday (June 20) at the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Convention. The Huskies’ fourth-year athletic director will be one of only four from Division II to gain the honor. The award will be presented during the James J. Corbett Luncheon at the World Center Marriott Resort.
BAY CITY, Mich. — The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced that it has officially granted provisional membership to Lake Erie College (Ohio) and Ohio Dominican University, beginning July 1, 2010.
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) announced the Spring 2009 recipients of the GLIAC Commissioner’s Awards for Academic and Athletic Excellence. The awards, sponsored by Meijer, Incorporated, are presented after the Fall, Winter, and Spring athletic seasons to six male and six female student-athletes that excel both in the classroom and on the fields of play. The Awards were announced in conjunction with the release of the GLIAC Spring All-Academic Teams in which student-athletes were honored for their efforts.
BAY CITY, Mich. - Grand Valley State University claimed the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) 2008-2009 Presidents’ Trophy. This is the 11th consecutive year the Lakers have claimed the prize increasing their overall total to 16, a league high.
BAY CITY, Mich. — Tom Brown, retiring Commissioner of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, has been named the 2009 recipient of the Tom Donahue Service Award.
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Saginaw Valley State University ranked 14th in the final National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Top 25 Poll. The Cardinals are one of two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) teams, joining Ferris State University, to place in the final poll of 2009.
Blaine, Wash. -- Ferris State capped off its 2008-09 season by claiming eighth place with a four-round 1,196 team score at the 2009 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championships (May 19-22) at the Loomis Trail Golf Club course in Blaine, Wash. Wayne State finished in 13th place following the conclusion of the fourth and final round of the NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championship.
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. - Three players from the Ashland University baseball team were named to the 2009 Daktronics Division II All-America teams. Junior third baseman Jacob Petkac (Middleburg Heights, Ohio/Midpark) and senior outfielder Jeff Foltz (Findlay, Ohio) earned third-team accolades, while junior pitcher Ben Minard (Deleware, Ohio/Olgentangy) gained honorable mention honors.
ROLLA, Mo. - Wayne State University junior pitcher Casey Hanes (Richmond, Va.) has been selected to the 2009 Daktronics Softball All-America Second Team in voting by the nation's Division II sports information directors.
SALEM, Va. - Senior outfielder Marsha Beaubien (Alpena, Mich.) added more awards to her 2009 list of accolades today (May 20) as she was named 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Second Team All-American, becoming the first Cardinal softball player since 1992 to be named an All-American, she was also named to the Daktronics Inc. Honarable Mention All-American Team.
Bay City, Mich. -- #11 Grand Valley State (45-14-1) claimed a 3-2 win over Indianapolis (43-21) Sunday afternoon in the NCAA DII Midwest Regional Championship game in Chillicothe, Ohio to secure a berth in the NCAA DII World Series May 23-30 in Cary, N.C. The Lakers claimed a 4-3 win in the first championship game Sunday to force a second title tilt.
BAY CITY, Mich. - The 2009 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) composite football schedule was announced by the Conference Office today (May 20).
Altamonte Springs, Fla. -- The No. 11 Northwood University men's tennis team saw its 2009 season come to an end with a 5-3 loss to No. 12 Concordia (NY) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.
Findlay, Ohio -- Grand Valley State jumped from fourth place after three days of golf at the NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Championship to a second-place finish at Findlay Country Club in Findlay, Ohio on Saturday (May 16).
ASHLAND, Ohio - Steve Lyon, head baseball coach at Grand Valley State University, was named the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) 2009 Midwest Region "Coach of the Year" in conjunction with the release of the All-Region teams.
Bay City, Mich. -- Several GLIAC Men's Track & Field athletes will compete in the 2009 NCAA D-II Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/21-5/23). A complete list of the GLIAC athletes who were accepted into the meet is listed below:
NEW ORLEANS – Three Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) student-athletes and three coaches are among the 64 recipients of the NCAA Division II Regional Athlete and Coach of the Year honors for the 2009 outdoor track & field season, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Monday.
Findlay's Raven Clay Claims Third in 100 Hurdles At Pan Am Games
July 31, 2009PORT OF SPAIN, Trinada - Sophomore Raven Clay of The University of Findlay women's track and field team finished third in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2009 Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships on July 31 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
