Twenty-Nine Fall Student-Athletes Earn All American Scholar-Athlete Recognition
December 4, 2009
NOTE: This replaces an earlier version of this article in which two student-athletes were inadvertently left off the list. Goshen College’s total All American Scholar-Athletes this fall should be listed as 29 after 21 more awards this week.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A year after recording a Goshen College record 50 Daktronics-NAIA All American Scholar-Athlete awards, Maple Leaf student-athletes are again on a historic pace.
As fall national championships wrap up at multiple sites throughout the country, the academic awards continue to roll in. After eight Goshen College cross country student-athletes were recognized with the honor in mid-November, 21 more soccer and volleyball players received recognition this week.
Nominated by each institution’s head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and have achieved junior academic status to qualify.
In men’s soccer, an incredible 10 student-athletes earned the scholar-athlete award as the Leafs tied with Westminster (Utah) College for the most of any program in the country.
The complete list of award winners for the men’s soccer team is: Mark Hershberger (Harrisonburg, Va.), Nick Good (Lititz, Pa.), Alex Caskey (Goshen, Ind.), Jordan Delp (Quakertown, Pa.), Drew Stoltzfus (Souderton, Pa.), Martin Brubaker (Goshen, Ind.), Rick Eigsti (Goshen, Ind.), David Shenk (Harrisonburg, Va.), Luke Woodworth (Middlebury, Ind.) and Kyle Stiffney (Goshen, Ind.).
Five members of the Maple Leaf volleyball team also earned the national recognition. Senior’s Allison Hawkins (Middlebury, Ind.), Ashley Janssen (Crawfordsville, Ind.), Gina Richard (Goshen, Ind.) and junior’s Brittany Herschberger (Goshen, Ind.) and Alicia Schwartzentruber (Goshen, Ind.) each were recognized for their work in the classroom. The feat is even more impressive considering three of them have been named to the all MCC teams at least once during their career.
The women’s soccer team continued their tradition of excelling in the classroom as six players were honored, including Elizabeth Gunden (Chelsea, Mich.), Chloe Mathonnet-Vanderwell (Pella, Iowa), Heather Zimmerman (Barrigada, Guam), Trish Hershberger (Aurora, Ore.), Liz Nafziger (Goshen, Ind.) and Laura Schlabach (Goshen, Ind.).
For the Goshen College women’s cross country team, senior’s Maria Byler, Michelle Miller, Renee Miller, and Tina Peters were all recipients, while Ben Bouwman, Nick Bouwman, Zac Miller, and Max Wyse – all seniors – all were honored on the men’s team.
The fall total – cross country, soccer, and volleyball, is 29 for the Maple Leafs, two more than the total of last fall at this time. Prior to the 2008-09 school year, the highest total in an entire academic year for Goshen was 24. That number was smashed last year and has already been surpassed once again this year. Tennis will be awarded in the spring.
Earlier this fall, a video was produced – featuring senior Tina Peters – to honor the outstanding student-athletes at Goshen College. Click here to view the video and learn more about academics and athletics at Goshen College.
