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19 Zips Earn Academic All-MAC Indoor Track and Field Honors
May 14 | Track & Field, Academics
2025 MEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-MAC RELEASE | 2025 WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-MAC RELEASE
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The University of Akron track and field earned 19 selections when the Mid-American Conference released its 2025 Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Academic All-MAC Team on Wednesday (May 14).
In all, 166 women's and 43 men's student-athletes from 12 conference institutions were honored including sophomore Majid Abuaun (Rocky River, Ohio), seniors Cassidy Allen (Lakewood, N.Y.) and Kayla Allen (Lakewood, N.Y.), sophomore Mason Birch (Strongsville, Ohio), senior Nighyah Carthen (Twinsburg, Ohio), redshirt seniors Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio) and Jimmy Harkelroad (Huron, Ohio), sophomore Megan Hipple (Warren, Ohio), senior Grace Henderson (Rostraver Township, Pa.), juniors Vanessa Horn (Ludwigsfelde, Germany) and Benjamin Hudak (Tallmadge, Ohio), sophomores Ryan Kamperman (Salem, Ohio) and Jessica Mason (Holland, Ohio), senior Joy Nwokike (Benin City, Nigeria), sophomores Rebecca Strunk (Mount Perry, Ohio), Kayla Sucharski (Galena, Ohio) and Christopher Vance (Parma, Ohio) and seniors Ruth Webb (Akron, Ohio) and Justin Zapotoczny (Navarre, Ohio).
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 and have been at residence at their school for one year. True freshman and first-year transfer student-athletes are not eligible.
2025 AKRON INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-MAC SELECTIONS
Majid Abuaun, So., Mechanical Engineering, 4.00 GPA
Kayla Allen, Sr., Exercise Science, 3.72 GPA
Cassidy Allen, Sr., Biomedical Engineering, 3.535 GPA
Mason Birch, So., Financial Management, 3.271 GPA
Nighyah Carthen, Sr., Nursing, 3.277 GPA
Hunter Garretson, Sr. (R), Mathematics, 4.00 GPA
Jimmy Harkelroad, Sr. (R), Computer Information Systems, 3.222 GPA
Megan Hipple, So., Food and Environmental Nutrition, 3.396 GPA
Grace Henderson, Sr., Biomedical Science, 3.745 GPA
Vanessa Horn, Jr., Psychology, 4.00 GPA
Benjamin Hudak, Jr., Chemistry, 3.875 GPA
Ryan Kamperman, So., Automated Manufacturing Engineering, 3.304 GPA
Jessica Mason, So., Biomedical Science, 4.00 GPA
Joy Nwokike, Sr., Sport Coaching and Athletics Leadership, 3.688 GPA
Rebecca Strunk, So., Exercise Science, 3.763 GPA
Kayla Sucharski, So., Biology, 3.89 GPA
Christopher Vance, So., Accounting, 4.00 GPA
Ruth Webb, Sr., Exercise Science, 3.423 GPA
Justin Zapotoczny, Sr., Mechanical Engineering, 3.798 GPA
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The University of Akron track and field earned 19 selections when the Mid-American Conference released its 2025 Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Academic All-MAC Team on Wednesday (May 14).
In all, 166 women's and 43 men's student-athletes from 12 conference institutions were honored including sophomore Majid Abuaun (Rocky River, Ohio), seniors Cassidy Allen (Lakewood, N.Y.) and Kayla Allen (Lakewood, N.Y.), sophomore Mason Birch (Strongsville, Ohio), senior Nighyah Carthen (Twinsburg, Ohio), redshirt seniors Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio) and Jimmy Harkelroad (Huron, Ohio), sophomore Megan Hipple (Warren, Ohio), senior Grace Henderson (Rostraver Township, Pa.), juniors Vanessa Horn (Ludwigsfelde, Germany) and Benjamin Hudak (Tallmadge, Ohio), sophomores Ryan Kamperman (Salem, Ohio) and Jessica Mason (Holland, Ohio), senior Joy Nwokike (Benin City, Nigeria), sophomores Rebecca Strunk (Mount Perry, Ohio), Kayla Sucharski (Galena, Ohio) and Christopher Vance (Parma, Ohio) and seniors Ruth Webb (Akron, Ohio) and Justin Zapotoczny (Navarre, Ohio).
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 and have been at residence at their school for one year. True freshman and first-year transfer student-athletes are not eligible.
2025 AKRON INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-MAC SELECTIONS
Majid Abuaun, So., Mechanical Engineering, 4.00 GPA
Kayla Allen, Sr., Exercise Science, 3.72 GPA
Cassidy Allen, Sr., Biomedical Engineering, 3.535 GPA
Mason Birch, So., Financial Management, 3.271 GPA
Nighyah Carthen, Sr., Nursing, 3.277 GPA
Hunter Garretson, Sr. (R), Mathematics, 4.00 GPA
Jimmy Harkelroad, Sr. (R), Computer Information Systems, 3.222 GPA
Megan Hipple, So., Food and Environmental Nutrition, 3.396 GPA
Grace Henderson, Sr., Biomedical Science, 3.745 GPA
Vanessa Horn, Jr., Psychology, 4.00 GPA
Benjamin Hudak, Jr., Chemistry, 3.875 GPA
Ryan Kamperman, So., Automated Manufacturing Engineering, 3.304 GPA
Jessica Mason, So., Biomedical Science, 4.00 GPA
Joy Nwokike, Sr., Sport Coaching and Athletics Leadership, 3.688 GPA
Rebecca Strunk, So., Exercise Science, 3.763 GPA
Kayla Sucharski, So., Biology, 3.89 GPA
Christopher Vance, So., Accounting, 4.00 GPA
Ruth Webb, Sr., Exercise Science, 3.423 GPA
Justin Zapotoczny, Sr., Mechanical Engineering, 3.798 GPA
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