27 Zips Earn Academic All-MAC Indoor Track & Field Accolades

Action Photos - Akron Track and Field 4-10-26

27 Zips Earn Academic All-MAC Indoor Track & Field Accolades

April 10 | Track & Field

2026 ACADEMIC ALL-MAC INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RELEASE

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The University of Akron track and field team earned 27 selections when the Mid-American Conference released its 2026 Men's and Women's Academic All-MAC Indoor Track and Field Team this week.

In all, 261 student-athletes from 13 conference institutions were honored including redshirt seniors Cassidy Allen (Lakewood, N.Y.), Brook Boes (Tiffin, Ohio), Adaeze Nwokike (Benin City, Nigeria) and Ruth Webb (Akron, Ohio), seniors Vanessa Horn (Ludwigsfelde, Germany) and Benjamin Hudak (Tallmadge, Ohio), juniors Majid Abuaun (Rocky River, Ohio), Mason Birch (Strongsville, Ohio), Megan Hipple (Warren, Ohio), Ryan Kamperman (Salem, Ohio), Jessica Mason (Holland, Ohio), Braeden Quigley (Avon Lake, Ohio), Rebecca Strunk (Mount Perry, Ohio), Kayla Sucharski (Galena, Ohio) and Christopher Vance (Parma, Ohio) and sophomores Isaac Baltic (Medina, Ohio), Bridget Bergen (Avon, Ohio), Ava Fleetwood (Shawnee, Kan.), Quinn Hopkins (Akron, Ohio), Mariyah Moore (Cleveland, Ohio), Jared Newenhisen (Barberton, Ohio), Kaden Rambatt (Sharon, Wis.), Sophia Spencer (Medina, Ohio), Emil Stanford (Sunbury, Ohio), Isabella Swallow (Westerville, Ohio), Shania Thomas (Bridgetown, Barbados) and Jadyn Towns (Berlin Heights, 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.

2026 AKRON TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-MAC SELECTIONS
Majid Abuaun, Jr., Mechanical Engineering, 3.959
Cassidy Allen, Sr. (R), Biomedical Engineering, 3.629
Isaac Baltic, So., Aerospace Systems Engineering, 3.649
Bridget Bergen, So., Accounting, 3.971
Mason Birch, Jr., Financial Management, 3.355
Brook Boes, Sr. (R), Exercise Physiology, 3.421
Ava Fleetwood, So., Financial Management, 3.666
Megan Hipple, Jr., Food and Nutrition Sciences, 3.517
Quinn Hopkins, So., Biomedical Science, 3.27
Vanessa Horn, Sr., Psychology, 4.00
Benjamin Hudak, Sr., Chemistry, 3.874
Ryan Kamperman, Jr., Automated Manufacturing Engineering Technology, 3.205
Jessica Mason, Jr., Biomedical Science, 4.00
Mariyah Moore, So., Nursing, 3.483
Jared Newenhisen, So., Aerospace Systems Engineering, 3.355
Adaeze Nwokike, Sr. (R), Exercise Science, 3.903
Braeden Quigley, Jr., Business Data Analytics, 3.353
Kaden Rambatt, So., Mechanical Engineering, 3.724
Sophia Spencer, So., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, 3.708
Emil Stanford, So., Civil Engineering, 3.216
Rebecca Strunk, Jr., Exercise Science, 3.765
Kayla Sucharski, Jr., Biology, 3.763
Isabella Swallow, So., Psychology, 3.278
Shania Thomas, So., Mechanical Engineering, 3.851
Jadyn Towns, So., Biomedical Engineering, 3.348
Christopher Vance, Jr., Accounting, 4.0
Ruth Webb, Sr. (R), Exercise Science, 3.456