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Lyndsay Nelson and Megan Denoi earn Academic All-HCAC honors

Posted: Dec 02, 2009

December 2, 2009

BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference recently announced the fall honorees of the HCAC All-Academic awards for the 2009-10 school year. 11 Bluffton University athletes were recognized for their efforts in the classroom. Volleyball and cross country led the way for the Beavers with four honorees each.

Representing the volleyball team were senior BRITTANY ROTH (Findlay), junior KAYLA PICKERING (Jamestown/Greenview) and a pair of sophomores, JENNA ESHLEMAN(Landisville, Pa../Hempfield) and COURTNEY ZIMMERMAN (Leesburg/Fairfield). Senior SARAH BINKLEY (Bluffton/Cory Rawson) and sophomore HEATHER SMITH (Elkhart, Ind./Concord), both from women's cross country were honored, as well as senior BEN SIEBERT(Celina) and sophomore ANDY CHAFFEE (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) from the men's team.

Sophomores LYNDSAY NELSON (St. Marys) and MEGAN DENOI (Bryan) from the women's soccer team and junior quarterback BEN ILNICKI (Indianapolis, Ind./Brebeuf Preparatory) from the football team were also recognized as HCAC All-Academic. Roth, Pickering, Binkley, Siebert and Ilnicki were all recognized for the second consecutive year.
 
To be named All-Academic HCAC, a student-athlete must have completed a full year at the institution, be a varsity athlete and carry a minimum cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50 through the semester preceding the end of the season.

Bluffton University is a liberal arts residential campus with 39 undergraduate programs, adult degree completion programs in organizational management and human resource management and master's degree programs in education, organizational management and business administration. Founded in 1899 and affiliated with Mennonite Church USA, Bluffton is located in northwest Ohio. The institution has a growing enrollment of more than 1,100 students and 16 NCAA Division III athletics teams. Bluffton's hundred-year legacy is expressed today in its enduring values of discovery, community, respect and service that are woven into the academic program and campus life. Bluffton students go into the world prepared for life as well as for their chosen vocation.

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