Elite 89
The Elite 89, an award founded by the NCAA, recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. The Elite 89 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA championships.
Baseball
Division I
Erik Payne
International Business and Insurance and Risk Management | Sophomore
3.897
|
Division II
Ben Keller
Mechanical Engineering | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Zachary Badanes
Biology | Junior
3.893
|
Men’s Basketball
Division I
Aaron Craft
Exercise Science | Sophomore
3.888
|
Division II
Sean Lowry
Marketing | Senior
3.794
|
Division III
Nick Anderson
Accounting | Sophomore
3.975
|
Women’s Basketball
Division I
Lindsay Palmer
Sports Management | Senior
3.985
|
Division II
Lisa Elmer
Accounting | Junior
4.0
|
Division III
Lexi Baltes
English | Sophomore
3.877
|
Bowling
NC
Megan Buja
Human Ecology and Dietetics | Sophomore
4.0
|
Men’s Cross Country
Division I
Joey Thompson
Finance | Senior
3.963
|
Division II
Dalton Moberly
Social Studies Education | Senior
3.95
|
Division III
John DeWitt
Secondary Education – Mathematics | Junior
4.0
|
Women’s Cross Country
Division I
Ahna Lewis
Secondary Education and English | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Whitney Bishoff
Early Childhood Education | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Liz Phillips
Biomedical Engineering | Senior
4.0
|
Fencing
NC
Christine McIntosh
Biological Studies | Sophomore
3.893
|
Field Hockey
Division I
Marta Malmberg
Psychology | Sophomore
3.933
|
Division II
Nancy Stehman
Special Education | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division III
Meredith Jeffries
Deaf Education & English | Junior
3.875
|
NCAA College Football
Division II
Eric Love
Construction Engineering Technology | Senior
3.6829
|
Division III
Jared Kiesow
Elementary Education | Senior
3.894
|
FCS
Greg Sprowls
Biology | Senior
3.75
|
Men’s Golf
Division I
Cory Whitsett
Management | Sophomore
3.98
|
Division II
Daniel Stapff
Finance | Senior
3.918
|
Division III
Michael Mortensen
Actuarial Science | Junior
3.935
|
Women’s Golf
Division I
Kim Kaufman
Political Science | Junior
4.0
|
Division II
Jenny Konop
Biology | Sophomore
3.923
|
Division III
Vanessa Kleckner
Biology | Senior
3.98
|
Men’s Gymnastics
NC
Lukasz Adamczyk
Spanish and Biochemistry | Sophomore
4.00
|
Women’s Gymnastics
Division I
Rachel Terry
Early Childhood Development | Senior
4.00
|
Men’s Ice Hockey
Division I
Tommy Hill
Finance | Senior
3.851
|
Division III
Igor Martinez
Civil Engineering | Senior
3.850
|
Women’s Ice Hockey
Division III
Marah Sobczak
Physics | Junior
3.858
|
NC
Carolyne Prevost
Kinesiology | Senior
3.779
|
Men’s Lacrosse
Division I
Tyler Brenneman
Economics and Political Science | Sophomore
3.782
|
Division II
Todd Nakasuji
Business | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division III
Michael Tota
Business Economics | Senior
3.951
|
Women’s Lacrosse
Division I
Heather Wentz
Newspaper | Senior
3.697
|
Division II
Liz Wilson
Special Education | Sophomore
3.934
|
Division III
Jamie Flood
Kinesiology | Junior
3.840
|
Rifle
NC
Alix Moncada
Business | Senior
3.968
|
Rowing
Division I
Shelly Tremaglio
History | Junior
3.957
|
Division II
Megan Northey
Kinesiology | Senior
3.92
|
Division III
Sarah Jane Otey
Marine and Environmental Studies | Senior
3.97
|
Skiing
NC
Andreas Haug
Business | Sophomore
4.0
|
Men’s Soccer
Division I
Paul Willoughby
International Studies | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Harald Gracholski
Business Administration | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Brad Wassink
English and Political Science | Senior
3.949
|
Women’s Soccer
Division I
Mollie Pathman
Sports Medicine | Sophomore
3.912
|
Division II
Megan Foster
Undeclared | Sophomore
3.942
|
Division III
Jessica Tarantino
Economics and Mathematics | Senior
4.0
|
Softball
Division I
Alex Boulet
Mathematics | Sophomore
3.986
|
Division II
Brianna Hancock
Accounting and Finance | Sophomore
3.95
|
Division III
Kelsey Kittleson
Biology | Senior
4.0
|
Men’s Swimming & Diving
Division I
Brent Sterling
Biological Sciences | Junior
3.98
|
Division II
Kristian Krc
Physics | Senior
4.00
|
Division III
Joe Huyett
Mechanical Engineering | Sophomore
4.0
|
Women’s Swimming & Diving
Division I
Wendy Trott
International Affairs | Senior
3.975
|
Division II
Anna McIntyre
Biology | Senior
4.00
|
Division III
Chelsea Wiese
Accounting | Senior
4.0
|
Men’s Tennis
Division I
Bruno Abdelnour
Mechanical Engineering | Junior
3.969
|
Division II
Ji Hoon Heo
International Studies | Sophomore
3.92
|
Division III
Bryan Chow
Classics and Biology | Junior
3.94
|
Women’s Tennis
Division I
Mary Anne Mcfarlane
Human Performance and Exercise Science | Sophomore
3.994
|
Division II
Tabtip Louhabanjong
Foreign Language, Literatures and Linguistics | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division III
Nandita Krishnan
Public Health | Junior
3.860
|
Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Division I
Will Barry
Civil Engineering | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Shawn Boss
Computer Information Systems | Junior
4.0
|
Division III
Kyle Hannon
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science | Junior
3.920
|
Women’s Indoor Track & Field
Division I
Frances Dowd
Environmental Policy & Planning | Junior
4.0
|
Division II
Shelby Janutol
Biology | Senior
4.00
|
Division III
Lauren Kuntz
Mechanical Engineering | Junior
4.0
|
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
Division I
Miles Unterreiner
History | Senior
3.960
|
Division II
Dawson Vorderbruegge
English | Junior
3.937
|
Division III
Tim Layng
Biology | Senior
3.956
|
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
Division I
Ryann Kraiss
Psychology | Senior
3.955
|
Division II
Kristen McGlynn
English and Creative Writing | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Jaela Dinsmore
Latin American Studies and Spanish | Senior
3.989
|
Men’s Volleyball
Division III
Steven Coniglio
Actuarial Science | Sophomore
3.897
|
NC
Ian Karbiener
Business Administration | Senior
3.907
|
Women’s Volleyball
Division I
Amanda Saxton
Communications | Junior
4.0
|
Division II
Kate Barton
Business | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Tessa Smolinski
Communication Disorders | Sophomore
4.0
|
Men’s Water Polo
NC
Brian Donohoe
History | Junior
3.952
|
Wrestling
Division I
Daniel Mitchell
Business Administration | Senior
3.953
|
Division II
Cody Lensing
Biochemistry & Philosophy | Senior
3.960
|
Division III
Anthony Valek
Accounting & Management | Senior
3.870
|
Baseball
Division I
Michael Roth
International Business | Junior
3.823
|
Division II
Zach North
Communication Arts & Advertising | Senior
3.970
|
Division III
Michael Dirkx
Biology | Junior
4.0
|
Men’s Basketball
Division I
Matt Howard
Finance | Senior
3.769
|
Division II
Nick Trull
Kinesiology | Junior
3.945
|
Division III
Sean Hoffmann
Political Science | Sophomore
3.79
|
Women’s Basketball
Division I
Maya Moore
Sports Media & Promotion | Senior
3.669
|
Division II
Angela Guisfredi
Exercise Science | Senior
3.947
|
Division III
Dani Hoover
Systems Science and Engineering | Junior
4.00
|
Bowling
NC
Kristina Frahm
Accounting | Senior
3.950
|
Men’s Cross Country
Division I
Nathan Corder
Mathematics | Junior
3.984
|
Division II
Matt Braithwaite
Biology | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Bobby Torphy
Biochemistry | Senior
4.0
|
Women’s Cross Country
Division I
Alyssa Bellinder
Mathematics | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Victoria Kline
Education | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Katie Williams
Peace Studies and Spanish | Senior
4.0
|
Fencing
NC
Noam Mills
Economics | Junior
3.861
|
Field Hockey
Division I
Meghan Dean
Special Education | Junior
3.931
|
Division II
Kristen Brooks
Management | Senior
3.971
|
Division III
Emily Hursh
Elementary Education | Sophomore
4.0
|
NCAA College Football
Division I
Jeff Minnerly
Accounting | Junior
3.91
|
Division II
Micah Davis
Chemistry | Junior
4.0
|
Division III
Jared Kiesow
Elementary Education | Junior
3.878
|
Men’s Golf
Division I
Ben Greene
Finance | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division II
DJ Milligan
Business | Junior
3.90
|
Division III
Jordan Millice
Business Management | Junior
3.911
|
Women’s Golf
Division I
Amy Anderson
Accounting | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division II
Marianne Andersson
Business Administration | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Melanie Walsh
English | Sophomore
4.0
|
Men’s Gymnastics
NC
Miguel Pineda
Science | Junior
3.990
|
Women’s Gymnastics
NC
Rachel Terry
Early Childhood Education | Junior
4.0
|
Men’s Ice Hockey
Division I
Brad Eidsness
Entrepreneurship | Junior
3.76
|
Division III
Alex Dubois
Business | Sophomore
3.96
|
Women’s Ice Hockey
Division III
Sara Yungner
Biology | Senior
3.95
|
NC
Becca Ruegsegger
African Languages & Literature | Sophomore
4.0
|
Men’s Lacrosse
Division I
Patrick Rogers
Finance | Junior
3.925
|
Division II
Ian Wild
Business Finance | Junior
3.905
|
Division III
D.J. Hessler
Biomedical Engineering | Senior
3.490
|
Women’s Lacrosse
Division I
Monica DeMairo
Sociology | Sophomore
3.982
|
Division II
Kristin Jones
History | Senior
3.893
|
Division III
Lindsay Menton
Sociology | Sophomore
3.771
|
Rifle
NC
Alix Moncada
Business | Junior
3.953
|
Rowing
Division I
Petra Weiss
Economics | Senior
3.961
|
Division II
Bethany Brun
Social Work & Psychology | Senior
3.962
|
Division III
Abby Jamiel
Art History | Senior
3.921
|
Skiing
NC
Amy Glenn
Biology | Senior
4.0
|
Men’s Soccer
Division I
Jimmy Crick
Health and Human Performance | Junior
4.0
|
Division II
Vladimir Milosavljevic
Finance & Accounting | Junior
4.0
|
Division III
Michael Gale
Undeclared | Sophomore
3.925
|
Women’s Soccer
Division I
Courtney Jenkins
Health Sciences | Senior
3.968
|
Division II
Kelly Guerin
Biology | Senior
3.920
|
Division III
Sarah Stansell
Finance & Accounting | Senior
4.0
|
Softball
Division I
Chelsea Garcia
Secondary Education and Math | Junior
4.0
|
Division II
Kendra Huettl
Nursing | Junior
3.990
|
Division III
Kelsey Kittleson
Biology | Junior
4.0
|
Men’s Swimming & Diving
Division I
Justin Farra
Political Science | Senior
3.874
|
Division II
Matthew Laschuk
Chemistry | Junior
4.0
|
Division III
Kellen Beckwith
Mathematics | Senior
4.0
|
Women’s Swimming & Diving
Division I
Alyssa Conner
Marketing | Junior
4.0
|
Division II
Tanya Sylvester
Pre-Medicine | Senior
4.00
|
Division III
Tessa Dover
Psychology and Legal Studies | Senior
4.00
|
Men’s Tennis
Division I
Greg Hirshman
Math and Economics | Senior
3.957
|
Division II
Filip Cojbasic
Business Administration | Senior
3.969
|
Division III
Bryan Chow
Political Science | Sophomore
4.0
|
Women’s Tennis
Division I
Taylor Ormond
English | Senior
3.929
|
Division II
Kelly McBryan
Sports Administration | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division III
Carolyn Warren
International Studies | Senior
4.0
|
Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Division I
Miles Unterreiner
History | Junior
3.957
|
Division II
Shawn Boss
Computer Information Systems | Junior
4.0
|
Division III
Kyle Hannon
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science | Sophomore
5.0
|
Women’s Indoor Track & Field
Division I
Kelly Phillips
Biological Science | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Whitney Bishoff
Elementary Education | Junior
4.0
|
Division III
Liz Phillips
Biomedical Engineering | Junior
4.0
|
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
Division I
Philip Adam
Economics and Policy Studies | Senior
3.917
|
Division II
Brian Holik
Exercise Science | Senior
3.978
|
Division III
Vladimir Sobes
Nuclear Science & Engineering | Senior
4.0
|
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
Division I
Whitney Carlson
Zoology | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Kristen McGlynn
English | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Christina Rhodes
Liberal Studies | Senior
4.0
|
Men’s Volleyball
Division I
Ryan Wolf
Accounting | Junior
3.821
|
Women’s Volleyball
Division I
Robin Rostratter
Media Studies and Spanish | Sophomore
3.817
|
Division II
Grace Krauser
Sociology | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division III
Kia Johnson
Biology | Sophomore
3.960
|
Men’s Water Polo
NC
Nemanja Simonovic
Accounting | Junior
3.929
|
Women’s Water Polo
Division I
Monica Coughlan
Biology | Junior
3.815
|
Wrestling
Division I
Nick Amuchastegui
Civil Engineering | Senior
3.944
|
Division II
Jordan Larsen
Civil Engineering | Senior
3.927
|
Division III
Chris Sandy
History | Senior
3.986
|
Baseball
Division I
Andy Workman
Finance | Junior
3.903
|
Division II
Elias Tuma
Cognitive Science | Sophomore
3.989
|
Division III
Nathan James
Athletic Training | Senior
3.919
|
Men’s Basketball
Division I
Matt Howard
Finance | Junior
3.795
|
Division II
Joe Rocco
Biology/Pre-Medicine | Junior
3.94
|
Division III
Kevin Voelkel
Business/Economics | Junior
3.63
|
Women’s Basketball
Division I
Lindsay Palmer
Psychology | Sophomore
3.952
|
Division II
Sarah Stream
Exercise Science | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Zoe Unruh
Environmental Studies | Senior
3.88
|
Bowling
Division I
Kalyn Washburn
English | Senior
4.0
|
Men’s Cross Country
Division I
Jeff Scull
Nutrition | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Michael McCampbell
Biology | Senior
3.91
|
Division III
Chris Platano
Economics | Senior
4.0
|
Women’s Cross Country
Division I
Kate Niehaus
Biomechanical Engineering | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Suzie Strickler
Exercise Science | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Katelyn Meger
Nursing & Psychology | Senior
4.0
|
Fencing
Division I
Jeff Spear
Evolutionary Biology | Senior
4.0
|
Field Hockey
Division I
Lauren Elstein
Economics | Senior
N/A
|
Division II
Kristen Brooks
Management | Junior
4.0
|
Division III
Sarah Cannon
Mathematics | Sophomore
4.0
|
NCAA College Football
Division I
Will Thompson
Accounting | Senior
3.97
|
Division II
Alex Gilde
Biomedical Science | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Jay Carpenter
Biology | Senior
3.915
|
Men’s Golf
Division I
Jack Dukeminier
Economics | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Daniel Stapff
Finance | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division III
Jordan Millice
Political Science | Sophomore
4.0
|
Women’s Golf
Division I
Brooke Pancake
Business | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division II
Allison Tyler
Exercise Science | Junior
4.0
|
Division III
Katharyn Hauff
Political Science | Sophomore
3.95
|
Men’s Gymnastics
Division I
Benjamin Baldus-Strauss
Biochemistry | Junior
3.948
|
Women’s Gymnastics
Division I
Kassandra Price
Marketing and Advertising | Senior
4.0
|
Men’s Ice Hockey
Division I
Mark Cornacchia
Finance | Junior
3.85
|
Division III
Igor Martinez
Civil Engineering | Junior
4.0
|
Women’s Ice Hockey
Division I
Vicki Bendus
Biology | Junior
3.937
|
Division III
Nara Higano
Physics | Sophomore
4.0
|
Men’s Lacrosse
Division I
Matt Anderson
Biological Anthropoloy and Anatomy | Senior
3.909
|
Division II
Mike Carboine
Biology | Sophomore
3.887
|
Division III
Sean Hickey
Finance | Sophomore
3.571
|
Women’s Lacrosse
Division I
Meredith Newton
Biology and Psychology | Junior
3.893
|
Division II
Kaurey Foley
Business Administration | Senior
3.975
|
Division III
Nicole Ditillo
Psychology and English | Senior
3.969
|
Rifle
Division I
Ryann McGough
Psychology | Junior
4.0
|
Rowing
Division I
Allison Colberg
Mathematical Sciences | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Bethany Brun
Religious Studies and Psychology | Junior
3.935
|
Division III
Liz Zhu
Economics and Religion | Junior
3.90
|
Skiing
Division I
Caitlin Patterson
Civil Engineering | Junior
4.0
|
Men’s Soccer
Division I
Bill Dworsky
Economics & Comparative Literature | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Dan St. Jacques
Communications | Junior
3.81
|
Division III
Nick Pugliese
Political Science | Sophomore
4.0
|
Women’s Soccer
Division I
Kristi Eveland
Business Administration | Senior
3.93
|
Division II
Natalja Stanski
Biomedical Science | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Molly Bletz
Biology | Junior
4.0
|
Softball
Division I
Abagail Vock
Accounting | Junior
3.885
|
Division II
Kristina Susalla
Psychology | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division III
Kelsey Kittleson
Biology | Junior
4.0
|
Men’s Swimming & Diving
Division I
Andrew Elliott
Finance | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division II
Matthew Laschuk
Chemistry | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division III
Kellen Beckwith
Mathematics | Junior
4.0
|
Women’s Swimming & Diving
Division I
Ella Doerge
Genetics | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Angel Forsling
Petroleum Engineering | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Tessa Dover
Psychology and Legal Studies | Junior
4.0
|
Men’s Tennis
Division I
Greg Hirshman
Economics | Junior
4.0
|
Division II
Doug Hornak
Psychology | Junior
4.0
|
Division III
Isaac Stein
Biology | Junior
3.97
|
Women’s Tennis
Division I
Colleen Rielley
Finance | Senior
3.949
|
Division II
Christine Johnstone
Biology | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Melissa Oosterhouse
Biology | Junior
4.0
|
Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Division I
Bjorn Barrefors
Computer Science | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division II
Aaron Swift
Mechanical Engineering | Junior
3.828
|
Division III
Bobby Torphy
Biochemistry | Junior
4.0
|
Women’s Indoor Track & Field
Division I
Jessica Ubanyionwu
Health Science Studies | Sophomore
3.942
|
Division II
Marie Patton
Engineering Physics | Sophomore
4.0
|
Division III
Liz Phillips
Biomedical Engineering | Sophomore
4.0
|
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
Division I
Eric Fattig
Physics Engineering | Senior
4.0
|
Division II
Josh Wilks
Mathematics | Junior
3.968
|
Division III
Kevin Janata
History | Junior
3.85
|
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
Division I
Diamond Richardson
Journalism | Junior
4.0
|
Division II
Lauren Brown
Cell and Molecular Biology | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Christina Rhodes
Liberal Studies | Senior
4.0
|
Men’s Volleyball
Division I
Garrett Werner
Civil Engineering | Senior
3.953
|
Women’s Volleyball
Division I
Stephanie Brandt
Sociology | Senior
3.859
|
Division II
Kyleigh Turner
Business Education | Senior
4.0
|
Division III
Stephanie Strauss
Business Administration | Junior
4.0
|
Men’s Water Polo
Division I
Matthew Burton
Communications | Sophomore
3.87
|
Women’s Water Polo
Division I
Monica Coughlan
| Sophomore
3.792
|
Wrestling
Division I
Nick Amuchastegui
Mechanical Engineering | Junior
4.0
|
Division II
Cory Bloodgood
Finance | Senior
3.918
|
Division III
Adam Weber
Business Administration | Senior
3.96
|