UW-Platteville celebrates National-Student Athlete Day at luncheon

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. —The University of Wisconsin-Platteville athletic department celebrated National Student-Athlete Day on Monday. The celebration marked UW-Platteville's 29th observance of National Student-Athlete Day. The day is set aside to recognize those students who fully embrace and excel in both academics and athletics. As a way to recognize the student-athletes' achievements in the classroom, each team had a representative at a luncheon which was hosted in the Markee Pioneer Student Center.  Each student was joined by their coach and an invited professor whom they hold  in highest regard as being a positive influence on their time at UW-Platteville.

Team representatives and their professors are listed below.

Baseball: Jake Schneider (Jacob Riniker)

Women's Basketball: Olivia Liddicoat (George Krueger)

Men's Basketball: Ben Probst (Roger Kerkenbush)

Women's Cross Country: Hannah Fliss (Ben Krings)

Men's Cross Country: Caleb Christiansen (John Goomey)

Football: Trevor Syse (Roger Kerkenbush)

Women's Golf: Jada Chang (John Goomey)

Softball: Taylor Roughen (Shane Drefcinski)

Women's Soccer: Anna Spindle (Jim Almquist)

Men's Soccer: Jacob Keller (Kyle Horne)

Women's Track & Field: Alexis Healey (Ryan Pralle)

Men's Track & Field: Andrew Cunningham (Kenneth Katz)

Volleyball: Abby Feldmann (Richard Dhyanchand)

Wrestling: David Cushman (Katie Volz)

In addition to each team's representative, the following student-athletes were recognized from all the teams for having cumulative GPAs of 3.5 or higher:

Baseball: Tarron Bockhop, Charlie Breen, Matthew Carlson, Connor Gresens, Brady Hoppert, Aidan Kelsick, Peerson Kephart, Mason Molitor, Caleb Parker, Mitchell Pomeroy, Spencer Robertson, Jake Schneider, Dillon Sunnquist, Chase Tholl

Women's Basketball: Addison Baierl, Macey Banasik, Zoe Cutler, Ava Hoppert, Olivia Liddicoat, Ella Mackiewicz, Brynlee Nelson, Lizzie Poller, Madalyn Reichmann, Alexis Strom, Ashley Weir, Tatum Weir

Men's Basketball: Carter Lancaster, Brad Nies, Ben Probst

Women's Cross Country: Kendra Downing, Hannah Fliss, Ava Garrard, Angela Meiners, Lydia Oakleaf

Men's Cross Country: Justin Behnke, Caleb Christiansen, Korbin Eisler, Dylan King, Samuel Kronick, Isaiah Kruckman, Matthew Loshaw, Thaddeus Shetler, Maxwell Sporaa, Zachary Sporaa, Christopher Wier

Football: Ethan Bode, Mickey Ceh, Jack Dietzen, Jaxson Garbisch, Kristian Gavric, Brady Lease, Peyton Lind, Skylar Neff, Henrik Nystrom, Elliott Oliver, Tyler Reed, William Rizzuto, Cormac Sammons, Gerrit Schomaker, Sam Schuette, Ryker Stelling, Will Straka, Trevor Syse, Benjamin Younker, Joshua Zitzer

Women's Golf: Emma Cage, Jada Chang, Morgan Cooley

Softball: Rylee Broshous, Morgan Brummer, Alex Davis, Kate Davis, Caitlin Giacomo, Molly Jackson, Kaitlin Jesberger, Taylor Lynch, Harper Mayfield, Jaena Michalak, Peyton Murphy, Brea Musser, Allison Peters, Taylor Roughen, Greta Volkening

Women's Soccer: Emily Boldt, Jodie Bristol, Sophie Carlos, Veronica Hamilton, Julia Howdeshell, Alyssa Jarock, Sarah Liljestrand, Arianna Lombardi, Juliana Penniston, Vanessa Peterson, Anna Spindle, Kaitlyn Steadman, Izzy Streeter, Lexi Ward, Samantha Yexley

Men's Soccer: Lucas Cisneros, Zach Fier, Keith Gardner, Lucas Godon, Danny Gutzwiller, Luke Hogle, Jacob Keller, Kellen Klosterman, Clayton Lautenschlaeger, Isaac Peterson, Michael Schaefer, Alex Wano, Justin Williams, Konrad Ziaja

Women's Track & Field: Lizzie Andrews, Lindsey Barnes, Jennsen Berg, Jessica Buss, Hailey Campbell, Zoe Cutler, Kendra Downing, Hannah Fliss, Ava Garrard, Alexis Healey, Delanee Klaas, Samantha Klann, Malina Koepp, Angela Meiners, Lydia Oakleaf, Margaret Rusch, Emily Thomas, Evelyn Troxel, Shannon Wulf

Men's Track & Field: Justin Behnke, Caleb Christiansen, Andrews Cunningham, Connor Curry, Korbin Eisler, Nicholas Felske, Nathan Jacobs, Gunner Katzenmeyer, Dylan King, Samuel Kronick, Isaiah Kruckman, Baylor Smith, Maxwell Sporaa, Zachary Sporaa, Riley Wernes, Christopher Wier, Zachary Zenner, Andrew Zimmerman

Volleyball: Madelyn Cooley, Kelsey Drake, Maya Fuller, Bri Gartner, Jacquelyn Gladstein, Abby Feldmann, Claudia Johnson, Shea Lauria, Kierney McDonald, Sam Rossetti

Wrestling: David Cushman, Christopher Karbash, Cael Pionkowski, Jacob Seward, Wyatt Willey