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Athletics News

Indoor Track
Women: Taylor Byron and Stephanie
Marquardt each earned All-American
honors in their respective events at the
NAIA Championships in Geneva, Ohio.
Byron placed sixth in the weight throw
(56 feet, 7 1/2 inches) while Marquardt
was eighth in the 60 meter hurdles (9.33
seconds). The Saints placed third at the
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
indoor championships. Taylor Byron
(shot put) and Kasey
Renshaw (left) (weight
throw) each won events,
with Renshaw setting a
new school record with
her toss of 57 feet, 11
1/4 inches. Five Saints
earned Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference academic all-conference honors,
including Kara Ehmann, Melanie Glinski,
Arika Knannlein, Brianna Nordby and
Mariah Ridal. Nordby was also the team’s
Champions of Character recipient.
Men: Logan Moore
(left) won the national
title in the 60 meter hurdles to lead the Saints to
a fifth place finish at the
NAIA Championships in
Geneva, Ohio. Moore
claimed the title with a time of 7.93
seconds. Other All-American efforts were
Calvin Sullins in the heptathlon (second,
5,389 points), Chris Schurr in the pole
vault (second, 16-2 3/4) and heptathlon
(sixth, 4,917), Chris Rolle in the 60 (6.87)
and 200 (eighth, 21.94), Gauge Aebersold in the shot put (fifth, 55-11 1/4),
Ryan McElyea in the 600 (sixth, 1:20.79)
and Gerald Richardson in the high jump
(eighth, 6-8). The Saints scored 47 points,
behind national champion Indiana Tech
(82). The Saints finished second to top
ranked Indiana Tech at the WolverineHoosier Athletic Conference indoor
championships.
Chris Rolle (left) set a
pair of school records to
earn the Most Valuable
Performer of the meet.
Rolle won the 200 in
21.47 seconds, breaking
both school and conference marks. He also took the 60 in a
record time of 6.81. Moore and Aebersold
also broke school records in winning their
respective events. Moore took the 60
hurdles in 7.99, which is also a conference record, while Aebersold won the
shot put with a record toss of 56 feet,
8 3/4 inches. Paul Jacobs won the weight
throw (52-9 3/4) and Zach Widner the
800 (1:55.26). Six Saints were named to

the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
all-academic team, including Michael
Butler, Jon Dozier, Matthew Leaders,
Matthew Robinet, DeVontee Sansom
and Chris Schurr. Leader was also chosen
as the team’s Champions of Character
recipient as well as coach Tim Bauer. 

Basketball
Women: The 15th ranked Saints (26-9)
closed out a landmark season with an
83-59 loss to unbeaten and eventual
national champion St. Francis (Ind.) in the
second round of the NAIA Tournament.
SHU won its first postseason game in the
program’s history by topping Tennessee
Wesleyan 77-69 in the
opening round. Junior
guard Sierra Calhoun
(left) was named a
NAIA honorable mention
All-American. Calhoun
led the Saints in scoring
with 14.7 points per game. She has 1,097
points for her career. Senior guard Grace
Howrigon and Calhoun were each named
to the All-Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic
Conference first team after a vote of
conference coaches. Howrigon led the
WHAC with 6.0 assists per game and
averaged 12.4 points and 5.1 rebounds
per contest. Calhoun also was named to
the conference’s all-defensive team.
Junior guard Morgan Warfield was named
to the honorable mention squad, while
Warfield, Jessie Arnold, Nicole Halliwill,
Jen Jasinski and Mackenzie Tomasik
earned academic all-conference honors.
Arnold, Halliwill, Tomasik and Warfield
were each named NAIA Scholar-Athletes. 
Men: Junior guard
Christian Covile (left)
was chosen to the AllWolverine-Hoosier
Athletic Conference
honorable mention
team. He averaged 16.7
points per game for the Saints. Junior Eric
Cogan was the recipient of the team’s
Champions of Character award and made
the academic all-conference team. The
Saints finished 11-19 on the season.

Bowling
Men: Paul Farley (left)
was named to the Academic All-WHAC Conference team and Aaron
Dear received the Champions of Character
award. The Saints finished tied for fifth in the regular season
WHAC standings. SHU also competed in
the XBowling Intercollegiate Team Championships March 15-16 in Addison, Ill.

Women: Tiffany Logan
(left) was named Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic
Conference Newcomer
of the Year. Logan and
teammate Katarina
Coulson were honored
as All-WHAC honorable mention selections. Coulson had a 185.47 average
and Logan a 182.3 average in conference
events. Coulson, Amanda Blackwell and
Hillary Weiss were named to the Academic All-WHAC team, with Weiss
receiving the Champions of Character
award. The Saints finished third in the
WHAC regular season standings. SHU
also competed in the XBowling Intercollegiate Team Championships March
15-16 in Addison, Ill.

Volleyball
Women: Junior Halie
Baker (left) and freshman Brianna Baker were
each honored by the
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference. Halie
was named to the honorable mention team while Brianna was
a member of the WHAC All-Freshman
Team. Seniors Lauren Baker, Blaire Hondzinski and Julia Haupricht and junior
Mycala Cherry each earned academic

all-conference honors. Lauren Baker was
the Champions of Character recipient.
The Saints finished 14-14 on the season.
Men: Freshman outside
hitter Gilius Blinstrubas
(left) was named to the
All-NAIA Great Lakes
Division first team. He
led the Saints with 246
kills last season. Junior
outside hitter Max Field earned a spot
on the conference all-academic team.
The Saints finished 5-18 on the season.

Competitive Cheer
and Dance
The host Saints earned an automatic
bid to the NAIA national competitive
dance event (above) by winning the East
Regional. SHU had 96.4 points, edging
second place Concordia (93.3). The Saints
advanced to the national event March
14-16 in Oklahoma City, Okla. The dance
team placed fifth in the
nation, with the cheer
team taking 11th place
as an at-large team.
Siena Heights dancer
Madeline Soave (left)
earned the program’s
first All-American honor, only one of five
competitors at the regional to do so.

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