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Athletics News
named to the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic
Conference first team, with Birt causing
20 turnovers and adding 38 ground
balls. Seniors Shane Lewandowski
and Tyler Hooper, junior Nolan Mince
and sophomore Parker Richards each
received second team All-WHAC. Earning
all-academic honors were Mince, Sam
Lehouiller, Derek Martin and Patrick
Albrant. Albrant and Martin were also
named NAIA Scholar Athletes. Broderick
Ames was the team's Champions of
Character Award recipient. The Saints
finished 11-5 on the season, falling to
Cumberlands (Ky.) 7-5 in the opening
round of the NAIA National Invitational.
Jenna Sommerville
Men: Brent Rodden, Devonte Johnson
and Jacob Compagner each earned All-
American status at the NAIA National
Championships. Rodden finished second
in the 800 in a photo finish time of
1:51.26, only .05 behind the champion.
Johnson was third in the pole vault (4.9
meters) and Compagner sixth in the
hammer throw (17.89m). The Saints had
two conference champions and finished
fourth at the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic
Conference Championships at Grand
Rapids. Rodden won the 800 in a time
of 1:54.64, with Compagner taking the
weight throw in 60 feet, 5 3/4 inches.
Compagner was the recipient of the
team's Champions of Character Award.
Lacrosse
Women: Attacker Jenna Sommerville
(above) and defender Reilly Winn were
each named first team All-Wolverine-
Hoosier Athletic Conference for the
Saints. Sommerville led SHU with 62
goals during the regular season, while
Winn had 39 caused turnovers and 46
ground balls. Receiving second team
honors were Marissa Cirino, Kayla Parks
and Samantha Pawlowski, while Parks,
Megan Byers, Alyssa Hopkins, Pawlowski
and Casey Rappuhn earned all-academic
recognition. Taylor Swartz received the
team's Champions of Character Award.
Parks and Hopkins were also named NAIA
Scholar Athletes. The Saints, who were
nationally ranked all season, were invited
to their first NAIA National Tournament,
where they lost to No. 2 Cumberlands
(Ky.) 24-13 in the opening round. SHU
finished 13-5 on the season, the best in
program history.
Men: Senior midfielder Danny Orr was
named a second team NAIA All-American
after leading the Saints with 31 goals
and four assists this season. Orr and
midfielder Michael Birt III were each
Outdoor Track and Field
Women: Senior Sheila McKinley (right)
claimed the national title in the pole vault
at the NAIA National Championships.
She cleared 13 feet, 2 inches to earn the
title. Her twin sister, Tasha, who won
the indoor national title earlier this year,
was fifth overall (11-11.75) to also earn
All-American honors. Two Saints relays
also earned All-American honors. The
4x100 relay of Madisyn Kleinschmit,
Mildranae Young-Brooks, Asia Gardner
and Alexis Moore finished fifth in a time
of 47.10 seconds. The 4x400 relay of
Tyriah Pryor, Delaney Stersic, Brianna
Pekel and Moore finished eighth in
3:54.46. Siena Heights finished with
18 points as a team. The Saints finished
second to powerhouse Indiana Tech at
the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Confer-
ence Championships. Earning individual
championships for the Saints were
Haley Hudson in the shot put (45 feet,
4.5 inches), Courtney Taylor in the
discus (127-5), Tina Miller in the javelin
(37.66m), Pryor in the 300 hurdles
(1:04.21) and Sheila McKinley in the pole
vault (12-5.5). Placing second were Taylor
in the shot put, Miller in the discus, Tasha
McKinley in the pole vault, Rachel O'Neill
in the hammer throw, the 4x100 relay
of Kleinschmit, Young-Brooks, Moore
and Gardner, Gardner in the 100 and
the 4x400 relay of Pryor, Stersic, Pekel
and Moore.
Men: The Saints had two All-Americans
at the NAIA National Championships in
Gulf Shores, Ala. Keith Jordan (right)
earned sixth place in the high jump (2.05
meters) while Brent Rodden was fifth
in the 800 (1:52.39). The Saints placed
fifth as a team at the Wolverine-Hoosier
Athletic Conference Championships.
Earning conference championships
were Rodden in the 800 (1:51.49),
Jordan in the high jump (6-8.75) and
Jacob Compagner in the hammer throw
(55.52m). Robert Drew took second in
the hammer throw.
Sheila McKinley
Softball
Racquel Ward (right) was named the
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
Pitcher of the Year as five Saints earned
spots on the all-conference first team.
Ward, a junior, finished 16-5 during the
regular season with 15 complete games
and 83 strikeouts. She also had a confer-
ence-best .429 batting average with
seven home runs and a .522 on-base
percentage. Also making the first team
were sophomore catcher Haley Turk,
senior first baseman Kris Forest, junior
second baseman Ashley Helmink and
senior outfielder Kelsey Cherry. Turk had a
.267 average, with Forest having a .378
average with 16 doubles and 19 RBI.
Helmink, who also was named first team
All-Region VI by the National Fastpitch
Coaches Association, had a .363 average
with six homers and 24 RBI, with Cherry
adding 22 RBI and a .356 average.
Senior outfielder Skylar Crenshaw and
freshman shortstop Taylor Mowery each
earned second team all-conference, with
the Saints earning a conference-best 11
academic all-conference spots, including
Cherry, Crenshaw, Helmink, Lexi Agers,
Ashley Bearden, Kayla Boland, Paige
Racquel Ward
Dean, Amy Nordstrom, Erika Schwartz
and Ashley and Lauren Best. Cherry and
Helmink were also named to the CoSIDA
Academic All-District Team. Cherry was
the recipient of the team's Champions
of Character Award. Siena Heights led the
NAIA with nine Scholar Athletes during
the 2018 season. Earning the honor were
Cherry, Agers, Bearden, Boland, Dean,
Ashley Best, Lauren Best, Helmink and
Nordstrom. Finally, Cherry was named a
first team CoSIDA Academic All-American.
The nursing major finished with a 3.86
grade point average. To earn the honor,
student-athletes must have a minimum
3.3 gpa. The Saints finished 21-15 over-
all, 13-7 in the WHAC.
Keith Jordan
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