School-record 195 student-athletes from The University of Olivet selected to 2024-25 MIAA Academic Honor

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – A school-record 195 student-athletes from The University of Olivet have landed on the 2024-25 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic Honor Roll.

The honor roll is made up of any student-athlete who maintained a 3.50 or higher grade point average (GPA) for the entire academic year and was an active member of his/her team's roster.

Below the notes is a listing of Olivet student-athletes who earned the honor. The asterisk symbol denotes the number of years each student-athlete has been named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

OLIVET NOTES:

• The 195 honorees are the most in a single academic year for Olivet. The previous high was 177 during the 2022-23 academic year.
• Seven-of-nine women's tennis players and women's cross country runners are on the honor roll.
• Five-of-seven women's golfers were selected to the honor roll.
• Eleven-of-13 women's basketball players earned the honor.
• Other sports with double digit number of honorees include football (32), baseball (20), wrestling (19), women's track and field (16), men's soccer (13), women's soccer (13), men's basketball (12), men's track and field (11), and softball (10).
• The class breakdown of the honorees is 45 freshmen, 51 sophomores, 37 juniors and 62 seniors.
• The average GPA for the 195 honorees is 3.816, including 25 with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
• Seventeen (17) student-athletes – Sophie Bradford, Bo Brandt, Robert Davids, Stuart Donlan, London Eldridge, Nolan Finkbeiner, Samantha Foster, Kayin Harper, Tyler Herrema, Rylee Honsowitz, Connor Jewell, Emmett Kettel, Trever Klotz, Jordan Kruskie, Wyatt Leland, Lily Rozeveld and Clara Shoales – are four-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll recipients.
• Of the 195 selections, 89 were named to the honor roll for the first time.
• Eleven (11) student-athletes – Bryan Carney (baseball), Aubrey Connelly (outdoor track & field), Lily Connelly (outdoor track & field), London Eldridge (indoor and outdoor track & field), Tyler Herrema (wrestling), Morgan Jeffries (outdoor track & field), Benyamin Kamali (wrestling), Kody Krupp (wrestling), Emily Norkowski (outdoor track & field), Conner Schipper (basketball) and Dominico Tejeda (football) ­– earned All-MIAA honors in their respective sport this academic year.
• Eldridge was Olivet's nominee for the MIAA Sheila Wallace Kovalchik award for being the top female student-athlete. She also received the Olivet Presidential Distinguished Medalist Award for being one of the top graduating seniors with the highest GPAs
• Herrema was Olivet's nominee for the MIAA Albert H. Deal award for being the top senior male student-athlete.