Posted: Jun 20, 2013
15 named to IIAC Spring All-Academic Team
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Simpson placed 15 student-athletes on the 2013 Iowa Conference Spring All-Academic Team.
To be eligible for IIAC All-Academic Team honors a student-athlete must compete at the varsity level, be at least a sophomore in academic standing and attain a 3.5 or better grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
The women's track and field team led the way with seven honorees. The men's team had four, softball three and baseball one.
The conference recognized 256 athletes in all.
| 2013 IIAC Spring All-Academic Honorees | |||||
| Name | Yr. | Sport | Hometown/High School | Major | GPA |
| Eric Jones | So. | BB | Knoxville, Iowa/Knoxville | Biology | 3.813 |
| Joe Farrand | So. | MTF | Kansas City, Mo./Raytown | BM: Music Educ. | 3.792 |
| Ted Heying | Sr. | MTF | Sumner, Iowa/Sumner Fredericksburg | Biology | 3.904 |
| Leif Jeppson | Jr. | MTF | Mount Vernon, Iowa/Mount Vernon | Graphic Design | 3.614 |
| Max Nguyen | Jr. | MTF | Vinton, Iowa/Vinton-Shellsburg | Mathematics | 3.561 |
| Leslie Downing | Sr. | SB | Swan, Iowa/Pleasantville | Accounting/Econimics: Finance | 3.631 |
| Kat Vampola | Jr. | SB | Arlingtonm, Neb./Arlington | Political Science/Criminal Justice | 3.894 |
| Kylie Van Houten | Jr. | SB | Des Moines, Iowa/Hoover | Computer Science/Mathematics | 3.944 |
| Lindsey Borgomainerio | Jr. | WTF | Fairfield, Iowa/Fairfield | Psychology | 3.512 |
| Jamie Elbert | Sr. | WTF | Indianola, Iowa/Indianola | Economics:Finance/Acct./Magt. | 3.667 |
| Meagan Kirts | Sr. | WTF | Ramstein American HS, Germany | Athletic Training/Exercise Science | 3.716 |
| Courtney Licht | Sr. | WTF | Dallas Center, Iowa/Dallas Center-Grimes | Liberal Arts/Elem. Ed./Art Ed./Art | 3.863 |
| Jordan Maher | Sr. | WTF | Baxter, Iowa/Baxter | Biology | 3.971 |
| Sammy Nelson | Sr. | WTF | Lake Mills, Iowa/Lake Mills | Exercise Science | 3.617 |
| Mariah Young | So. | WTF | Burlington, Iowa/West | Undeclared | 3.858 |