Close to thirty student-athletes from Central took home Academic All-Iowa Conference honors during the spring sports season. Leading the way was the Dutch women’s track and field team, as they had nine honorees. The men’s track and field and Dutch baseball teams had six apiece, followed by softball with four, men’s tennis with three, and men’s golf had one. Junior Spencer Gritsch of Central’s hard-ball team was honored for the third time in as many years. For a student-athlete to receive the award, he or she must have at least one year at their current school, compete at the varsity level, and hold at least a 3.50 GPA. A full list of names that were honored can be found below.
Baseball
Seth Eash, so., Kalona, Iowa/Mid-Prairie, athletic training, 3.99
Spencer Gritsch, sr., Brooklyn, Iowa/BGM, exercise science, 3.68
Nick Hunter, sr., Fort Madison, Iowa/Fort Madison, exercise science, 3.68
Noah Stochl, jr., New Hampton, Iowa/New Hampton, psychology, 3.73
Toby Wall, sr. Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny, Accounting/business management, 3.88
Brandon Zumbach, so., Jesup, Iowa/Don Bosco, athletic training, 3.58

Men’s Golf
Trevor Scheweinefus, so. Ossian, Iowa/South Winneshiek, economics/bus. management, 3.86

Men’s tennis
C.J. Cliff, so. Decorah, Iowa/Decorah, Spanish/business management, 3.52
Alex Anderson, jr. Boone, Iowa/Boone, exercise science, 3.60
Tom Palmer, so. Pella, Iowa/Pella, elementary education, 3.78

Men’s track and field
Mark Fairley, so., Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque, exercise science, 3.85
Michael Firkins, so., Centerville, Iowa/Centerville, exercise science/biochemistry, 3.58
Hunter Howe, La Plata, Mo./La Plata R-II, athletic training, 3.84
Ryan Kruse, St. Clair, Minn./St. Clair, mathematics, 3.70
Tanner Rathje, so. Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar, biochemistry/biology, 3.86
Erich Thalacker, so. Winterset, Iowa/Winterset, biology/biochemistry, 4.0

Softball
Kaci Braner, so. New Berlin, Ill./New Berlin, chemistry/biology, 3.8
Mikayla Heath, jr. Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City, Spanish, 3.89
Taylor Sohn, jr., Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy, exercise science, 3.83
Tabitha Taylor, so., Grimes, Iowa/Dallas Center-Grimes, accounting, 3.83

Women’s track and field
Andie Arthofer, jr., Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque, exercise science, 3.83
Olivia Cotton, so., Genoa, Ill./Genoa-Kingston, psychology3.63
Emma Drees, jr., Waukee, Iowa/Waukee, accounting/business management, 3.71
Abby Fyfe, so., Pella, Iowa/Pella, biochemistry, 3.93
Cassidy Gornick, jr., Norwalk, Iowa/Norwalk, actuarial science/information systems, 3.60
Morgan Koenigs, jr., Mapleton, Iowa/MVAO, elementary education, 3.89
Kate Patton, so., Murray, Iowa/Murray, exercise science, 3.94
Evie Kammeyer, so., Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale, biology, 3.53
Kasey Wiedmaier, jr., Indianola, Iowa/Indianola, elementary education, 3.58

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