Central College has landed 41 student-athletes on the fall sports academic all-Iowa Conference team.  Central volleyball standout Chelsea Grieger of Pella and football players Lee Schroeder and Ross Doehrmann were among the athletes for the Dutch who excelled in the classroom, as well as on the field. 

Central had 17 players on the football squad honored, with eight athletes in women’s volleyball, five in women’s tennis, three in women’s cross country, three in men’s soccer, three in women’s soccer and two in women’s golf. 

Last year the Dutch landed 32 student-athletes on the fall academic team with nine on the winter squad and 11 on the spring sports team. 

Central’s honorees:

Jenna Broghammer, so., women’s cross country, Iowa City, West HS, political science/communication studies, 3.627

Sara Crippen, sr., women’s cross country, Williamsburg, Williamsburg HS, Spanish/political science, 3.767

Melanie McDermott, so., women’s cross country, Britt, West Hancock HS, exercise science, 3.903

Garret Albers, jr., football, Keystone, Benton HS, social science, 3.521

Zack Bandow, sr., football, Manilla, IKM HS, biology, 3.920

Holden Blythe, jr., football, Williamsburg, Williamsburg HS, elementary education, 3.588

Ross Doehrmann, so., football, Williamsburg, Williamsburg HS, business management, 3.778

Jack Flaherty, so., football, Burlington, Burlington HS, exercise science-athletic training, 3.632

Steven Johnson, sr., football, Deep River, Montezuma HS, business management, 3.709

Joel Mudd, sr., football, Fort Lupton, Colo., Fort Lupton HS, political science/communication studies, 3.535

Cory Nikkel, jr., football, Pella, Pella Christian HS, English/secondary education, 3.756

Jake Petersen, jr., football, Gladbrook, Gladbrook-Reinbeck HS, accounting, 3.510

Nathan Rouse, jr., football, Ankeny, Ankeny HS, history/Spanish, 3.608

A.J. Santon, sr., football, Omaha, Neb, Camdenton HS, biology, 3.573

Lee Schroeder, sr., football, Malcom, Montezuma HS, exercise science, 3.564

Colton Smith, jr., football, Kearney, Mo., Kearney HS, exercise science-athletic training, 3.837

Jeremy Snead, jr., football, Altoona, Southeast Polk HS, biology, 3.627

Joey Toale, jr., football, Spencer, Spencer HS, chemistry, 3.778

Andrew Weaks, so., football, Fulton, Ill., Fulton HS, accounting/actuarial science, 3.563

Brett Wilkin, jr., football, Pleasant Hill, Southeast Polk HS, exercise science, 3.678

Kaurie Kincaid, so., women’s golf, Knoxville, Knoxville HS, math, 3.567

Molli O’Brien, sr., women’s golf, Clarion, Clarion-Goldfield HS, elementary education, 3.820
Garrett Fooshee, jr., men’s soccer, Derby, Kan., Derby HS, exercise science, 3.751
Quincy Garner, sr., men’s soccer, Pella, Pella HS, physics/math, 3.749
Leland Schipper, jr., men’s soccer, Ankeny, Ankeny HS, secondary math education/Spanish, 3.880
Nancy Huddleston, so., women’s soccer, Muscatine, Muscatine HS, secondary math education, 3.791
Regan Jamieson, so., women’s soccer, Leawood, Kan., Shawnee Mission East HS, biology/secondary education, 3.540
Alex Kleis, jr., women’s soccer, Pella, Pella HS, exercise science, 3.719
Kayla Donner, jr., women’s tennis, Metamora, Ill., Metamora Township HS, math/Spanish secondary education, 3.565
Stephanie Gibbons, sr., women’s tennis, Ankeny, Ankeny HS, political science/Spanish, 3.894
Chelsea Johnson, so., women’s tennis, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon HS, exercise science-health promotion, 3.527
Emily Swartz, jr., women’s tennis, Eldora, South Hardin HS, math/music, 3.910
Riley Taylor, jr., women’s tennis, Tama, South Tama HS, psychology, 3.590

Ashley Ellingson, sr., volleyball, West Des Moines, Valley HS, business management/communication studies, 3.738

Chelsea Grieger, jr., volleyball, Pella, Pella HS, English, 3.560
Katie Huff, sr., volleyball, Loveland, Colo., Thompson Valley HS, business management/French, 3.617
Caitlin Kouba, jr., volleyball, Dubuque, Wahlert HS, accounting/Spanish, 3.868
Nichole McGrew, sr., volleyball, Elk Run Heights, Don Bosco HS, exercise science, 3.784
Kiley Meyers, jr., volleyball, Grundy Center, Grundy Center HS, business management, 3.710
Samantha Retz, so., volleyball, Atkins, Benton HS, biochemistry, 3.584
Hannah Worrall, so., volleyball, Boone, Boone HS, biochemistry, 3.891