CLEVELAND, OH ? The Mid-American Conference released its 2009 Academic All-MAC Men’s Swimming and Diving team as voted by the league’s faculty athletic representatives. A total of 17 student-athletes were named to the team. The number of honorees on the Academic All-MAC team are the number that is set for the specific sport for all-conference, or 33 percent of the number of nominees, whichever is greater.
Two of the honorees ? Mark Kurtzer of Eastern Michigan and Nick DuPuis of Miami -- were named Academic All-MAC for the third consecutive year. Honored for the second straight year were Benjamin Karwoski and Tyler Dixon of Ball State; Michael McDowell, Andrew Tamchyna, and Connor Vander Zalm of Buffalo; and Christoopher Alberty, Ethan Crabetree, Donald Ellison, Ryan Fulkerson, and Matthew Guinan from Eastern Michigan.
To be nominated, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport. First year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the ward. Outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments for the current season only are considered.
The complete list of honorees is below. All nominees not voted onto the first-team are automatically listed as honorable mention selections
First Team
Mark Golden, Ball State, Sophomore, 3.86, Secondary Education
Benjamin Karwoski, Ball State, Junior, 3.58, Exercise Science
Tyler Dixon, Ball State, Juniorr, 3.49, Sport Management
Mark Augustyn, Ball State, Senior, 3.40, Secondary Math Education
Jordan Matthews, University at Buffalo, Junior, 3.789, Mechanical Engineering
Michael McDowell, University at Buffalo, Junior, 3.662, Undecided
Andrew Tamchyna, University at Buffalo, Junior, 3.852, Engineering Physics
Connor Vander Zalm, University at Buffalo, Junior, 3.745, Management
Christopher Alberty, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.66, Supply Chain Management
Ethan Crabtree, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.38, Exercise Science
Donald Ellison, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.97, Physics
Ryan Fulkerson, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.63, Physical Education
Matthew Guinan, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.55, Exercise Science
Mark Kurtzer, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.92, Accounting
Scott Murphy, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.46, Accounting
David Brown, Miami University, Year: Junior, 3.23, Major: Accountancy
Nick DuPuis, Miami University, Year: Senior, 3.49, Major: Finance
Honorable Mention
Jordan Rantz, Ball State
Jeremy Whited, Ball State
Kevin Song, University at Buffalo
Jason Bank, Miami University
Jason Hass, Miami University
Tom Janszen, Miami University
Austin Kosier, Miami University
R. Davis Mello, Miami University