No Fewer than 17 Falcons Named to Academic All-MAC Team

Every one of these 25 student-athletes has a cumulative GPA higher than 3.200. Every. Single. One.

Photo by: Stephen Linsky, BGSU Athletics

May 18, 2021 | Women's Soccer

By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Strategic Communications

The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team was well-represented, to say the least, when the Mid-American Conference office announced the Academic All-MAC Team on Tuesday afternoon (May 18). The Falcons had a whopping 17 student-athletes, by far the highest total among conference schools, named to the team.

BGSU's lengthy list of honorees includes Madison Alberty, Sarah Allen, Sophia Barnes, Lili Berg, Katie Cox, Nikki Cox, Jasmijn Dijsselhof, Zoë Hudson, Ruby Linton, Lauren Milner, Rachel Muller, Makenzie Ortman, Mackenzie Reuber, Audrey Shea, Lynsey Spotts, Kennedy White and Madi Wolfbauer.

A total of 130 student-athletes were named to the team.

Bowling Green, as mentioned, led the way with 17 student-athletes on this year's team. Ball State and Northern Illinois each had 13 honorees, while Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan had 12 student-athletes apiece.

A total of 13 student-athletes named to the team have a perfect 4.000 cumulative GPA. BGSU again led the way with four of those 13 student-athletes. Only one other school had more than one.

There were 25 student-athletes on the BGSU women's soccer roster during the 2020-21 season. Of those 25 individuals, 17 were named to the Academic All-MAC Team, five were freshmen and not yet eligible for consideration, and three were injured and/or did not appear in enough matches to meet the criteria. All eight BGSU student-athletes who were not named to the team have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.360, with seven of the eight at 3.500 or higher.

Grades are in for the spring!! Another record-breaking term GPA to add to our on-field success! #AyZiggy pic.twitter.com/sE2dspIkst
— BGSU Women's Soccer (@bgsuwsoc) May 11, 2021

The Academic All-MAC honor is bestowed upon student-athletes who have excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport. Freshmen are not eligible for the award.

The Falcons enjoyed tremendous success on the field as well as in the classroom yet again in 2020-21. BGSU went 6-1-1 overall and 5-1-0 in MAC play, BG outscored opponents, 17-3, this spring, and the Falcons tied for first in the entire nation in shutout percentage (.750), recording six shutouts in eight matches. The Falcons earned the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Championships for the third consecutive season.

BGSU is 47-19-8 overall, 31-7-1 in MAC regular-season matches and 38-8-3 in all games vs. conference foes since the start of the 2017 season.

Since the beginning of the 2018 campaign, the Falcons are 34-12-7 overall, 25-3-0 in MAC regular-season action and 30-3-2 in all games vs. league opposition.

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2020(-21) ACADEMIC ALL-MAC TEAM
Bowling Green (17 total honorees, 4 student-athletes with a 4.00 cumulative GPA)
Madison Alberty, R-So., Exercise Science, 3.478 GPA
Sarah Allen, Jr., Health Science, 4.000 GPA
Sophia Barnes, Sr., Sales and Services Marketing, 3.285 GPA
Lili Berg, R-So., Psychology, 3.900 GPA
Katie Cox, So., Apparel Merchandising & Product Devel., 4.000 GPA
Nikki Cox, R-Sr., Human Development & Family Studies, 3.333 GPA
Jasmijn Dijsselhof, So., Exercise Science, 4.000 GPA
Zoë Hudson, Jr., Sport Management, 3.227 GPA
Ruby Linton, Jr., Visual Communication Technology, 3.923 GPA
Lauren Milner, So., Nursing, 3.781 GPA
Rachel Muller, R-Sr., Human Movement Sport Leisure Studies, 3.833 GPA
Makenzie Ortman, So., Construction Mgmt., 3.946 GPA
Mackenzie Reuber, Jr., Marketing, 3.320 GPA
Audrey Shea, So., Biology, 4.000 GPA
Lynsey Spotts, Jr., Criminal Justice, 3.638 GPA
Kennedy White, So., Marketing, 3.781 GPA
Madi Wolfbauer, R-Jr., Marketing, 3.470 GPA

Other MAC Schools
(for the complete list of honorees from all 12 MAC schools, click the link near the top of the page)
Ball State (13 total honorees, 1 student-athlete with a 4.00 cumulative GPA)
Northern Illinois (13, 1)
Eastern Michigan (12, 1)
Western Michigan (12)
Akron (11)
Toledo (10, 3)
Ohio (10)
Buffalo (9, 1)
Central Michigan (8, 1)
Miami (8)
Kent State (7, 1)