CLEVELAND, Ohio – After its second-place finish at the Mid-American Conference Championships, twelve swimmers represented the Missouri State men's swimming and diving team on the Academic All-MAC team, announced by the league Monday.
 
The 2017 team is made up of 72 student-athletes from the seven men's programs in the conference. Eastern Michigan led the conference with 17 student-athletes on the squad, while Ball State and Missouri State followed closely with 12 honorees apiece.
 
The Academic All-MAC honor is for 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. First-year student-athletes are unable to be selected to the All-MAC Academic Team.
 
Bryce Blattner, Minki Kang, Michael Mollak, Artur Osvath and Nicholas Theunissen represented the Missouri State sophomore class while Will Brand, Canaan Campbell, Kacper Cwiek, William Frisbie and Christopher Heye were the five juniors to make the team.
 
Seniors Uldis Tazans and Brandon Weissman were Missouri State's two seniors to make the squad. Weismann, one of four seniors in the league to maintain a perfect GPA, led the Bears with a spotless 4.0 GPA while the rest of the honorees carried a 3.22 GPA or better.
 
Bryce Blattner, Sophomore, 3.66, Journalism
Will Brand, Junior, 3.22, Construction Management
Canaan Campbell, Junior, 3.89, Administrative Management
Kacper Cwiek, Junior, 3.80, Computer Information Systems
William Frisbie, Junior, 3.62, Computer Information Systems
Christopher Heye, Junior, 3.59, Chemistry
Minki Kang, Sophomore, 3.26, Exercise Science
Michael Mollak, Sophomore, 3.35, Dietetics
Artur Osvath, Sophomore, 3.84, Business
Uldis Tazans, Senior, 3.35, Physical Education
Nicholas Theunissen, Sophomore, 3.79, International Business
Brandon Weissman, Senior, 4.00, Accounting
 
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