MAC Release
 
CLEVELAND, Ohio – After claiming its 20^th conference crown at the 2018 Mid-American Conference Championship, the Missouri State men's swimming and diving team landed 13 student-athletes on the Academic All-MAC team, announced by the league Monday.
 
The 2018 team was made up of 65 student athletes from six programs in the conference. Eastern Michigan led the league with 17 student athletes on the squad.
 
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.
 
Sophomore Samuel Senn led the Bears and was one of five swimmers around the league with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Thomas Heye and Conner Ripp were the other sophomores to make the team while Bryce Blattner, Minki Kang, Michael Mollak, Artur Osvath, Nicholas Theunissen and Phillip Willett represented the junior class.
 
Canaan Campbell, Kacper Cwiek, William Frisbie and Christopher Heye were the four seniors to make the team.
 

1. Samuel Senn – So., 4.00, Accounting
2. Thomas Heye – So., 3.96, Cell & Molecular Biology
3. Artur Osvath – Jr., 3.91, Finance
4. Canaan Campbell – Sr., 3.90, Administrative Management
5. Kacper Cwiek – Sr., 3.86, Computer Information Systems
6. Nicholas Theunissen – Jr., 3.82, International Business
7. Bryce Blattner – Jr., 3.75, Journalism
8. William Frisbie – Sr., 3.70, Computer Information Systems
9. Christopher Heye – Sr., 3.66, Biology
10. Phillip Willett – Jr., 3.52, Mass Media-Media Production
11. Michael Mollak – Jr., 3.49, Accounting
12. Conner Ripp – So., 3.39, Finance
13. Minki Kang – Jr., 3.27, International Business

 
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