Three UW-Platteville student-athletes earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District College Division track and field/cross country honors.
National champions Marcia Taddy and Tony Kilburg earned first team honors, while Jessica Scott earned second team accolades in District 5, which comprises all non-Division I athletes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and Illinois.
Taddy is a 17-time NCAA III all-American and eight-time national champion from Two Rivers, Wis. She carries a 3.62 grade-point average in biology and ornamental horticulture. Kilburg, a member of the national championship distance medley relay at the 2008 NCAA III indoor nationals, has a 3.89 grade-point average in engineering physics and mathematics. The Bellevue, Iowa native just completed his junior year at UWP. Scott, a junior from Kiel, Wis. won the 800-meter run at the indoor nationals and earned all-America honors at the outdoor meet. She has a 3.64 grade-point average in biology/pre-physical therapy.
The district awards are voted upon by sports information directors nationwide. Taddy and Kilburg will now go on the national ballot for Academic All-America honors.
District 5 Winners
College Division
FIRST TEAM
Liz Faller WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE, UNIVERSITY OF Sr. Marinette, Wis. 3.98 Kinesiology
Rachel Anderson ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Sr. Clinton, Ill. 3.79 Business Administration
Nicole Umhoefer BETHEL UNIVERSITY (MN) Sr. Sauk Centre, Minn. 3.96 Nursing
Katie Theisen ST. THOMAS (MN), UNIVERSITY OF Jr. Elko, Minn. 4.00 Biology
Keli Coleman AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (IL) Jr. Grayslake, Ill. 3.80 Biology/Pre-Medicine
Beth Lutz WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE, UNIVERSITY OF Jr. Eau Claire, Wis. 3.98 Physics Education
Marcia Taddy WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE, UNIVERSITY OF Sr. Two Rivers, Wis. 3.62 Biology and Ornamental Horticulture
Rachel Krasich ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Gr. Westfield, Indiana 3.90, 1st semester grad Chemistry/Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Caitlin Schetter WISCONSIN -LA CROSSE, UNIVERSITY OF Jr. Kiel, Wis. 3.68 Communication Studies
Appie Hirve CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF Sr. Burke, Va. 3.69 Economics
Krista Hasselquist WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS, UNIVERSITY OF Sr. Osceola, Wis. 3.71 Health & Human Performance
SECOND TEAM
Nikki Arola ST. THOMAS (MN), UNIVERSITY OF So. Chisholm, Minn. 3.95 Psychology
Morgan Jacquette AURORA UNIVERSITY So. Grayslake, Ill. 4.00 Elementary Education
Amber Hertz WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE, UNIVERSITY OF Sr. Baraboo, Wis. 3.92 Biochemistry
Jessica Scott WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE, UNIVERSITY OF Jr. Kiel, Wis. 3.64 Biology - Pre-Physical Therapy
Katelin Rains MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO Jr. Spring Lake Park, Minn. 3.41 Elementary Education
Katherine Wingert CARLETON COLLEGE Sr. Coronado, Calif. 3.78 Cognitive Science
Heather DeLany MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Sr. West Bend, Wis. 3.89 Architectural Engineering
Laura Edlund GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE Sr. Forest Lake, Minn. 3.91 History and Secondary Education
Becca Jordahl WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS, UNIVERSITY OF Jr. Pocatello, Idaho 3.49 Exercise Science
Hannah Humbach WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE, UNIVERSITY OF So. Madison, Wis. 3.95 Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
District 5 Winners
College Division
Thomas Reives ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. 3.98 Mechanical Engineering
Zach Rodgers CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF Sr. Nashville, Tenn. 3.96 Biology, chemistry, physics (triple major)
Chris Erichsen SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY (MN) Sr. Spring Valley, Minn. 3.79 Economics
Kyle Steiner WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT, UNIVERSITY OF Sr. Grafton, WI 3.79 Biology
Jim Beatty AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (IL) Sr. Antioch, Ill. 3.98 History
P.J. Theisen ST. THOMAS (MN), UNIVERSITY OF Sr. New Prague, Minn. 3.93 Accounting
Eric Buss SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY (MN) Jr. Coon Rapids, Minn. 3.75 Mathematics, Physics
Drew Hood GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE Sr. Mankato, Minn. 3.93 Economics
Sam Johnson WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE, UNIVERSITY OF Jr. Deer Park, Wis. 3.94 Physics
Ted McMillan AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (IL) Jr. Cordova, Ill. 3.52 Chemistry
Tony Kilburg WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE, UNIVERSITY OF Jr. Bellevue, Iowa 3.89 Engineering Physics and Mathematics
SECOND TEAM
Carl Gladitsch BETHEL UNIVERSITY (MN) Jr. Bloomer, Wis. 3.77 Biology B.S.
Michael Burris ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY So. Terre Haute, Ind. 3.91 Mechanical Engineering
Adam Kleinmaus WISCONSIN -LA CROSSE, UNIVERSITY OF Sr. New Berlin, Wis. 3.93 Accounting
Jacuqes DuPre MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY Jr. Rockford, Ill. 3.74 Biology/Pre-Dental
Chris deLaubenfels GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE Sr. Mount Vernon, Iowa 3.71 Political Science and Philosophy
Geoff Lambert WABASH COLLEGE Sr. Chesterton, Ind. 3.38 History
Taylor Ferda BETHEL UNIVERSITY (MN) So. Whitefish, Mont. 3.93 Social Studies education 5-12
Russell Geisthardt LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY Sr. Bloomer, Wis 3.87 Physics
Brandon Mull WHEATON COLLEGE (IL) Sr. Rockford, Ill. 3.27 Business and Economics
