KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Fort Hays State men's and women's outdoor track and field teams placed a combined 35 student-athletes on the 2025 MIAA Academic Honor Roll, announced Wednesday (June 4) by the conference office. The women had 18 athletes mentioned, while the men were represented by 17 individuals.
 
Six Tigers took home additional honors, including five winners of the MIAA Academic Excellence Award and one recipient of the MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award.
 
Abbye Hudson, Kylin Rudzik, Jessica Saunders, Hayden Albright and Emery Wolfe all took home the MIAA Academic Excellence Award for continuing to maintain a perfect 4.00 GPA. It is the seventh-such honor for Saunders, a senior thrower from Lehigh, Kan., and the fifth for Rudzik, a junior that competes in the multis from Meade, Kan. Both Hudson, a sophomore distance runner from Cheney, Kan., and Wolfe, a sophomore mid-distance runner from Wamego, Kan., earned the award for the fourth time in their career, while it is the first for Albright, a senior sprinter from Kingman, Kan.
 
Emily Diercks completed the year-long sweep of the MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award, picking up the honor in cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field.
 
Additional Tigers listed on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll from the men's team include Avrey Albright, Dean Clark, Cole Darling, Brady Deges, Ethan Emmons, Kaiden Esfeld, Kurtis McCormick, Chayse McCullough, Noah Morenz, Nakari Morrical-Palmer, Ben Pahls, Mayan Paz, Ethan Salmans, William Tice and Andrew Waller.
 
Other members of the women's team on the list include Annabeth Baalmann, Liberty Booker, Kieran Burke, Alayna Cossaart, Emily Diercks, Amelia Foster, Jayme Hagerman, Ashlyn Harbaugh, Donna Jackson, Kaitlin Lindstrom, Chloe Mader, Reba Mader, Brenna Murphy, Abby Rueschhoff and Madison Sutterfield.
 
An MIAA Academic Excellence Award recipient must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 4.00 or better at the certifying member institution. The honoree also must have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.
 
To qualify as a Scholar-Athlete an individual must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.50 at the certifying member institution. They must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. The student-athlete must also earn All-MIAA honors during the current season.
 
To be recognized on the Academic Honor Roll, one must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.00 at the certifying member institution. The individual must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.
 
First-year student-athletes, including transfers and true freshmen, will be recognized at the conclusion of the school year when they meet the two terms of attendance requirement.
 

2025 Women's Outdoor Track and Field MIAA Academic Honor Roll
Name	GPA	Major
Annabeth Baalmann	3.13	Agricultural Business
Liberty Booker	3.04	Agriculture (Animal Science)
Kieran Burke	3.89	Nursing
Alayna Cossaart	3.40	Nursing
* Emily Diercks	3.82	Health and Human Performance
Amelia Foster	3.25	Agriculture (Agronomy)
Jayme Hagerman	3.52	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Ashlyn Harbaugh	3.13	Elementary Education
Abbye Hudson	4.00	Elementary Education
Donna Jackson	3.13	Medical Diagnostic Imaging (Pre-MDI)
Kaitlin Lindstrom	3.46	Elementary Education
Chloe Mader	3.78	Marketing
Reba Mader	3.47	Accounting (Public Accounting)
Brenna Murphy	3.71	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Kylin Rudzik	4.00	Health and Human Performance (K-12 Teaching/Coaching)
Abby Rueschhoff	3.75	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Jessica Saunders	4.00	Accounting (Public Accounting)
Madison Sutterfield	3.03	Nursing (Pre-Nursing)

 

2025 Men's Outdoor Track and Field MIAA Academic Honor Roll
Academic Level	GPA	Major
Avrey Albright	3.68	Management (Operations Management)
Hayden Albright	4.00/ 3.78	Professional Studies (Information Assurance Management)
Dean Clark	3.64	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Cole Darling	3.56	Information Networking & Telecommunications (Cybersecurity)
Brady Deges	3.22	Agriculture (Agronomy)
Ethan Emmons	3.52	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Kaiden Esfeld	3.83	Technology Studies (Construction Management)
Kurtis McCormick	3.75	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Chayse McCullough	3.05	Health and Human Performance
Noah Morenz	3.85	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Nakari Morrical-Palmer	3.19	Finance
Ben Pahls	3.07	Information Networking & Telecommunications (Digital Media Production and Journalism)
Mayan Paz	3.61	Political Science
Ethan Salmans	3.87	Philosophy (Pre-Theological)
William Tice	3.87	Agriculture (Agronomy Business)
Andrew Waller	3.58	Technology Studies (Technology Education)
Emery Wolfe	4.00	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)

* indicates MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award
Bold indicates MIAA Academic Excellence Award