KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Fort Hays State men's and women's indoor track and field teams placed nearly 50 student-athletes on the 2025-26 MIAA Academic Honor Roll, announced Monday (April 13) by the conference office. The men had 27 athletes mentioned, while the women were represented by 21 individuals.
 
Eight Tigers earned additional honors, including seven winners of the MIAA Academic Excellence Award and one recipient of the MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award.
 
Trevor Christensen, Elijah McCullough, Emery Wolfe, Margaret Browning, Abbye Hudson, Kyra Nippert and Emma Weiner all took home the MIAA Academic Excellence Award for continuing to maintain a perfect 4.00 GPA.
 
Emily Diercks-McCullough earned the MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award, given to student-athletes with a GPA of 3.50 or higher that earned All-MIAA honors that season, for the fifth time in her career.
 
Others from the men's team listed on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll include Avrey Albright, Josiah Ball, Brody Burns, Dean Clark, Brady Conway, Christian Darrah, Brady Deges, Kaiden Esfeld, Cole Krug, Kurtis McCormick, Chayse McCullough, Samuel Molt, Braylon Moore, Noah Morenz, Nakari Morrical-Palmer, Mayan Paz, Ty Raulston, Spencer Rich, Drew Tolar, Dylan Velasco, Andrew Waller, Ian Weich, Rylan White, and Mason Younger.
 
Additional honorees on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll from the women's team include Annabeth Baalmann, Keziah Bachman, Eden Bathurst, Liberty Booker, Amelia Foster, Brynlee Frank, Jayme Hagerman, Ashlyn Harbaugh, Taylor Hoskinson, Donna Jackson, Chloe Mader, Reba Mader, Liz Moore, Brenna Murphy, Makenzie Premer and Emma Slade.
 
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.
 

2025-26 Men's Indoor Track & Field MIAA Academic Honor Roll
Name	GPA	Major
Avrey Albright	3.67	Management (Operations Management)
Josiah Ball	3.82	Information Networking and Telecommunications (Cybersecurity)
Brody Burns	3.18	Accounting
Trevor Christensen	4.00	Health and Human Performance (Sports Management/Recreation)
Dean Clark	3.65	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Brady Conway	3.54	Geosciences (Geography)
Christian Darrah	3.54	Health and Human Performance (Sport and Exercise Therapy)
Brady Deges	3.27	Agriculture (Agronomy)
Kaiden Esfeld	3.77	Technology Studies (Construction Management)
Cole Krug	3.94	Technology Studies (Construction Management)
Kurtis McCormick	3.78	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Chayse McCullough	3.08	Health and Human Performance
Elijah McCullough	4.00	Management Information Systems
Samuel Molt	3.25	Health and Human Performance (Sport and Exercise Therapy)
Braylon Moore	3.54	Biology
Noah Morenz	3.87	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Nakari Morrical-Palmer	3.00	Accounting (Finance)
Mayan Paz	3.57	Political Science
Ty Raulston	3.78	Computer Science
Spencer Rich	3.89	Health and Human Performance (Sport and Exercise Therapy)
Drew Tolar	3.07	Technology Studies (Construction Management)
Dylan Velasco	3.22	Criminal Justice
Andrew Waller	3.65	Technology Studies (Technology Education)
Ian Weich	3.47	Management (Entrepreneurship)
Rylan White	3.57	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Emery Wolfe	4.00	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Mason Younger	3.78	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)

 

2025-26 Women's Indoor Track & Field MIAA Academic Honor Roll
Name	GPA	Major
Annabeth Baalmann	3.23	Agricultural Business
Keziah Bachman	3.92	Health and Human Performance (Exercise Science)
Eden Bathurst	3.81	Art (Graphic Design)
Liberty Booker	3.04	Agriculture (Animal Science)
Margaret Browning	4.00	Medical Diagnostic Imaging
Amelia Foster	3.35	Agriculture (Agronomy)
Brynlee Frank	3.59	Finance (Financial Planning)
Jayme Hagerman	3.64	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Ashlyn Harbaugh	3.13	Elementary Education
Taylor Hoskinson	3.23	History (Secondary Education)
Abbye Hudson	4.00	Elementary Education
Donna Jackson	3.23	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Chloe Mader	3.72	Marketing
Reba Mader	3.49	Accounting (Public Accounting)
* Emily Diercks-McCullough	3.84	Health and Human Performance
Liz Moore	3.93	Pre-Nursing
Brenna Murphy	3.72	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)
Kyra Nippert	4.00	Communication Sciences and Disorders
Makenzie Premer	3.85	Biology (Health Professions)
Emma Slade	3.88	Pre-Nursing
Emma Weiner	4.00	Health and Human Performance (Sport & Exercise Therapy)

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