ANNVILLE, Pa. – This week the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) is announced their Academic All-MAC teams for the Winter of 2022-23 and the Spring of 2023. The Academic All-MAC teams recognize the top student-athletes both in the classroom and in athletic competition during the past two seasons. As a department, the Falcons claimed 19 total honors with eight winter accolades and 11 spring laurels. The men's swimming, women's swimming, women's lacrosse, and men's volleyball programs led the Falcons with three honors a piece.
The MAC sports information directors nominate and vote on the Academic All-MAC teams, giving 50 percent weight on both academic and athletic success. A student-athlete must have a spring semester grade-point average (GPA) of 3.20 or higher to be eligible for the award.
See below for a complete list of Messiah student-athletes to earn Academic All-MAC honors.
Women's Basketball
Reese Harden – Jr. – 4.00 spring GPA, Health & Phys Educ: K-12 Teach – First Team All-Conference … College Sports Communicators All-District … 12.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.9 apg, 47 steals, 12 blocks
Indoor Men's Track and Field
Logan Horst – Sr. – 4.00 spring GPA, Civil Engineering – MAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year … At MAC Indoor Championships: 1st in Mile, 1st in 3,000, 2nd in Distance Medley Relay, 3rd in 800 Meter Relay … College Sports Communicators All-District
Men's Swimming
PJ Cronauer – So. – 3.52 spring GPA, Mechanical Engineering - At MAC Championships: 1st in 1650 Freestyle
Mark Lukens – Sr. – 4.00 spring GPA, Applied Health Science - At MAC Championships: 1st in 200 Medley Relay - 2nd in 400 Medley Relay - 200 Freestyle Relay
Isaac McCabe – Sr. – 4.00 spring GPA, Psychology - College Sports Communicators All-District … At MAC Championships: 1st in 200 Medley Relay - 2nd in 400 Medley Relay - 3rd in 100 Breast
Women's Swimming
Erin Goudie – So. – 3.94 spring GPA, Education Cert Grades PreK-4 – At MAC Championships: 1st in 400 Medley Relay, 2nd in 100 Butterfly, 2nd in 200 Butterfly, 2nd in 200 Medley Relay
Marie Hagemaster – Jr. – At MAC Championships: 1st in 400 Medley Relay, 1st in 800 Freestyle Relay, 1st in 400 Freestyle Relay, 2nd in 200 Freestyle, 2nd in 500 Freestyle
Grace Schad – Fr. – At MAC Championships: 1st in 100 Backstroke, 1st in 400 Medley Relay, 2nd in 200 Medley Relay
Baseball
Sam Zercher – Sr. – 4.00 spring GPA, Applied Health Science - Third Team ABCA All-Region … Third Team d3baseball.com All-Region … First Team All-Conference … .355/.453/.716, 11 home runs, 41 RBI, 35 runs, 14 doubles, 1.169 OPS … Set a new Messiah single season home run record with 11
Softball
Elianna Litwin – Sr. – 3.48 spring GPA, Psychology – First Team NFCA First Team All-Region … First Team All-Conference … .415/.486/.593, 3 homers, 39 RBI, 30 runs, 16 walks, 8 strikeouts, 14 extra-base hits, 4 stolen bases
Women's Lacrosse
Rachel Delate – Sr. – 4.00 spring GPA, Finance – Second Team IWLCA All-American … First Team IWLCA All-Region … MAC Commonwealth Attacker of the Year … First Team All-Conference … 57 goals, 43 assists, 100 points, 25 ground balls, 16 caused turnovers, 64 draw controls … MAC Senior Scholar Athlete … NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee
Grace Gormley – Sr. – 4.00 spring GPA, Human Develop. & Family Sci. – First Team IWLCA All-American … First Tea IWLCA All-Region … MAC Commonwealth Defender of the Year … First Team All-Conference … 68 ground balls, 54 caused turnovers, 82 draw controls, 3 goals, 3 points
Emma Hagg – So. – 3.95 spring GPA, Accounting – Third Team USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American … Second Team IWLCA All-Region … First Team All-Conference … 35 ground balls, 31 caused turnovers, 4 draw controls, 1 assist
Men's Tennis
Connor Rose – Sr. – 3.68 spring GPA, Communication – First Team All-Conference … 7-7 singles record at No. 1 singles, 10-5 doubles record at No. 1 doubles
Chase Wilson – So. – 3.71 spring GPA, Applied Health Science - 8-6 singles record at No. 1, 9-6 doubles record at No. 1
Outdoor Men's Track and Field
Logan Horst – Sr. – 4.00 spring GPA, Civil Engineering - At MAC Outdoor Championships: 1st in 1,500, 1st in 3,000, 3rd in 4x800 Meter Relay … College Sports Communicators All-District
Men's Volleyball
Nate Bowman – Sr. – 3.61 spring GPA, Computer & Information Science – Second Team All-Conference … 146 kills, 1.43 kills/set, .394 hitting%, 49 digs, 60 total blocks, 0.59 blocks/set, 194.5 points
Mason Nissley – Sr. – 4.00 spring GPA, Finance – First Team AVCA All-American … First Team AVCA All-Region … Conference Co-Player of the Year … First Team All-Conference … MAC Senior Scholar-Athlete … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … College Sports Communicators First Team Academic All-American … 514 kills, 4.94 kills/set, .277 hitting %, 42 service aces, 0.40 aces/set, 163 digs, 1.57 digs/set, 37 total blocks, 579.5 points, 5.57 points/set
Matt Knab – Gr. – 3.65 spring GPA, Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership – Second Team AVCA All-American … First Team AVCA All-Region … First Team All-Conference … 1,163 assists, 10.48 assists/set, 81 service aces, 0.73 aces/set, 62 kills, .309 hitting %, 145 digs, 1.31 digs/set, 44 total blocks, 170.5 points
