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MVNU Has Record 28 NAIA Scholar-Athletes in 2009-2010
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (7-13-2010) - The Mount Vernon Nazarene University sports teams combined to produce a school-record 28 NAIA Scholar-Athletes over the course of the 2009-2010 academic and athletic year.
     
Kristin Kurelic Cody Snouffer Kodi Veale

The MVNU women's fastpitch softball team and men’s soccer team had the most honorees as six players from each team were recognized. Junior second baseman Kristin Kurelic led the women's fastpitch softball team and all of MVNU's honorees with a 3.96 grade point average, while teammates Lauretta Wallace (3.84), Tasha Konkle (3.75), Liz Misich (3.67), Caitlin Murphy (3.61), and Stephanie Burlew (3.57) joined her in being honored.  Junior forward Cody Snouffer led the way on the men's soccer team with a 3.93 grade point average, and he was joined by teammates Chris Mast (3.84), Brady Swanson (3.81), Jake Reber (3.70), Scott Spangler (3.69), and Kemar Jackson (3.64).

The MVNU women’s soccer team and the men's basketball team each had four players recognized with the women's soccer team led by senior defender Angie Misamore (3.82)and men's basketball led by Swanson (3.81) - the only MVNU two-sport recipient this year.  Jenessa Loewen (3.77), Mara Hughes (3.71), and Denče Stentz (3.57) rounded out the women's soccer honorees, while Jonathan Gurney (3.75), Travis Brown (3.63), and Bryce Sanborn (3.62) were the men's basketball recipients.

The MVNU women’s volleyball team had two players honored - Courtney Springer (3.89) and Sarah Yutzy (3.56) - as did the men’s cross country team - Mark Porostosky (3.80) and Kenny Alexander (3.73), the women's basketball team - Kellie Jokela (3.71) and Kelli Pollock (3.69), and the baseball team - Kodi Veale (3.92) and Matt Parks (3.88).

Kristin Kurelic 3.96 Jr Journalism Softball
Cody Snouffer 3.93 Jr Spanish & Intercultural Studies Men's Soccer
Kodi Veale 3.92 Sr Biology/Exercise Studies Baseball
Courtney Springer 3.89 Sr Biology Women's Volleyball
Matt Parks 3.88 Sr Integrated Math Education Baseball
Lauretta Wallace 3.84 Sr Early Childhood Education Softball
Chris Mast 3.84 Jr Accounting & Financial Management Men's Soccer
Angie Misamore 3.82 Sr Nursing Women's Soccer
Brady Swanson 3.81 Sr Spanish & PE/Health Education Men's Soccer & Basketball
Mark Porostosky 3.80 Sr General Music Men's Cross Country
Jenessa Loewen 3.77 Jr Physical Education/Health Education Women's Soccer
Jonathan Gurney 3.75 Sr Financial Management Men's Basketball
Tasha Konkle 3.75 Sr Exercise Studies Softball
Kenny Alexander 3.73 Sr Biology Men's Cross Country
Mara Hughes 3.71 Sr Psychology Women's Soccer
Kellie Jokela 3.71 Jr Exercise Studies/Sports Management Women's Basketball
Jake Reber 3.70 Jr English Men's Soccer
Kelli Pollock 3.69 Jr Criminal Justice Women's Basketball
Scott Spangler 3.69 Sr Financial Management Men's Soccer
Liz Misich 3.67 Jr Art Softball
Kemar Jackson 3.64 Jr Criminal Justice & Psychology Men's Soccer
Travis Brown 3.63 Sr Sports Management/Exercise Studies Men's Basketball
Bryce Sanborn 3.62 Sr Business/Sports Management Men's Basketball
Caitlin Murphy 3.61 Sr Business Administration Softball
Stephanie Burlew 3.57 Jr Early Childhood Education Softball
Denče Stentz 3.57 Jr Biology Women's Soccer
Sarah Yutzy 3.56 Jr Social Work Women's Volleyball

Student-athletes must be a junior or a senior with a 3.50 or higher grade point average to be recognized.  The previous high for MVNU in a year was 19 set in 2008-2009.

 

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