KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Washburn Ichabod men's and women's cross country placed 19 student-athletes on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll that was released today by the league office. In addition, Washburn placed one on the MIAA's Scholar Athlete listing and four on the MIAA Academic Excellence chart.
 
Donald Kibet was the only Ichabod to be named to the MIAA Scholar Athlete list after earning all-MIAA honors as well as having a grade point average of at least 3.50. The nursing major finished the season earning All-American honors by finishing 35^th at the NCAA National Championships leading the Ichabods to a program-best 24^th-place team finish.
 
Sebastiaan Horselenberg (integrated studies), Cheyenne Hittle (accounting), Tessa Jeffery (kinesiology) and Katy Menke (elementary education) were all named to the MIAA Academic Excellence listing for their 4.0 cumulative grade point averages.
 
The 19 Ichabod student-athletes named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll include:
Leo Cossham (Business), Nathan Gray (Kinesiology), Cooper Griffin (History), Sebastiaan Horselenberg (Integrated Studies), Aidan Junior (Nursing), Paul Kamp (Physics), Donald Kibet (Nursing), Shane Mullen (Economics), Nick Petrella (Marketing), Ryan Rochford (Kinesiology), Tommy Roehl (Data Analytics), Jaemon Smith (Exploratory), Trent Zimbelman (Data Analytics), Jolie Evans (Kinesiology), Lexie Fontaine (Occupational Therapy Assistant), Cheyenne Hittle (Accounting), Tessa Jeffery (Kinesiology), Katy Menke (Elementary Education), Eve Weber (Mathematics).
 
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.
 
The teams newcomers will be eligible for the awards at the conclusion of the spring semester after recording their two terms of attendance at Washburn.