By Kirsten Carney, Sports Information Director
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference named 22 student-athletes to the spring All-Academic team.
The 2019 SLIAC Spring All-Academic Team is represented by 192 student-athletes from across the conference. Athletes from baseball, men’s golf, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s track & field are eligible for the honor. Recipients must hold a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average, be at least a sophomore in academic standing, and have been at their institution for at least one full year.
The following student-athletes represented Westminster on the list:
| Branden Beeler | Jr. | Baseball | Kirksville, Mo. | Secondary Education |
| Ian Cassidy | Sr. | Baseball | Ballwin, Mo. | Secondary Education |
| Ryan Clavin | Jr. | Baseball | St. Louis | Business Communication and Administration |
| Andrew Boessen | Jr. | Baseball | Jefferson City, Mo. | Business Administration |
| Alex Dickneite | Sr. | Baseball | Westphalia, Mo. | Business Administration |
| Zach Eisenreich | Jr. | Baseball | Blue Springs, Mo. | Mathematical Sciences |
| Ryan Klimkiewicz | Sr. | Baseball | St. Peters, Mo. | Secondary Education |
| Tanner Nowatzki | Jr. | Baseball | Kansas City, Mo. | Accounting |
| Trevor Rhoads | Jr. | Baseball | St. Charles, Mo. | Accounting and Finance |
| Rob Shifrin | Jr. | Baseball | Chesterfield, Mo. | Health and Wellness |
| Will Stonecipher | Jr. | Baseball | Wildwood, Mo. | Business Administration and Accounting |
| Andrew Bennett | Jr. | Men’s Golf | St. Louis, Mo. | Political Science |
| Sawyer Breland | Jr. | Men’s Golf | Seymour, Mo. | Computer Science |
| Brooklyn Bledsoe | So. | Softball | Eldon, Mo. | Early Childhood Education |
| Brooke Laidley | Jr. | Softball | Belleville, Ill. | Health and Wellness, Business Administration |
| Jordan Milam | So. | Softball | Wentzville, Mo. | Psychology |
| Katie Price | Jr. | Softball | Ashland, Mo. | Math, Economics, Spanish |
| Josh Udinyiwe | So. | Men’s Tennis | Boonville, Mo. | Biochemistry |
| Philip Udinyiwe | So. | Men’s Tennis | Boonville, Mo. | Biochemistry |
| Allison Frisella | Jr. | Women’s Tennis | St. Louis, Mo. | Political Science |
| Alexz McPherson | Jr. | Women’s Tennis | Kennett, Mo. | Biochemistry |
| Natalie Tiffany | Jr. | Women’s Tennis | Columbia, Mo. | Biology and Exercise Science |
| Jessie Kuykendall | Sr. | Track and Field | Warsaw, Mo. | Health Psychology and Exercise Science |
Sarah Rummel Backer is the Director of Media Relations and Senior Writer at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. A proud Westminster graduate, Sarah has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and strategic communications in the areas of higher education, medicine, agriculture, and the private business sector.
