Stars Get it done in the classroom and on the field

Stars Get it done in the classroom and on the field

With the conclusion of the 2017-18 year the Lansing Community College Stars recieved numerous individual, team, and program honors.  Starting with the later, the LCC Stars won the Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) All Sports Award for the third consecutive year.  This award is given to the athletic program that had the best aggragate finish when calculating the average finish of each sport that the institution offers of those sponsored by the MCCAA.  With a score of 88.44 leading the way the Stars closest competition was Macomb CC with a score of 78.5, the closest anyone has come to the Stars in the three years they have won the award.

For the teams, both the mens' and women's cross country teams won conference championships, 20 consectutive for the men and 5th consecutive for the women.  The Stars softball team won it's third consective MCCAA Western Conference title, second consecutive MCCAA State Championship and third consecutive NJCAA District Championship send them to the world series, again for the third straight year.  The Stars baseball team won it's second consecutive MCCAA Eastern Conference championship qualifying for the NJCAA District championships.  Volleyball, Men's Basketball, and Women's Basketball all finished respectibly earning post season appearances capping off another phenominal year of competition for the Stars Athletic Program.

Besides the accolades the Stars earned on the fields of play, they also excelled in the classroom.  Six of the Stars nine programs earned team academic honors as Academic All American Teams, 41 individual Academic All American Honors, and 59 individual Academic All Conference and/or All State Honors.  The individual honors for All Conference and All State was the most by any institution in the MCCAA.  The lists are below.

 

Lansing Community College Softball Academic All American Team, Academic All MCCAA (3.32 Team GPA)
Lansing Community College Women's Basketball Academic All American Team, Academic All Conference Team (3.01 Team GPA)
Lansing Community College Men's Cross Country Academic All American Team, Academic All Conference Team (3.11 Team GPA)
Lansing Community College Women's Cross Country Academic All American Team, Academic All MCCAA (3.25 Team GPA)
Lansing Community College Women's Outdoor Track and Field Academic All American Team (3.33 Team GPA)
Lansing Community College Men's Outdoor Track and Field Academic All American Team (3.15 Team GPA)
     
     
Michael Maher Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Brendan Baker Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Michael Barno Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Dennis Cantrell Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Duncan Gillett Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Brady Leppek Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Connor McCarron Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Hunter Ruhstorfer Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Jacob Songer Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Michael Stygles Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Cullen Turner Baseball Academic All-Conference (3.0 GPA or higher)
Trace Woodworth Baseball Academic All-Conference (3.0 GPA or higher)
Zach Yarger Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Anthony Zurke Baseball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Shawn Bell Men's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Andrew Carlock Men's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Dakota Dietz Men's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Deion Feldpausch Men's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Joel Holzhausen Men's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Elliott Lipe Men's Cross Country Academic All-Conference (3.0 GPA or higher)
Kyle Markley Men's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Robert McQuaid Men's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Kyle Rummel Men's Cross Country Academic All-Conference (3.0 GPA or higher)
Luke Sakkinen Men's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Jack Youngblood Men's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Tyler Adkins Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Kelly Bunek Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Ashley Cross Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Rebecca Curtis Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Natalia Engelhardt Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Gabriel Hoaglund Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Hannah Horvath Softball Academic All-Conference (3.0 GPA or higher)
Taylor Hulett Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Mikailah Jackson Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Haley McDonald Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
McKenna Musser Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Connor Proctor Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Sara Reinhardt Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Jodi Van Pelt Softball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Morgan Daily Volleyball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Madison David Volleyball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
McKenzie Kench Volleyball Academic All-Conference (3.0 GPA or higher)
Kaycee Richmond Volleyball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Silvia Strieff Volleyball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Hannah Whiteman Volleyball Academic All-Conference (3.0 GPA or higher)
Lindsay Crim  Women's Basketball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Alexandria Curtis Women's Basketball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Kelsey Finch Women's Basketball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Jacqulyn Kolnitys Women's Basketball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Jaylynn Williams Women's Basketball Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Emily Cockerill Women's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Annika Crosswhite Women's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Haley Dack Women's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Emma Distelrath Women's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Emma Fifarek Women's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Alyssa Mankey Women's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Kirsten McGahan Women's Cross Country Academic All-Conference (3.0 GPA or higher)
Autumn Tuck Women's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Taylor Ward Women's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
Emily Wohlfert Women's Cross Country Academic All-MCCAA (3.2 GPA or higher)
     
     
     
Emily Wohlfert Cross Country, Outdoor Track and Field First Team Academic All American (4.0 GPA or higher)
Dennis Cantrell Baseball First Team Academic All American (4.0 GPA or higher)
Annika Crosswhite Cross Country, Outdoor Track & Field First Team Academic All American (4.0 GPA or higher)
Emma Distelrath Outdoor Track & Field, Cross Country First Team Academic All American (4.0 GPA or higher)
McKenna Musser Softball First Team Academic All American (4.0 GPA or higher)
Jacob Songer Baseball Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Shawn Bell Cross Country, Outdoor Track & Field Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Kelly Bunek Softball Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Emily Cockerill Outdoor Track & Field, Cross Country Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Lindsay Crim Basketball Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Ashley Cross Softball Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Morgan Daily Volleyball Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Dakota Dietz Outdoor Track & Field Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Emma Fifarek Cross Country, Outdoor Track & Field Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Kelsey Finch Basketball Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Duncan Gillett Baseball Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Gabriel Hoaglund Softball Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Joel Holzhausen Outdoor Track & Field, Cross Country Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Haley McDonald Softball Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Robert McQuaid Outdoor Track & Field, Cross Country Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Laura Nemeth Outdoor Track & Field Second Team Academic All American (3.8-3.99 GPA)
Jodi VanPelt Softball Third Team Academic All American (3.6-3.79 GPA)
Taylor Ward Cross Country, Outdoor Track & Field Third Team Academic All American (3.6-3.79 GPA)
Zach Yarger Baseball Third Team Academic All American (3.6-3.79 GPA)
Brendan Baker Baseball Third Team Academic All American (3.6-3.79 GPA)
Madison David Volleyball Third Team Academic All American (3.6-3.79 GPA)
Kyle Markley Outdoor Track & Field, Cross Country Third Team Academic All American (3.6-3.79 GPA)
Connor Proctor Softball Third Team Academic All American (3.6-3.79 GPA)
Luke Sakkinen Cross Country, Outdoor Track & Field Third Team Academic All American (3.6-3.79 GPA)
Sarah Schultz Basketball Third Team Academic All American (3.6-3.79 GPA)