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) |