Mankato, Minn. — The Minnesota State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics hosted the 27th Annual Maverick Achievement Awards and Senior Honors Dinner Sunday and 57 student-athletes were honored as Maverick Achievement Award recipients.
 
Since 1986 the Maverick Achievement Awards program, which is sponsored by Federated Insurance, has sought to recognize true student-athletes at Minnesota State. Requirements for the award stipulate that recipients be seniors, letterwinners and have a grade point average of 3.00 or better entering their senior year of competition. A total of 915 student-athletes have been honored as Maverick Achievement Award recipients since the program’s inception.
 
2012-13 Maverick Achievement Award Recipients

Name	Sport	Major	Hometown
Emilia Andersson	Hockey	Family Consumer Science	Stockholm, Sweden
Jacob Bastyr	Cross Country	Physical Education	Owatonna, Minn.
Kayla Berning	Volleyball	Mass Communications	Anoka, Minn.
Nicole Blum	Swimming	Social Work	Diamond Bar, Calif.
Philip Cook	Hockey	Sport Management	Wheaton, Ill.
Annie Dahl	Track and Field	Dental Hygiene	Cashton, Wis.
Samantha Dale	Volleyball	Family Consumer Science	Alexandria, Minn.
Brandi Dohmen*	Tennis	Spanish	Portage, Wis.
Nicole Dooher	Soccer	Exercise Science	New Hope, Minn.
Michael Eckhart	Baseball	Management	Boone, Iowa
Eryn Edgerton	Softball	Elementary Education	Wausau, Wis.
Garrett Eklof	Cross Country	Electrical Engineering	Madison, Wis.
Tyler Elbrecht	Hockey	Marketing	Edwardsville, Ill.
Lauren Finley*	Swimming	Psychology	North Pole, Alaska
Jonathan Flattery	Baseball	Management	Fort Dodge, Iowa
Chelsea Fogarty	Volleyball	Exercise Science	Belle Plaine, Minn.
Alex Folk	Wrestling	Automotive Engineering	Janesville, Wis.
Emma Grumke	Soccer	Accounting	Waunakee, Wis.
Audom Hathaway	Track and Field	Alcohol and Drug Studies	Byron, Minn.
Eriah Hayes	Hockey	Sport Management	LaCrescent, Minn.
Brittany Henry	Soccer	Sport Management	Stillwater, Minn.
Ross Jirgl	Football	Human Biology	Wausau, Wis.
Tandy Juell	Track and Field	Exercise Science	Redwood Falls, Minn.
Benjamin Keller	Baseball	Mechanical Engineering	Andover, Minn.
Joshua LaPlante	Football	Elementary Education	Chatfield, Minn.
Scott Lindner	Baseball	Accounting	Eden Prairie, Minn.
Grant Luer	Track and Field	Exercise Science	Menomonie, Wis.
Kelsey Magnusson*	Cross Country	Elementary Education	Rosemount, Minn.
Erika Magnusson	Hockey	Plant Science/Ecology	Fergus Falls, Minn,
Amber McHugh*	Swimming	Psychology	Lewisville, Texas
Courtney McKelvogue*	Softball	Special Education	West Des Moines, Iowa
Moriah Miller	Track and Field	Dental Hygiene	Centerville, Minn.
Lianna Morrow	Soccer	Human Biology	Brookings, S.D.
Evan Mosey	Hockey	Sport Management	Downers Grove, Ill.
Nicholas Nelson	Track and Field	Law Enforcement	Lakeville, Minn.
Jenna Peterson	Softball	Sport Management	Hopkins, Minn.
Haley Petterson	Soccer	Physical Education	Evansville, Wis.
Megan Pickert	Swimming	Human Biology	Berthoud, Colo.
Taylor Post	Golf	Accounting	Orono, Minn.
Marissa Reeve	Swimming	Health Education	Prospect Heights, Ill.
Kathleen Reynolds	Basketball	Correctional Law	Sioux City, Iowa
Hailey Robb	Tennis	Mass Communications	Burnsville, Minn.
Jennifer Rogers*	Cross Country	English	Apple Valley, Minn.
Austin Schachtner	Football	Human Biology	Humboldt, Iowa
Laura Schuneman	Track and Field	Exercise Science	Arlington, Minn.
Lauren Smith	Hockey	Law Enforcement	Burnsville, Minn.
Lauren Somers	Soccer	Finance	Bloomington, Minn.
Abby Sonner	Softball	Elementary Education	Johnston, Iowa
Courteney Steinhauser	Volleyball	Special Education	New Ulm, Minn.
Ashley Sykora	Soccer	Corrections	Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Tabetha Temperly	Swimming	Exercise Science	East Dubuque, Ill.
Alyssa Van Klei	Basketball	Math-Education	Stillwater, Minn.
Cassie Weik	Soccer	Criminal Investigation	Oakdale, Minn.
Gregory Werner	Golf	Exercise Science	Farmington, Minn.
Brianne West	Soccer	Biology	Omaha, Neb.
Mahlon Zimmerman	Baseball	Accounting	Renville, Minn.
Lauren Zrust	Hockey	Physical Education	Blaine, Minn.

*MSU’s NSIC Myles Brand Award Winners