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Men’s Track and Field | 6/25/2025 10:31:00 AM

June 24, 2025-Emporia State track and field had a combined nine athletes earn Academic All-District honors as selected by College Sports Communicators. For the men Ty Anderson, Jonah Remsberg, Immanuel Dukpe, Mitch Budke, and a Brooks Lowe were named CSC Academic All-District for their work in the classroom while Mia Manley, Abigael Reid Harelson, Madison Vermetten, Savanah Stewart and Isabel Vikoler were honored for the women.
 
Ty Anderson has a 3.60 GPA in business and earned First-Team All-American honors on the track.  The school record holder in the 100m at 10.13 he finished seventh in the 100m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
Mitch Budke has a 3.93 GPA in social science education and was ranked 16^th in the central region in the javelin.  His mark of 63.26m (207-6) is ranked 35^th nationally.
 
Immanuel Dukpe has a 3.67 GPA in health and human performance and was a two-time First-Team All-American outdoors. A school record holder in the 400m at 46.29 and as a member of the 4x400m relay at 3:06.66 he placed eighth in both events at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
Brooks Lowe maintains a 3.51 GPA in physical education and was ranked seventh nationally with a mark of 69.16m (226-11) in the javelin.
 
Jonah Remsberg maintains a 3.54 GPA in health and human performance and was a two-time Second-Team All-American in the multi-events.  He is ranked second in Emporia State history in the heptathlon with 5,265 points and is second in the decathlon with 7,033 points.  He placed 11th at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the heptathlon and was ninth outdoors in the decathlon.
 
Mia Manley has a 4.00 GPA in elementary education and is ranked second all-time at Emporia State in the pole vault.  She cleared 3.87m (12-08.25) at the ESU Relays to rank 11^th in the region and 29^th in the nation outdoors.
 
Abigael Reid Harelson has a 3.63 GPA in health and human performance and was a second-team All-American in the 400m hurdles.  She ran 59.95 to rank second all-time at Emporia State on her way to the MIAA Championship in the 400m hurdles. She finished 11^th in the nation at the NCAA Championships after entering the competition ranked 23^rd nationally.
 
Savannah Stewart maintains a 3.99 GPA in health and human performance and is ranked tenth all-time in the pole vault at Emporia State both indoors and outdoors. She cleared 3.43m (11-03.00) to rank 34^th in the region outdoors after going over 3.36m (11-00.25) indoors to rank 38^th in the region.
 
Madison Vermetten has a 3.91 GPA in biology and is ranked in the top ten at Emporia State in the weight throw indoors along with the hammer outdoors.  She had a mark of 17.41m (57-01.50) in the indoor weight throw that ranks third all-time at ESU, 14^th in the region, and 35^th in the nation. Her hammer throw of 52.48m (172-2) was 18^th in the region and 55^th in the nation while ranking fifth all-time for the Hornets.
 
Isabel Vikoler had a 3.99 graduate GPA in forensic science and is ranked in the top ten in the multi-events in Emporia State history. She was ranked 19^th in the region in the heptathlon with 4,546 points outdoors while ranking 21^st regionally with 3,125 points in the pentathlon indoors. She was also in the top 50 regionally in the 60m hurdles indoors and long jump outdoors.
 

To be nominated, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically and maintain at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average. They must rank in the top 50 of the region in at least one event in either cross country, indoor or outdoor track & field.
 
The Division II CSC Academic All-America® program is partially supported financially by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the program.
 
Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced July 16. 
 
2025 Emporia State Track & Field CSC Academic All-District Honors

STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific volleyball program stayed in the Northern California area to find its two newest recruits in freshmen Avery LaPlaca from Sacramento and Gracie Armato from Brentwood, bringing Head Coach Greg Gibbons‘ roster up to 15 student-athletes.

LaPlaca, out of Sacramento Country Day High School, lettered three times in her high school career as a defensive specialist compiling over 100 aces and three league titles, highlighted by a trip to the state semi-finals in 2023. A standout student as well, LaPlaca made her high school’s honor roll all four years and will be majoring in Health, Exercise and Sport Science.

She enters the Tiger family already with deep immediate family roots at Pacific as her grandfather, Nick LaPlaca (1968), was a member of both the football and baseball programs while her brother, Nick Santos LaPlaca (2024), was also a member of the baseball program.

Armato, a recent graduate of Heritage High School, ended her high school career as the record holder for single season kills, the league MVP and the BVAL MVP. Also, a prolific student, Armato was a member of her high school honor roll, a scholar athlete, received Heritage High School’s Athletic Director’s Academic Award and a California State Seal of Civic Engagement. While at Pacific, she will be pursuing a degree in business marketing/advertising.

“Avery brings depth at the defensive position and Gracie is a very experienced setter with amazing energy and an extreme competitor. They add a lot to our team and excited to get started,” Gibbons said.

Pacific volleyball returns to the court for its 2025 season on August 29 against Cal Baptist in Northridge, Calif.

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GREENWOOD, Ind. – College Sports Communicators announced its 2024-25 Academic All-District selections for the sports of cross country and track & field with 10 Panthers being recognized for their efforts in the classroom this academic year.
 
Earning Academic All-District honors were Divine Aniamaka, Natalie Block, Cailin Kinas, Jack Misky, Jeremiah Johnson, Lucas Picco, Liam Richards, Isabel Roloff, Olivia VanZeeland, and Kallie Volk.
 
Aniamaka earns his first spot on the CSC Academic All-District Team after earning the Student-Athlete of the Season from the Horizon League this past spring campaign. He was also named a member of the Horizon League All-Academic Team this spring. He currently has a 3.84 GPA while studying biomedical engineering at Milwaukee.
 

Block was named to her second consecutive CSC Academic All-District squad after earning her first distinction a season ago. Like Aniamaka, Block was also named the Spring Student-Athlete of the Season this spring and was also a part of the Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team. Block is in graduate school at Milwaukee and has a 3.95 GPA following her undergraduate degree in biomedical sciences.
 

Kinas earned her second-straight CSC academic distinction following her first honor as a junior in 2024. Kinas made it a clean sweep during the Horizon League season for Milwaukee earning a spot on the All-Academic Team in the fall season with cross country, the winter season with indoor track & field, and the spring season for outdoor track & field. Wrapping up her fourth year at Milwaukee, Kinas owns a 4.00 GPA and is a nutritional sciences major.
 

Misky is the third repeat honoree from College Sports Communicators and earns All-District honors for the second-straight year. This year Misky was a member of the Horizon League All-Academic Team for the outdoor track & field season. Following the spring semester, Misky has a 3.77 GPA in the kinesiology program.
 

Johnson also picked up All-Academic recognition from the Horizon League this spring season and makes his debut as a Panther on the Academic All-District Team. In his two years at Milwaukee, Johnson now owns a 3.75 GPA as a graduate student in the information science & technology program.
 
Picco earns his first Academic All-District honor for the first time in his career, following a strong sophomore campaign with the Panthers. Through his first two years studying at UW-Milwaukee, Picco has a 3.77 GPA and is studying economics.
 
Richards makes his debut on the Academic All-District Team as a sophomore after being named a member of the Horizon League All-Academic Team this spring. Richards currently owns a 3.51 GPA while studying mechanical engineering at UW-Milwaukee.
 
Roloff was a two-time selection to the Horizon League All-Academic Team, earning honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. This is her first time selected as a member of the CSC Academic All-District team. Following her junior year at Milwaukee, Roloff owns a 4.00 GPA and is studying accounting.
 
VanZeeland also makes her debut on the Academic All-District team as announced by CSC. VanZeeland was recognized twice this year by the Horizon League as a member of the All-Academic Team. While at Milwaukee, VanZeeland has earned a 3.91 GPA through her junior year in the kinesiology program.
 

Volk rounds out Milwaukee’s Academic All-District honorees with her first career selection for Milwaukee. Volk was named to the Horizon League Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team. She currently boasts a 4.00 GPA while studying kinesiology at Milwaukee.
 

AMES, Iowa – The 2025 volleyball schedule including the non-conference slate and times for conference matchups has been finalized. The non-conference schedule includes matches with all three in-state universities and the Cyclone Invite.

ISU will first hold its annual Cardinal and Gold Scrimmage at Hilton Saturday, Aug. 16 at 1 p.m. The Cyclones will also host Drake for an exhibition Saturday, Aug. 23 at 9 a.m.

Regular season then begins with the Ohio Tournament. Iowa State faces Bucknell Friday, Aug. 29 and Ohio Saturday, Aug. 30. The following week, ISU heads to Milwaukee for a tournament with Central Michigan, Milwaukee and South Alabama.

The Cyclones take on the UNI Panthers in Cedar Falls Tuesday, September 9, meeting UNI for the first time since 2022.

Iowa State hosts its home tournament Sept. 12-14. The Cyclones open with Saint Louis on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and play Omaha Sunday at 2 p.m. Saint Louis and Omaha match up on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Iowa hosts the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series this season, held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17.

Non-conference closes with the Illinois Tournament, where ISU will see host Illinois Friday, Sept. 19 and Eastern Illinois Saturday, Sept 20.

The full schedule including times for Big 12 matches are available here.