Reflections Magazine Issue #81 - Fall 2014 | Page 8

Athletics News

saints highlights
SHU Teams Visit Italy
SHU football and women’s soccer players
traveled to Italy last spring and played
against local competition during their
stays (photos above & right). The group
traveled to Rome, Florence, Siena and
Viterbo from May 5-13 for a week of
experiencing a new culture, highlighted
by competitive games on the football
fields and soccer pitches of Italy. The
women’s soccer team faced a local Division I Firenze team before being part of
a unique doubleheader in Viterbo, near
Rome. The Saints football team played
against the Italian national team, which
was coached by former University of Texas
and Kansas City Chiefs head coach John
Mackovic. Before returning on May 13,
the group also took a guided tour of the
Vatican Museum and St. Peter’s Basilica.

Saints football coaches and players at The Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

Baseball

SHU Earns Eight NAIA
Scholar-Team Awards
The Saints had eight teams earn the
NAIA Scholar-Team Award. Those
teams honored were baseball, women’s
basketball, men’s and women’s golf,
men’s and women’s soccer, softball and
women’s volleyball. For a team to be
considered for the NAIA Scholar-Team
award, it must have a minimum 3.0
grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale).
The team grade-point average includes
all eligible varsity student-athletes.

Alexis Donnelly

Softball
Junior first baseman Taylor Hayes was
named to the Great Lakes All-Region
second team by the NAIA. She hit .400
with five homers, 15 doubles and 30 RBI
for SHU. Senior Katie O’Hotzke, Hayes
and sophomore Mariah Boss were each
named to the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference first team. O’Hotzke, a
pitcher, has 14 wins and 118 strikeouts
in 152 1/3 innings so far this season.
Boss, an outfielder, batted .347 with 15
stolen bases. Freshmen Megan Jones
and Kenya Keller received honorable
mention all-conference honors, with

Outfielder Dan Muller was tabbed first
team All-Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic
Conference after leading the Saints in
several offensive categories this season.
Muller hit .365 in conference play with 54
hits, 13 doubles, five home runs and 29
RBI. He also was chosen to the WHAC’s
Gold Glove Team. First baseman Joe
Williams was an honorable mention
all-conference selection, while earning
academic all-conference were Lucas
Bartz, Drew Byers, Logan Curtis, Alec
Duncan, Nolan Herendeen, Mike Lollo,
Travis Mielcarek, Drew Milligan, Tayler
Thelen and Williams. Lollo was the
team’s Champions of Character recipient.
Sophomore shortstop Austin Hauck was
named to the College Sports Information
Directors of America Academic All-District
team. He is an accounting major. Byers,
Duncan, Herendeen, Lollo and Mielcarek,
Bartz, Milligan, Thelen and Williams were
each also named NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
The Saints finished 17-27 on the season,
6-18 in the WHAC.
Recent graduate Travis Mielcarek ’14
pitched for the new Adrian Pioneers
professional baseball team this summer.
The Pioneers are members of the Independent Baseball League, which played
its home games at Adrian College.
Mielcarek is a left-handed pitcher.

Amari Kelley

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Boss, Hayes, Megan Higdon, Morgan
Huttenlocker, Ashley O’Leary, Jenn
Sylvester, Bitty Treece and Morgan
Warfield earning academic all-conference
honors. Kelsey Lampkowski earned the
team’s Champions of Character award.
O’Leary, Sylvester, Treece and Warfield
were also each named NAIA ScholarAthletes. Finally, the National Fastpitch
Coaches Association recognized 10 Saints
as NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes,
including Boss, Huttenlocker, Megan
Jones, Kenya Keller, Kelsey Lampkowski,
O’Leary, Liz Polmanteer, Sylvester, Treece
and Warfield. The Saints finished 20-21
on the season.