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Central's academic honorees
Emilie Hanson was a two-time NCAA Division III women's basketball scoring champion and national player of the year and the CoSIDA Academic All-America women's basketball player of the year
as well in 1994 and 1995.
CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
| 1979 | Chris Adkins, football |
1992 | Nate Hart, men's basketball |
Brent Aufdembrink, football |
Heather Reedy, softball |
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| 1983 | Denise Boll, women's basketball |
Chris Hulleman, football |
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Lisa Broek, women's track |
1993 | Blake Jessen, basketball |
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Tony Carey, men's golf |
Heather Reedy, softball |
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| 1984 | Denise Boll, women's basketball |
Mindi Remsburg, softball |
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| 1985 | Sue Poppens, women's basketball |
Jayna Blom, women's track |
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Brian Goldsworthy, men's golf |
1994 | *Emilie Hanson, women's basketball |
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Todd Sutphen, baseball |
Jason Sanders, football |
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Scott Lindell, football |
1995 | *Emilie Hanson, women's basketball |
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Neil Gray, football |
Matt Bandstra, football |
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| 1986 | Scott Lindell, football |
1996 | Ryan Murphy, men's tennis |
| 1987 | Beth Van Voorhis, women's tennis |
1997 | Ryan Murphy, men's tennis |
| 1988 | Shannan Mattiace, women's tennis |
1998 | Jason Darling, baseball |
Rick Perry, football |
2000 | Angie Nielsen, volleyball |
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Gregg Gustafson, football |
2004 | Raegan Schultz, women's track and field |
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Dallas Bogner, men's tennis |
Jamie Stark, volleyball |
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| 1989 | Rick Hassman, baseball |
2005 | Adam Duerfeldt, baseball |
Shannan Mattiace, women's tennis |
Jason Ford, men's tennis |
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| 1990 | Matt Melvin, men's basketball |
2006 | Adam Duerfeldt, baseball |
Shannan Mattiace, women's tennis |
Nick Cochrane, men's tennis |
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| 1991 | Rich Kacmaryynski, football |
Bryan George, men's track and field |
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| 2007 | Ben Bollard, football, track and field |
* Academic All-American of the year
Catcher Adam Duerfeldt led Central to a share of the 2006 Iowa Conference baseball title, earning league MVP honors as well as CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition and an NCAA postgraduate scholarship. Duerfelt was also named the Duane Schroeder Scholar-Athlet of the Year Award from the Iowa Conference. He received a fellowship in medicinal chemistry at the Univ. of Kansas. His essay "Playing for the Dutch and for a Promise," appeared in the NCAA News.
NCAA postgraduate scholarship winners
1970 |
Vern Den Herder, football |
1995 |
Emilie Hanson, women's basketball |
1973 |
Dana Snoap, men's basketball |
Rick Sanger, football |
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1980 |
Jeff Verhoef |
2001 |
Roger Dortch, men's golf |
1982 |
Cam Ratering, women's cross country, track |
2002 |
Tony Brownlee, men's track and field |
1983 |
Lisa Broek, women's track |
Jon Hietbrink, men's golf |
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1986 |
Scott Lindell, football |
2004 |
Raegan Schultz, women's track and field |
1988 |
Rick Perry, football |
2005 |
Jamie Stark, volleyball |
1989 |
Chris Hoffman, wrestling |
2006 |
Nick Cochrane, men's tennis |
| 1991 | Rich Kacmarynski, football | Adam Duerfeldt, baseball | |
| 2007 | Ben Bollard, football, track and field |
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| Alicia Whisner, volleyball, track and field | |||