WESTERVILLE, Ohio - 52 Mount Union fall sports student-athletes have been named to the 2023 Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference team.
 
In order to be selected as Academic All-OAC, a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing, maintain varsity status and have at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA.  A student-athlete may only receive Academic All-OAC on three occasions.
 
The 52 student-athletes included 13 from football, five from men's cross country, 10 from men's soccer, 10 from women's cross country, five from women's soccer and nine from women's volleyball.
 
The break down of Purple Raider student athletes honored by sport is listed below:
 

Deandre Parker	Football	Gr	Crystal River, Fla./Crystal River	Sport Business
Brandon Yanssens	Football	Jr	Columbiana, Ohio Crestview	Finance
Ethan Fletcher	Football	Jr	Canfield, Ohio/Canfield	Biomedical Engineering
Manny Curtis	Football	Jr	Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg	Exercise Science
Marcus Jackson	Football	Jr	Dallas, Tex./Richardson	Exercise Science
Nolan Dacek	Football	Jr	Westlake, Ohio/Westlake	Business Management
Ryan Poundstone	Football	Jr	Fairlawn, Ohio/Copley	Intervention Specialist
Braxton Plunk	Football	Sr	Plant City, Fla. Plant City	Marketing
Ian Sexton	Football	Sr	Dover, Ohio/Dover	Sport Business
Jodan Stancovich	Football	Sr	Monroeville, Pa./Gateway	Biology
John Roland	Football	Sr	Livonia, Mich. Northville	Sport Business
Mason McMillen	Football	Sr	Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth	Marketing
Noah Mangan	Football	Sr	Avon, Ohio/Avon	Sport Business and Management
Brian Chaffee	Men's Cross Country	Jr	Madison, Ohio / Madison	Data Science and Analytics
Stephen Ulrich	Men's Cross Country	So	Louisville, Ohio / Louisville	Accounting
Curtis Joppeck	Men's Cross Country	Sr	New London, OH / New London	Exercise Science
Jeffery Joseph	Men's Cross Country	Sr	Beloit, Ohio/West Branch	Multi-Platform Software Development
Vincent Giumenti	Men's Cross Country	Sr	Dover, Ohio/Dover	Mechanical Engineering
Jonathan Szydlowski	Men's Soccer	Gr	Twinsburg, OH / Twinsburg	Management
Cody Lumby	Men's Soccer	Jr	Sunbury, OH / Big Walnut	Mechanical Engineering
Lucas Fields	Men's Soccer	Jr	West Chester, OH / Lakota East	Psychology
Samuel Falcone	Men's Soccer	Jr	Westlake, OH / Westlake	Finance
Aiden Strand-Fox	Men's Soccer	So	Wooster, OH / Wooster	Criminal Justice
Dominic Gambone	Men's Soccer	So	North Canton, OH / Hoover	Sport Business
Nyiles Spann	Men's Soccer	So	Stow, OH / Stow-Monroe Falls	Computer Science
Steven Utter	Men's Soccer	So	Dover, OH / Dover	Exercise Science
Jarrett Lukacsko	Men's Soccer	Sr	Gahanna, OH / Gahanna Lincoln	Exercise Science
Patrick Hartup	Men's Soccer	Sr	Westlake, OH / Westlake	Exercise Science
Alexis Meyer	Volleyball	Jr	Avon Lake / Avon Lake	Middle Childhood Education
Darby Leininger	Volleyball	Jr	Chardon / Beaumont	Art
Heaven Bartell	Volleyball	Jr	Cleveland / St. Joseph Academy	Psychology
Jaci Scherb	Volleyball	Jr	Carmel, Ind. / Carmel	Environmental Science and Spanish
Katelyn Lesko	Volleyball	Jr	Mineral Ridge / Mineral Ridge	Biology and Exercise Science
Allie Gunn	Volleyball	So	Olmsted Falls / Magnificat	Primary Education and Intervention Specialist
Lily Stark	Volleyball	So	New Albany / New Albany	Sociology
Sydney Mercer	Volleyball	So	Salem / West Branch	Business and Marketing
Maddie Wentz	Volleyball	Sr	Broadview Heights / Akron Hoban	Exercise Science
Caitlin Meehan	Women's Cross Country	Jr	Peninsula, Ohio/Woodridge	Exercise Science
Caitlyn Gatta	Women's Cross Country	Jr	Louisville, Ohio/Louisville	Psychology
Halle Cochran	Women's Cross Country	Jr	Salem, Ohio/Salem	Exercise Science
Isabelle Puleo	Women's Cross Country	Jr	Mantura, Ohio/Garfield	Exercise Science
Jasmine Arnold	Women's Cross Country	Jr	Cadiz, Ohio/Harrison Central	Exercise Science
Lauryn Chapman	Women's Cross Country	Jr	Westerville, Ohio/Westerville Central	Environmental Science and Spanish
Mary Mason	Women's Cross Country	Jr	Alliance, Ohio/Marlington	Exercise Science
Ashley Cooper	Women's Cross Country	So	Mentor, Ohio / Mentor	Biochemistry
Gianini Venuto	Women's Cross Country	Sr	Ravenna, Ohio/Southeast	Public Relations and Sport Business
Leah Costello	Women's Cross Country	Sr	Geneva, Ohio/Geneva	Psychology and Spanish
Kathryn Pofok	Women's Soccer	Jr	Cleveland / St. Joseph Academy	Biology
Rylee Oldfied	Women's Soccer	Jr	Liberty Twp. / Lakota East	Exercise Science
Teagan Johnston	Women's Soccer	Jr	Akron / Revere	Exercise Science
Addy Jones	Women's Soccer	So	Homeworth / West Branch	Education
Madeline Boulos	Women's Soccer	So	Pittsburgh, Pa. / Deer Lake	Mathematics