MADISON — University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Johanna Meister was been selected the recipient of the 2020 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Judy Kruckman Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete Award.
A senior from Darlington, Meister maintains a 3.87 grade point average and is majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in Spanish. She was a member of the 2019 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team as an individual and is a three-time honoree on the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll. Meister has been recognized on UW-Platteville’s Dean’s List numerous semesters and received academic scholarships. She was selected UW-Platteville’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the 2018-19 academic year.
Meister won the 800-meter run at the WIAC Outdoor Championship in 2019 after placing third in the event in 2018. She was second in the 1,500-meter run in 2019, when she secured All-Midwest Region distinction from the USTFCCCA in both events. Meister received UW-Platteville’s Female Athlete of the Year during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years.
Before joining the Pioneers, the 2015 Darlington graduate saw much success as a Redbird. Meister finished eighth in the 800-meter run as a senior in 2015, was a member of the Redbirds’ fifth-place 1,600-relay team and ninth-place 3,200-relay team. She also competed in state relay teams as a junior, and ran at the WIAA Division 3 state cross country meet as a freshman, sophomore and junior.
Meister is the student vice president of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society and Society of Women Engineers. She has volunteered for Pioneer Your Future, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, spring cleaning at an area church, highway clean-up and leaf raking. She has served as a student assistant for CenterPOINT in the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science Department of Student Success Programs.
Also nominated for this year’s scholar-athlete award were: UW-Eau Claire’s Sasha Riley (Sr., Fairmont, Minn.); UW-La Crosse’s McKenzie Kirtz (Sr., Adams, Minn./Southland); UW-Oshkosh’s Ashton Keene (Sr., Pewaukee); UW-River Falls’ Allison Stewart (Jr., Tigerton/Gresham-Bowler); UW-Stevens Point’s Michelle Petkovsek (Sr., Waupaca); UW-Stout’s Heather Beecher (Sr., Gladwin, Mich.); and UW-Whitewater’s Madison McDonald (Sr., Brookfield East).
The WIAC Scholar-Athlete Award is named after Judy Kruckman who served as Assistant Commissioner for the WIAC from 1996-98. Prior to this appointment, she was Commissioner of the Wisconsin Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WWIAC) from October, 1984 - September, 1996. Kruckman was the women’s athletics director at UW-Eau Claire from 1974-84, and one of the original representatives to the WWIAC when it formed in 1971. She was inducted into the WIAC Hall of Fame in 2012.
In order to be nominated for the scholar-athlete award, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.50 grade point average. In addition, she must be in her last year of competition, or on schedule to graduate this academic year, and have competed for a minimum of two years.
NG’s Zimmerman Earns UW-Whitewater award
WHITEWATER — Landon Zimmerman, a New Glarus High School graduate and member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s track and field team, is one of 67 Warhawks to be recognized as 2019-20 Chancellor’s Scholar-Athletes by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Chancellor Dwight C. Watson.
Zimmerman is majoring in accounting at UW-Whitewater.
To be recognized as Scholar-Athletes, student-athletes must have maintained a 3.25 cumulative grade point average or above through the end of the 2019 fall semester. Honorees must have participated in a varsity sport for two years, must be of senior academic status and must have accumulated at least 90 degree credits.
The 67 student-athletes recognized in 2019-20 are the most in the history of the Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete program.
For more than 150 years, UW-Whitewater has provided students with the education and training to begin their careers with a solid foundation behind them. UW-Whitewater is committed to the development of the individual, the growth of personal and professional integrity and respect for diversity and global perspectives. These are met by providing academic and co-curricular programs that emphasize the pursuit of knowledge and understanding and a commitment to service within a safe and secure environment.
Complete list of WIAC honorees by sport
2019-20 Chancellor’s Scholar-Athletes by Sport (Name, GPA, Major)
Baseball
Noah Jensen (Kenosha Tremper), 3.65, sociology
Men’s Basketball
James Fox (Edgerton), 3.28, general management (undergrad) and finance (graduate)
Women’s Basketball
Becky Raeder (Sheboygan Falls), 3.63, finance
Bowling
Kailee Tubbs (Flint, Mich./Davison), 3.37, supply chain/operations management
Men’s Cross Country/Track and Field
Andrew Hirsch (Brookfield/Catholic Memorial), 3.81, accounting (undergrad) and accounting — finance and taxation (graduate)
Grant Miller (Cedarburg/Kettle Moraine Lutheran), 3.64, finance
Jake Schneider (Plymouth), 3.68, occupational safety
Clinten Woerishofer (Appleton North), 3.69, computer science
Landon Zimmerman (New Glarus), 3.96, accounting
Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field
Lexi Ewing (Richland Center), 3.28, communication sciences and disorders
Maeve Fahey (Fort Atkinson), 3.65, physical education
Abbie Felton (Burlington/Shoreland Lutheran), 3.55, chemistry
Abby Ferguson (Rockford/Boylan Catholic), 3.68, marketing (digital marketing)
Emma Fox (West Chicago, Ill.), 3.65, communication (undergrad) and communication — corporate communication (graduate)
Megan Hering (Black Earth/Wisconsin Heights), 3.35, physical education
Baily Hornstein (Elk Grove, Ill./James B. Conant), 3.65, biology
Alissa Korslin (Vesper/Pittsville), 3.96, honors biology and psychology
Madi McDonald (Brookfield East), 3.94, marketing (experiential and sports marketing)
Sydney Prestifilippo (Naperville, Ill./Naperville North), 3.72, journalism
Elizabeth Schad (Cedarburg), 3.59, elementary education
Brenda Sweet (Franklin), 3.79, psychology
Hailey Van Ells (Greendale/Martin Luther), 3.65, accounting
Football
Matt Aikin (Lake Villa, Ill./Grayslake North), 3.39, general management (sport management)
Matt Anderson (Rockford, Ill./Lutheran), 4.00, biology
Bryan Behrendt (Westchester, Ill./Nazareth Academy), 3.76, accounting
Jacob Erbs (Reedsburg), 3.56, accounting
Jacob Frey (Milwaukee, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran HS), 3.99, accounting and finance
Graham Hevel (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg), 3.89, physical education
Derek Hoppe (Wales/Kettle Moraine), 3.40, physical education
Nathaniel Osterloo (Mount Horeb), 3.38, physical education
Garrett Purdy (Naperville, Ill./Central), 3.73, history education
Matthew Saager (Lodi), 3.98, accounting
Nate Tranel (Lancaster), 3.85, general management (managing sports programs)
Golf
Kristin Bowe (Franklin), 3.69, accounting
Ashley Hofmeister (New Berlin Eisenhower), 3.56, accounting
Kelly Storti (Deerfield, Ill.), 3.40, communication (public relations)
Gymnastics
Acacia Fossum (Gladstone, N.D./Richardton-Taylor), 3.37, environmental science
Lauren Marshall (Winthrop Harbor, Ill./Zion-Benton Township), 3.52, physical education (health, human performance and recreation)
Jessi Rondeau (Norwood Young America, Minn./Central), 3.57, communication (public relations)
Men’s Soccer
Hozai Ceballos (Janesville Craig), 3.42, physical education
Yoshihiko Fukushima (Janesville Craig), 3.28, international business
Brian Zimdars (Galena, Ohio/Olentangy), 3.87, business education
Women’s Soccer
Sara Klimisch (Pleasant Prairie/Indian Trail High School and Academy), 3.80, communication sciences and disorders
Emily Mouille (Waunakee), 3.56, psychology
Elli Wahlberg (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North), 3.76, biology (pre-biomedical science)
Nina Yonan (Skokie, Ill./Niles North), 3.80, accounting
Softball
Dani Biesiada (Lisle, Ill./Naperville North), 3.71, special education
Meg Cohrs (Elburn, Ill./Kaneland), 3.75, mathematics education
Mattie Klingenmeyer (Mayville), 3.88, marketing (digital marketing)
Sam Lattner (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township), 3.32, communication (corporate/health communication)
Bella Matthias (Greenfield), 3.55, elementary education
Nikki Mikosz (Wheeling, Ill.), 3.80, physical education
Nicole Neitzel (Verona), 3.78, accounting and information technology
Men’s Swimming and Diving
Cody Heckendorf (Geneva, Ill.), 3.68, accounting and finance
Cameron Gidlow (Aurora, Ill./Metea Valley), 3.38, English
Women’s Swimming and Diving
Meredith Gustafson (Brookfield East), 3.36, marketing (experiential and sports marketing)
Quincey Newton (Oregon), 3.39, finance and general management
Kristen Rauch (Sheboygan Falls), 3.82, marine biology
Cali Rummelhart (Kenosha Tremper), 3.29, mathematics (statistics)
Bailey Weston (Fort Atkinson), 3.53, biology
Men’s Tennis
Rory Calabria (Maple Grove, Minn.), 3.88, psychology
Zach Wood (Downers Grove, Ill./South), 3.37, finance
Women’s Tennis
Madeline Slicker (Mequon Homestead), 3.99, special education
Volleyball
Rachel Butterfield (Milton), 3.89, communication (corporate/health communication)
Ashton Doll (Lancaster), 3.57, physical education
Wrestling
Ryder Sigler (Fredonia/Cedarburg), 3.35, physical education
Nick Sundberg (Woodstock, Ill.), 3.32, criminology
