DENVER, Ind.– A total of 70 student-athletes from the Times-Union coverage area were named to the Three Rivers Conference All-Academic team or honorable mention for the Spring 2016 season. Tippecanoe Valley student-athletes earned 19 places on the all-academic team, tops in the conference, and when combined with honorable mention honorees, Valley led the conference with 31 total student-athletes. Whitko was second with 26 student-athletes either all-conference or honorable mention. Manchester had six all-conference academic team members and seven named honorable mention.
THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE SPRING 2016 ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM Manchester: Baseball – Janzin Cripe (12), Kane Gable (11), David McAtee (11); Girls Tennis – Karly Eichenauer (11), Allison Smith (12); Girls Track – Tahnee Fuentes (11), Ali Casper (12). Tippecanoe Valley: Baseball – Hunter Early (11), Keegan Larimer (11), Jay Myers (12); Boys Golf – Jeremy Julian (11), Rob Morehouse (12); Softball – Lexie Durkes (11), Katie Gunter (12), Girls Tennis – Aerin Shewman (11), Audrey Jackson (11), Madison Henninger (12), Brooke Danner (12), Morgan Brazo (12); Boys Track – Jared Mikel (11), Chris Secrist (11), Shay Merley (12); Girls Track – Amanda Heltzel (11), Hannah Brower (11), Emily Shepherd (12), Lexi O’Connell (12). Whitko: Baseball – Drew Bradford (11), Barrett Smiley (12); Boys Golf – Nicolas Rose (12); Softball – Hanna Yohe (11), Haley Yohe (11), Emily Hughes (12), Emily Jones (12), Emily Day (12); Girls Tennis – Morgan Keirn (11), Delaney Keirn (11); Boys Track – Gavin Howard (11), Gavin Powell (12); Girls Track – Alexis Fortman (12), Brigit Nemitz (12).
HONORABLE MENTION Manchester: Softball – Ellie Milam (11), Brooklyn Howard (11); Boys Track – Colin McNeeley (12), Matthew Pegg (12); Girls Track – Rae Bedke (11), Emily Lynn (12). Tippecanoe Valley: Baseball – Luke Helton (12), Eric Hammer (12); Boys Golf – Kane Stellar (12), John Young (11); Softball – Kaitlyn Ott (12), Rachael Torpy (12), Abby Betten (11), Katie Prater (11); Girls Tennis – Whitney Haneline (12), Kennedy Niedbalsk (11); Boys Track – Josh Back (12); Girls Track – Breanna Kruger (11). Whitko: Baseball – Tanner Gaff (12), Alex Bechtold (11), Alex Robbins(11); Boys Golf – Tim Gensch (11); Softball – Andrea Snavley (11), Kennedy Krull (11), Whitney Marsh (12), Tori Silveus (12); Boys Track – Conner Sherwin (11), Brady Weeks (12); Girls Track – Kaitlyn Reed (11), Suzanne Sickafoose (11).
