INDIANAPOLIS – The Oakland men's and women's swimming and diving team had a combined nine student-athletes earn Horizon League All-Academic Team and Honorable Mention honors the conference announced Tuesday. 
 
On the men's side, Christian Bart, Mack Flowers and Campbell Kolk, earned All-Academic Team honors, while Andrew Bernsdorf and Philip DeJonge received Honorable Mention recognition. 
 
Taylor Bailey, Kiera Brough, Madelyn Cislo, and Susan LaGrand were named to the All-Academic Team on the women's side. 


 

Bart will graduate with a degree in criminal justice and has earned a cumulative 3.58 GPA. It marks the second-straight season Bart has been named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team, in addition to being a member of the Horizon League Honor Roll every term of eligibility. The senior has been extremely successful in the pool as well for the Golden Grizzlies, and was named Horizon League Athlete of the Year and Horizon League Swimmer of the Meet at the 2021 Horizon League Championships. This season, the Grand Rapids, Mich. native swam to three first place finishes, and two second place finishes at the Horizon League Championships. 
  
Flowers, who reigns from St. Albert, Alberta, Canada is majoring in mathematics, while recording a cumulative 3.73 GPA. Academically, Flowers was named to the 2021 Horizon League All-Academic Team, and has been a member of the Horizon League Honor Roll every term of eligibility and has earned an impressive 4.0 this past semester. He was a member of two winning relays at the 2022 Horizon League Championships and competed at the CSCAA National Invitational Championship in 2020, and 2022, helping guide Oakland to a sixth place team finish. 
 
Kolk, a diver for the Golden Grizzlies, is working towards a double major in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Information Security and Assurance, and Psychology. The senior has maintained an impressive 3.86 GPA. Kolk competed in six meets during the 2021-22 season. The Manistee, Mich, native has been a member of the Dean's List every semester and has received Horizon League Honor Roll recognition every term of eligibility. 
 
Receiving Honorable Mention this year, Bernsdorf and DeJonge. 
 
Bernsdorf is earning a degree in communications and holds a 3.73 GPA. The Westerville, Ohio native has been a member of the Horizon League Honor Roll every term of eligibility. Bernsdorf represented the Golden Grizzlies in three events 2022 Horizon League Championships and was Oakland's top finisher in the 200 IM, 400 IM 1650 Free at the 2021 Horizon League Championships.
 
DeJonge, who reigns from Zeeland, Mich. is a marketing major with a 3.71 GPA.  Academically, DeJonge earned an impressive 4.0 this past semester and has been recognized as a member of the Horizon League Honor Roll every term of eligibility. The senior was also awarded the Tom Allen Endowed Scholarship in the fall of 2021. DeJonge represented Oakland at three events 2022 Horizon League Championships.
 
Bailey, who is a senior for the Golden Grizzlies maintains a 3.69 GPA and is majoring in health sciences. It marks the second-straight season Bailey has earned Horizon League All-Academic honors. The Scarborough, Ontario Canada native is two-time Horizon League 200 breaststroke champion, winning in 2021 and 2022. Bailey has been a member of the Horizon League Honor Roll every semester of eligibility.
 
 A junior from Oakville Ontario, Brough is earning a degree in pre-acting while maintaining a 3.87 GPA. Brough competed in three events at the 2022 Horizon League Championships, including a third place finish in the 200 back and a sixth place finish in the 200 breaststroke. She was a part of the winning 800 Free relay team at the 2021 Horizon League Championships, and holds the Horizon League record in the 800 free relay (7:16.76), set in 2020. Academically, Brough has been a member of the Horizon League Honor Roll every term of eligibility.
 
Cislo, reigns from Milan, Mich. has earned an impressive 3.91 cumulative GPA while majoring in Industrial and Systems Engineering. In the pool, Cislo competed in three events at the 2022 Horizon League Championships, winning the 400 IM event, placing top fourth in 200 IM and 200 fly. Academically, the senior has earned Horizon League All-Academic Team honors for three-straight seasons and has been a member of the Horizon League Honor Roll every term of eligibility. During her time at Oakland, the senior was awarded the Doug Templeton Swimming & Engineering Scholarship and Tom Allen Endowed Scholarship
 
LaGrand is a CDS Spec in Med Lab Sciences major and boasts an impressive 3.97 GPA. The senior has compiled quite the resume while at Oakland, being named Horizon League Athlete of the Year and Horizon League Swimmer of the Meet (2022), Horizon League Athlete of the Year (2021), Horizon League Athlete of the Year and Horizon League Swimmer of the Meet (2020), and Horizon League Freshman of the Year (2019). Additionally, she earned All-American Honorable Mention Honors after competing in three events at the 2021 NCAA Women's Championships, placing top-16 in the country in the 200 back. LaGrand swam a perfect 7-of-7 first place finishes at the 2022 Horizon League Championships including three Horizon League and school records. She also became the first woman to qualify for NCAAs in back-to-back season in the D1 era. The Grand Rapids, Mich. native has also been named to the Horizon League Honor Roll every term of eligibility.
 
Oakland won its ninth consecutive Horizon League women's and men's titles from the IU Natatorium in February.
 
2022 #HLSD Men's All-Academic Team (ties are not broken)
Timothy Kubacki, Cleveland State
Griffin Manning, Cleveland State
Dominik Niedzialek, Cleveland State
Ben Redman, Green Bay
Miles Rohrbaugh, Green Bay
Kevin Burke,  IUPUI
Nick Cavanah, IUPUI
Nick Dibley, IUPUI
Jason Harary, IUPUI
Wes Wickens, IUPUI
Jared Kleczka, Milwaukee
Christian Bart, Oakland
Mack Flowers, Oakland
Campbell Kolk, Oakland
Felix Lafortune, UIC
Kyle Lewarchick, UIC
Soma Albert, Youngstown State
Brenden Reeves, Youngstown State
Gavin Webb, Youngstown State
 
Men's Honorable Mention Team
Jack Krusinski, Cleveland State
Max Boehnlein, Green Bay
Andrew Bernsdorf, Oakland
Philip DeJonge, Oakland
Liam Davis, UIC
Jeff Wiedoff, UIC
Jasper Liekens, Youngstown State
 
2022 #HLSD Women's All-Academic Team (ties are not broken)
Rachel Contich, Cleveland State
Alexa Kelly, Green Bay
Ester Oswald, Green Bay
Emma Theobald, IUPUI
Lauren Thompson, IUPUI
Bella Passamani, Milwaukee
Makaila Scheiblein, Milwaukee
Taylor Bailey, Oakland
Kiera Brough, Oakland
Madelyn Cislo, Oakland
Susan LaGrand, Oakland
Lilly Culp, UIC
Beth Kelzer, UIC
Cydney Liebenberg, UIC
Anna Scovill, UIC
Victoria Thor, UIC
Mallory Pitstick, Youngstown State
Olivia Wilcox, Youngstown State
 
Women's Honorable Mention Team
Ana Sofia Sousa, Cleveland State
Lizzie Zeller, UIC
Kayla Wrasman, Youngstown State