Link: Official USA Cycling Press Release
BREVARD, N.C. – Seven Brevard College Cycling student-athletes – Hannah Arensman, Carson Beckett, Tyler Clark, Dalton Collins, Hannah Dickson, Tyler Orschel and Nicole Rusden - have been named to USA Cycling's Fall class of Collegiate Academic All-Stars.
In order to be named to the Academic All-Star class, the cycling student-athletes must have competed in at least one USA Cycling National Championship and held a term GPA of 3.5 or higher. In total, the Fall 2018 class of student-athletes contained 71 cyclists from throughout the United States.
Arensman, Beckett, Clark, Dickson, Orschel and Rusden each were named to both the Mountain Bike and Cyclocross Academic All-Star classes having competed at national championships in both disciplines. Collins was named to the Cyclocross Academic All-Star class.
Several of the Brevard College Academic All-Star members also earned podium finishes at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike and Cyclocross national championships.
Arensman, Clark and Orschel won the team relay national championship at the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships held in December in Louisville, Ky. Arensman earned another trip to the podium, finishing third in the Women's Collegiate Cyclocross National Championship. Clark also earned a podium finish with a fifth-place result in the men's individual national championship.
Arensman, Beckett and Orschel finished second in the Team Relay at the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships held in October in Missoula, Mont. Also at the mountain bike national championships, Orschel earned podium finishes in Men's Omnium (second place) and Men's Short Track (second place) while Arensman placed fourth in the Women's Omnium.
Next up for the Brevard College Cycling team, under the direction of Head Coach Brad Perley, is the road racing portion of the 2018-19 schedule beginning with an event at Georgia Tech, March 9-10 in Atlanta, Ga. The USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships is set for May 10-12 in Augusta, Ga.
Brevard College Fall, 2018 USA Cycling Academic All-Stars
Hannah Arensman (Mountain, Cyclocross)
Carson Beckett (Mountain, Cyclocross)
Tyler Clark (Mountain, Cyclocross)
Dalton Collins (Cyclocross)
Hannah Dickson (Mountain, Cyclocross)
Tyler Orschel (Mountain, Cyclocross)
Nicole Rusden (Mountain, Cyclo-cross)
Fall, 2018 USA Cycling Academic All-Stars (Mountain Bike & Cyclocross)
Mountain Bike
- Anna Schehrer - Fort Lewis College
- Annika Teschke - Lindenwood University
- Bailee Enlow - Marian University
- Bailey Nielson - Utah State University
- Bo Hellams - Lindenwood University
- Brendan Bengtson - Lees McRae College
- Caleb Swartz - Marian University
- Callum Holloway - Lindenwood University
- Camryn Sippy - Fort Lewis College
- Carson Beckett - Brevard College
- Copper Wiens - Fort Lewis College
- David Kahn - Lees McRae College
- Elle Runyan - Fort Lewis College
- Ellen Campbell - Fort Lewis College
- Carson Beckett - Brevard College
- David Kahn - Lees McRae College
- Ellison Brink - Western Washington University
- Emma Swartz - Marian University
- Erin Sferrazza - Lees McRae College
- Gwendalyn Gibson - Colorado Mesa University
- Hannah Arensman - Brevard College
- Hannah Dickson - Brevard College
- Jack Perry - Lees McRae College
- Jaren Lockwood - Fort Lewis College
- Kahlo Chitraroff - Colorado Mesa University
- Katherine Ginsbach - University of Notre Dame
- Katherine Santos - Marian University
- Kathryn Lawrence - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Kelsay Lundberg - Fort Lewis College
- Lacey Anderson - Fort Lewis College
- Laurel Rathbun - Marian University
- Lia Westermann - University of Utah
- McCauley Smith - Fort Lewis College
- Micah Mason - Lindenwood University
- Michael Fuerst - Lees McRae College
- Natalia Franco - Colorado Mesa University
- Nathan Schoonover - Lindenwood University
- Nicole Rusden - Brevard College
- Nolan Vanderzwaag - Lees McRae College
- Scott Funston - Colorado Mesa University
- Trevor McCutcheon - Colorado Mesa University
- Tyler Curtis - Lindenwood University
- Tyler Orschel - Brevard College
- Tyler Clark - Brevard College
- Zachary Richardson - Western State Colorado University
Cyclocross
- Abigail Youngwerth - Savannah School of Art & Design - Savannah
- Anna Schehrer - Fort Lewis College
- Ashlyn Woods - Lees McRae College
- Caleb Swartz - Marian University
- Carson Beckett - Brevard College
- Dafne Theroux Izquierdo - Colorado Mesa University
- Dalton Collins - Brevard College
- David Kahn - Lees McRae College
- Eliz Gregoire - Colorado Mesa University
- Ellen Campbell - Fort Lewis College
- Erin Sferrazza - Lees McRae College
- Gabby Arnold - Marian University
- Hannah Arensman - Brevard College
- Hannah Dickson - Brevard College
- Harrison Buckley - Fort Lewis College
- Jonah Mead-Vancort - Lindenwood University
- Katherine Ginsbach - University of Notre Dame
- Katherine Santos - Marian University
- Liam Flanagan - Lees McRae College
- Luke Kalbfell - Lindenwood University
- Micah Mason - Lindenwood University
- Nicole Rusden - Brevard College
- Renee Dykstra - Lindenwood University
- Rowan Crowley - US Military Academy
- Sam Winters - Marian University
- Scott Funston - Colorado Mesa University
- Tristen Musselman - Fort Lewis College
- Turner Ramsey - Colorado Mesa University
- Tyler Curtis - Lindenwood University
- Tyler Orschel - Brevard College
- Tyler Clark - Brevard College
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