Spring Awards Banquet Program (PDF)


BLUE ASH, Ohio – At the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Spring Awards Banquet on Tuesday evening, Cedarville graduate track and field student-athlete Carsyn Koch-Johnson was officially introduced as the 2018-19 Female Collegiate Achievement Award winner. 
 
Koch-Johnson is currently traveling to the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Kingsville, Texas, where she closes out her fantastic career in the 800-meter run this week. 
 
The Great Midwest Spring Awards Banquet was conducted at Noah’s Event Center as part of the league’s spring joint council meetings. 
 
Koch-Johnson’s career, since 2014 out of Washburn, Maine, has been one for the ages as her name is permanently etched among the conference’s all-time greats in the league’s first seven years of existence. 
 
Johnson’s honors speak for themselves. She was a four-time NCAA Division II champion in the 800-meter distance and qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2016. 
 
She has also earned All-American honors in the distance medley relay and helped the Yellow Jackets advance to cross country nationals and bring home three different conference championships. 
 
Koch-Johnson was married in December and continues her postgraduate studies in nursing at Cedarville with a perfect 4.0 GPA. 
 
Koch-Johnson has also received the Great Midwest Female Athlete of the Year award two different years while competing in both track and field and cross country. 
 
Koch-Johnson still owns multiple records in the increasingly impressive indoor and outdoor track and field record books. She has been named a conference athlete of the week over 20 times in her career. 
 
Koch-Johnson joins other conference career winners of the award including Trevecca Nazarene’s Kaci Britt Bell (2014-15), Ursuline’s Vanessa Consiglio (2015-16), Cedarville’s Abby Shelton (2016-17) and Walsh’s Sarah Berger (2017-18). 
 
About the Great Midwest Collegiate Achievement Award
The Great Midwest Athletic Conference annually selects one male and one female student-athlete to be awarded the Collegiate Achievement Award. This award shall be based upon an individual’s academic excellence, athletic achievements, character, leadership and engagement within the community and conference. The 2018-19 academic year represents the fifth annual presentation of the award.