INDIANAPOLIS – With two teams out of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference cementing their status as NCAA Championship qualifiers, regional and national awards came pouring in for student-athletes to celebrate the 2019 season.
 
Findlay (at-large) and Walsh (AQ) both capitalized on their postseason runs with bids to the tough Midwest Regional.
 
The conference had a great variety of representation on different awards released by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA), the College of Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the United Soccer Coaches organization.
 
Kentucky Wesleyan junior phenom Madisyn Hunt was top 10 in the country in both goals and points while leading the conference in both categories to become the league’s offensive player of the year. Hunt has 42 career goals and would need 18 in her senior campaign to become the all-time leader in conference history.
 
She can also do the same in total points with the overall record within striking distance. Hunt has 98 points while the all-time record is 139 held by Cedarville’s Jacoby Ziegler.
 
Hunt also became just the third Division II All-American out of the league recognized by the D2CCA as she landed on the third team.
 
Previously, Ohio Dominican’s Lauren Bates (2017 – NSCAA) and Cedarville’s Ziegler (2013 – Daktronics) have achieved All-American success in Division II.  
 
The Panthers’ junior forward also doubled up for academic awards as she made both tiers of the CoSIDA Academic All-America program with a 3.74 GPA in forensic psychology.
 
The conference had eight total selections to the D2CCA All-Midwest Region Team, including six honorees on the second team. Eleven total names were called to the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team.
 
Cedarville’s Bex Velloney, a senior defender named Great Midwest Defensive Player of the Year, was a United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American selection with a 3.88 GPA in nursing.
 
D2CCA All-America Team
Third Team
Forward – Madisyn Hunt (Kentucky Wesleyan), Junior
 
D2CCA All-Midwest Region Team
First Team
Forward – Madisyn Hunt (Kentucky Wesleyan), Junior
Defense – Bex Velloney (Cedarville), Senior
 
Second Team
Forward – Olivia Peters (Walsh), Senior
Forward – Sierra Peacock (Findlay), Senior
Midfield – Hannah Atkinson (Cedarville), Senior
Midfield – Hannah Bowman (Walsh), Junior
Defense – Lindsey Ahbe (Findlay), Junior
Goalkeeper – Anna Money (Findlay), Senior
 
United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Team
Defense – Bex Velloney (Cedarville), Senior
 
United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-North/Central Region Team
First Team
Defense - Bex Velloney (Cedarville)
Second Team
Goalkeeper – Mickey McClanahan (Walsh), Senior
Midfield – Hannah Atkinson (Cedarville), Senior
Midfield – Hannah Bowman (Walsh), Junior
Forward – Samantha Buck (Ohio Dominican), Senior
Forward – Olivia Peters (Walsh), Senior
Third Team
Goalkeeper – Allison Garlock (Cedarville), Senior
Defense – Cheyenne Story (Ohio Dominican), Senior
Midfield – Emma Conway (Cedarville), Senior
 
United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team
First Team
Defense – Bex Velloney (Cedarville), Senior
Forward – Madisyn Hunt (Kentucky Wesleyan), Junior
 
Second Team
Defense – Lindsey Ahbe (Findlay), Junior
Midfield – Hannah Atkinson (Cedarville), Senior
Midfield – Hannah Bowman (Walsh), Junior
Midfield – Jayla Campbell (Findlay), Freshman
Forward – Olivia Peters (Walsh), Senior
 
Third Team
Defense – Cheyenne Story (Ohio Dominican), Senior
Midfield – Katlyn Jamiel (Ohio Dominican), Sophomore
Forward – Samantha Buck (Ohio Dominican), Senior
Forward – Sierra Peacock (Findlay), Junior
 
CoSIDA Academic All-America Team
Third Team
Forward – Madisyn Hunt (Kentucky Wesleyan), Junior
 
CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
First Team
Goalkeeper – Allison Garlock (Cedarville), Senior
Defense – Lindsay Buten (Ohio Dominican), Junior
Defense – Skylar Walden (Kentucky Wesleyan), Senior
Forward – Madisyn Hunt (Kentucky Wesleyan), Junior