Student Athlete Academic Support Services | April 15

 
 
Cleveland, Ohio – Eight Northern Illinois University gymnasts were named to the Academic All Mid-American Conference gymnastics team announced by the league office Tuesday.

The list includes three seniors, Alana Anderson (Joliet, Ill./Joliet West) , Isabella Sissi Blaine, Minn./Mounds View) and Ellery Werner (Rhinelander, Wis./Rhinelander). Anderson, Sissi and Werner have been named to the Academic All-MAC all three times they have been eligible.

Three juniors, Jocelyn Harbeck (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East), Samanatha Nickle (Yorktown, Va./York) and Kiera O'Shea (Norridge, Ill./Ridgewood) also all received the honors. Harbeck, Nickle and O'Shea also qualified in 2024 in their first possible year.  

Sophomore's Dawsyn Sallee (Versailles, Ky./Woodford County) and Isabella Ross (Cary, N.C./ Green Level) also qualified in their first eligible season.
To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's contests in that season. First-year transfers and freshmen are not eligible.

See the complete list of Huskies honored in 2025, including majors and GPA below.
Alana Anderson, Senior, Kinesiology, 3.469^
Jocelyn Harbeck, Junior, Political Science, 3.374*
Samantha Nickle, Junior, Software Development, 3.947*
Kiera O'Shea, Junior, Nursing, 4.00*
Isabella Ross, Sophomore, Journalism, 4.00
Dawsyn Sallee, Sophomore, Marketing, 3.702
Isabella Sissi, Senior, Marketing, 3.706^
Ellery Werner, Senior, International Politics, Senior^

^ Three-time Academic All-MAC
*Two-time Academic All-MAC
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