Athletes honored for top performances and academic excellence

Katie Stolz, Aaron Haley, Courtney Euerle and Ben Buerkle.

Last year, senior Courtney Euerle (Litchfield, Minn.) capped an illustrious career by leading the women's basketball team to an MIAC regular-season title and NCAA tournament berth, while freshman Ben Buerkle (Roseville, Minn.) took the college baseball world by storm in helping guide the Cardinal baseball team to its third straight MIAC tournament berth. The two were named our Outstanding Female and Male Athletes during the recent Cardinal ‘M’ Club Sports Hall of Fame and Awards Ceremony.

Cross country and track runners Aaron Haley (Plainview, Minn.) and Katie Stolz (Forest Lake, Minn.), meanwhile, were named SMU's Outstanding Male and Female Scholar Athletes. Aaron is an accounting and finance major, while Katie is a biology major.

The ‘M’ Club festivities also included the induction of three new members into the Sports Hall of Fame, welcoming Kelly (King '97) Stinson (fastpitch softball), Jennifer (Meyer '01) Fisher (fastpitch softball), and Chris Gogolewski '94 (baseball).