22 student-athletes named to Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC team
The HCAC has announced the Fall honorees for the Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC Team with 22 Defiance student-athletes earning spots.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) has announced the Fall honorees for Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC Team with 22 Defiance student-athletes earning spots. Academic All-Conference selections have at least a cumulative 3.5 GPA and are varsity athletes.
The cumulative GPA is the student-athlete's GPA at the end of the semester preceding the end of the fall season. The student-athlete must have completed the equivalent of a full academic year and must be a full-time enrolled student at the institution to be eligible for the Academic All-Conference award.
The Fall 2021 HCAC All-Academic list features 400 athletes from the 10 member institutions and showcases student-athletes from the Fall HCAC sports of men's and women's cross country, football, women's golf, men's and women's soccer, women's tennis, and volleyball.
The award is named after Tom Bohlsen, who served as the HCAC's first commissioner from 1998 to 2008.
The honorees from Defiance are listed below.
| Name | Year | Sport | Hometown/High School |
| Kalin Hubble | Sr. | Women's Cross Country | Anderson, Ind. / Anderson |
| Katelyn Smith | Sr. | Women's Cross Country | Edgerton, Ohio / Fairview |
| Will Garlock | Jr. | Football | Lima. Ohio / Lima Central Catholic |
| Colton Hines | Sr. | Football | Ansonia, Ohio. / Mississinawa Valley |
| Seth Pearson | Jr. | Football | Fort Wayne, Ind. / Northrop |
| Austin Boles | Jr. | Men's Soccer | Burlington, Ky. / Randall K. Cooper |
| John Brancel | So. | Men's Soccer | Painesville, Ohio / Riverside |
| Gabe Curell | Sr. | Men's Soccer | Lapeer, Mich. / Lapeer |
| Noah Howdeshell | So. | Men's Soccer | Fulton, Ind. / Caston |
| Orry Killam | Jr. | Men's Soccer | Napoleon, Ohio / Liberty Center |
| Sloane Livingston | So. | Women's Soccer/Cross Country | Las Vegas, Nev. / Las Vegas Academy of the Arts |
| Abbe Rank | Jr. | Women's Soccer | Maumee, Ohio / Maumee |
| Paige Rohloff | So. | Women's Soccer/Cross Country | Toledo, Ohio / Whitmer |
| Brianna Snider | Jr. | Women's Soccer/Cross Country | Lima, Ohio / Shawnee |
| Hallie Webb | So. | Women's Soccer/Cross Country | Bowling Green, Ohio / Bowling Green |
| Sierra Worrell | So. | Women's Soccer | Logan Township, N.J. / Kingsway Regional |
| Mackenzie Benham | Sr. | Volleyball | Marshall, Mich. / Marshall |
| Kayla Boettger | So. | Volleyball | Archbold, Ohio / Archbold |
| Logan Gray | So. | Volleyball | Elyria, Ohio / Lake Ridge Academy |
| Alexis Kiessling | Sr. | Volleyball | Defiance, Ohio / Defiance |
| Madison Schoenauer | So. | Volleyball | Bryan, Ohio / Fairview |
| Hope Yost | So. | Volleyball | Perrysburg, Ohio / Cardinal Stritch Catholic |