Walker and Hoffman Earn All-Conference Honors

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The 2020 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Cheer and Dance All-Conference Team has been selected.

DeMarquez Frazier from Midland was selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Cheer Athlete-of-the-Year and Shaffrea Hopson from Midland has been selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Dance Athlete-of-the-Year.

To be selected to the All-Conference teams the student-athletes needed to perform a set of skills as outlined by the NAIA Cheer and Dance Coaches' Handbook. A minimum score on these skills (as judged) was required for selection to the teams.

Mandi Maser from Concordia was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Cheer Coach-of-the-Year. Ashley Lyon from Doane was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Dance Coach-of-the-Year.

The Midland Cheer and Morningside Dance teams won the GPAC Championships on Saturday, February 8, at Doane University in Crete, Nebraska.

GPAC Cheer All-Conference Team

Name School Class Hometown

Alissa Fitzgerald Midland FR Bellevue, Neb.

*DeMarquez Frazier Midland JR Minneapolis, Minn.

Derrick Hobbs Midland SR Omaha, Neb.

Jessica Hoffman Hastings JR Grand Island, Neb.

Elisabeth Johnston Midland SR Omaha, Neb.

Taylor Kvittem Midland SO Lincoln, Neb.

Dario Ortiz Midland FR Greeley, Colo.

Elaria Walker Hastings JR Denver, Colo.

Honorable Mention: Marcus Tucker (Northwestern), Abby Peterson (Northwestern)

*Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Cheer Athlete-of-the-Year:
DeMarquez Frazier, Midland

Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Cheer Coach-of-the-Year:
Mandi Maser, Concordia