Six Mustangs earn all-GPAC honors

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – The Great Plains Athletic Conference has announced its 2021 all-conference teams and Athletes and Coaches of the Year for Cheer and Dance with a Monday, March 1, release. Headlining Morningside's selections were Dancer of the Year Bryn Groff (SR/Sheldon, Iowa) and Coaches of the Year Alisha Knowler and Dakota Van Hauen. Between the two programs, six Mustangs achieved all-conference honors.

Morningside was well represented on the dance all-conference team, with Bryn Groff, Jocelyn Hendrix (FR/Council Bluffs, Iowa), Payton Leavitt (SR/Marcus, Iowa), Samantha Snyder (FR/Marshalltown, IA), and Taylor Strawn (JR/Sioux City, Iowa) all achieving scores that placed them on the all-conference team. Emily Duffek (SO/Tabor, S.D.), Isabelle Majeres (FR/LeMars, Iowa), and Haley Potthoff (JR/McCook, Neb.) received honorable mention nods.

Freshman Sage Sheppard (FR/Colorado Springs, Colo.) represented Morningside on the all-conference cheer team.

All-conference candidates were judged on a set of skills outlined by the NAIA. A minimum score on these skills was required to qualify for each team.

The complete team can be found at gpacsports.com/d/2020-21/2021CheerDanceAllConference.pdf.