Women's Swimming & Diving | 4/9/2015 10:00:00 AM

BAY CITY, Mich. -- Wayne State University junior swimmer Elly Maleski (Cedar, Mich. / Traverse City West) has been selected to receive the 2015 GLIAC Winter Sports Commissioner's Award.

Maleski's selection gives WSU 34 GLIAC Commissioner's Award honorees since the inception of the program in the fall of 2007.

The awards, sponsored by Meijer, Incorporated, are presented after the Fall, Winter, and Spring athletic seasons to six female and six male GLIAC student-athletes that excel both in the classroom and on the fields of play. All grade point averages are based on a 4.0 scale.

The five other female student-athletes to receive the Winter 2014-15 Meijer Commissioner's Awards are: Hannah Mattar and Jamie Sindelar of Ashland, Emily Oren and Megan Fogt of Hillsdale, Alyssa Colla of Northern Michigan.

Maleski was a three-time GLIAC Champion (one individual race and two relays) in 2015 and a five-time All-American (one individual First Team; three relays on First Team; and one relay on Honorable Mention) as the Warriors won their sixth consecutive conference title and placed in the top six at NCAAs for the eighth straight year.

A Biomedical Engineering Honors major, Maleski maintains a 3.77 cumulative grade-point average. She has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) all five semesters with two 4.00 terms. Maleski also earned a spot on the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for the second straight season earlier this semester.

For her collegiate career, Maleski has earned 13 All-America honors (12 First Team, 1 Honorable Mention) including one national title. She finished in the top eight at NCAAs all three seasons in 100 backstroke.

The six male student-athletes to receive the Winter 2014-15 Meijer Commissioner's Awards are: Ben Stelzer and Kyle Stankowski of Michigan Tech, Ethan Barnes and Gianni Ferrero of Grand Valley State, Kyle Cooper of Hillsdale and Jake Heagen of Findlay.