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Wayne State student athletes were honored for their accomplishments during the 2022-23 school year, May 1, at the annual Ameritas Honors Banquet, held at the Frey Conference Suite in the Kanter Student Center.

Brooklynn Chipps, a redshirt senior from Elgin and Clearwater High School graduate, was recognized. She became the first-ever national champion in the weight throw for WSC at this year's NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with a new school record throw of 67' 11", winning the event by more than two feet. Chipps also won the NSIC individual title in the weight throw this winter. In the outdoor season, Chipps has already been voted NSIC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week and ranks second in the NSIC and fourth in NCAA Division II in the hammer throw with a top mark of 198' .