Erica Otto Piling Up the Accolades as Two-Sport Athlete at Southwestern University

Erica Otto of Schulenburg was named to the Southwestern University Spring 2023 Dean’s List, Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Student- Athlete Academic Honor Roll, Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Honorable Mention Outfielder and College Sports Communicators Academic All-District. She was inducted into Alpha Chi National College Honor Society and received the Tri Delta Theta Epsilon New Member Academic Award.

Otto is a sophomore dual student-athlete majoring in kinesiology / pre-med.

To be eligible for the Southwestern Dean’s Honor Roll, a full-time undergraduate student must complete a semester schedule of at least 12 academic hours and achieve a grade point average of at least 3.60.

To qualify for the SCAC Academic Honor Roll, a student- athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.25 for the term and be a regular member of a varsity athletic team in a sport sponsored by the conference The Tri Delta Theta Epsilon New Member Academic Award is awarded to the member with the highest GPA.

Otto is a 2021 Salutatorian graduate of Schulenburg High School.

She is the daughter of Keith and Stacy Otto of Schulenburg, and granddaughter of Harvey and Gloria Oeding of La Grange, the late Nolan L. Bruns Jr. of Schulenburg, Barbara Otto of Shiner, and the late Kenneth R. Otto of Shiner.