Berendsen Becomes Ripon’s Fifth Elite 20 Recipient of 2025-26

OSHKOSH, Wis. — Senior Hadley Berendsen (Kimberly, Wis., Kimberly HS) has been named the Midwest Conference Elite 20 Award recipient for softball, recognizing the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average competing at the conference’s championship event. A chemistry and biology major, Berendsen becomes the fifth student-athlete from Ripon to earn an Elite 20 Award during the 2025-26 academic year, marking the most Elite 20 honorees in a single year in Ripon College history. She joins Connor Handrick (men’s soccer), Kennedy Moore (swimming & diving), Madylyn Woyak (women’s track & field), and Halle Van Horn (women’s basketball). Berendsen helped…