Ninety-two Student-Athletes Received Academic All-Mountain West Honors

The Mountain West Conference announced its spring all-academic teams Thursday [July 16] and Utah State [University] had 92 student-athletes recognized as part of a league-record 950 student-athletes who were honored.

Spring sports include baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, softball, women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field.

Of its 92 academic all-Mountain West selections from its spring sports, Utah State had 37 student-athletes from women's track honored, along with 26 from men's track, eight from women’s tennis, six from men’s golf, five from both men’s tennis and softball, four from women’s basketball and one from men’s basketball.

Utah State’s 92 academic honorees from its spring sports were the fourth-most in the league as New Mexico led the conference with 128 all-academic recipients, while Colorado State had 104 and Fresno State had 98, followed by USU’s 92. Boise State was fifth with 91 all-academic honors from its spring sports, followed by Nevada (80), UNLV (77), Wyoming (77), San Jose Staté (73), San Diego State (69) and Air Force (61).

Utah State also had the most individuals honored in women’s track and field (37), tied for first with the most honorees in men’s golf (6) and women’s tennis (8), ranked second in men’s track and field (26) and tied for the second most student-athletes honored in men’s tennis (5).

Senior Eric Shellhorn, who competes in cross country, and both indoor and outdoor track and field for Utah State, has now earned academic all-conference honors 10 times in his career. Fellow senior cross country/track athletes Tom Derr and Kade Jensen have now both earned academic all-conference honors seven times, while senior track athletes Nic Bowens, Laycee Elliott, Dan Mosman, Amanda Stoudt, Amber Thompson and Jacqueline Winterton all earned their sixth academic all-conference honor.

Of the 92 USU student-athletes to earn spring academic all-Mountain West honors, 58 are receiving the accolade for at least the second time.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed one academic year, have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s contests.

During the 2014-15 academic year, Utah State had a total of 153 student-athletes earn academic all-Mountain West honors.

Spring Academic All-Mountain West Honorees

Men’s Basketball

David Collette, Fr., Undeclared Business

Women’s Basketball

Tijana Djukic, Jr., Communication Studies

Mariah Miles, Jr., Political Science

Funda Nakkasoglu, Fr., Undeclared Business

Elise Nelson, Sr., Pre-Physical Therapy

Golf

Brennan Coburn, Jr., Finance

Seokwon Jeon, Jr., Sociology

Eli Rogers, So., Pre-Physical Therapy

Grahm Schmaltz, Sr., Interdisciplinary Studies

Zach Waxler, Sr., Journalism

McCoy Willey, So., Interdisciplinary Studies

Softball

Nicole Arata, Sr., Exercise Science

Brina Buttacavoli, Fr., Exercise Science

Sarah Chow, Jr., Family Life Studies

Noelle Johnson, Jr., Interdisciplinary Studies

Kirstyn Namba, Jr., Pre-Physical Therapy

Men’s Tennis

Dennis Baumgartner, So., Business Administration

Marcus Fritz, Sr., Exercise Science

Karan Salwan, So., Business Administration

Sebastian Schneider, So., Marketing

Jack Swindells, So., Economics

Women’s Tennis

McKenzie Davis, Sr., Exercise Science

Sabrina Demerath, Fr., Management Information Systems

Nini Guensler, So., International Business

Meghan Lyall, Fr., Psychology

Maggie O’Meara, Fr., Undeclared

Kallie Sperry, Jr., Communication Studies

Katie Sweet, So., Physics and Biochemistry

Lexi Turley, So., Exercise Science

Men’s Track & Field

Jacob Barton, Jr., Food Science

Jordan Beutler, Fr., Plant & Life Science

Mike Bills, Sr., Accounting

Parker Bluth, Jr., Accounting

Sander Brouwers, Fr., Interdisciplinary Studies – Agriculture

Zach Cottrell, Fr., Mechanical Engineering

Tom Derr, Sr., Geology

David Hirschmann, Fr., Mechanical Engineering

Tanner Hunt, Jr., Bio-Engineering

Kade Jensen, Sr., Family Consumer Health

Mitchell Kalinin, So., Undeclared Business

Clay Lambourne, Fr., Management Information Systems

Cole Lambourne, Jr., Business Administration

Dillon Maggard, Fr., Undeclared

Dan Mosman, Sr., Finance

CJ O’Neal, Sr., Marketing

Briton Page, Sr., Spanish

Dustin Randall, Fr., Exercise Science

Justin Sheets, Fr., Psychology

Eric Shellhorn, Sr., Civil Engineering

Bryson Stout, Fr., Physical Education Coaching & Teaching

Bradford Strobell, So., Pre-Physical Therapy

Landon Watts, So., Biology

Colby Wilson, So., Marketing

Devin Wright, So., Biology

Women’s Track & Field

Maci Bingham, Jr., Interdisciplinary Studies

Sydney Blair, So., Exercise Science

Joanna Boyd, So., Mechanical Engineering

Stephanie Crapse, Fr., Biochemistry

Karlee Deeter, Jr., History

McKenzie Draper, Fr., Biological Sciences Composite Teaching

Laycee Elliott, Sr., Dietetics

Mia Estes, So., Exercise Science

Candace Greenwood, Fr., Elementary Education

Nieka Gutenburger, Fr., Physics

Maggie Hallerud, Fr., Wildlife Science

Chari Hawkins, Sr., Family Consumer Science Education

Jackie Heaps, Fr., Dietetics

Kayla Lee, So., Pre-Physical Therapy

Karli Lundquist, So., Art

Anna Maki, So., Environmental Studies

Hannah Malone, Fr., Dietetics

Olivia Moriconi, Fr., Pre-Physical Therapy

Sam Nielson, Sr., Exercise Science

Tori Parkinson, So., Public Health

Megan Perkins, Fr., Psychology

Selina Ramsey, So., American Studies

Brittany Rawlins, So., Biology

Megan Ryan, Fr., Undeclared

Heather Simpson, Jr., Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

Mitzi Munns-Stewart, So., Health Education Promotion

Amanda Stoudt, Jr., Bio-Engineering

Bethani Talbot, So., Elementary Education

Amber Thompson, Sr., International Studies

Paige Timothy, Fr., Pre-Physical Therapy

Caroline Weiler, Fr., Environmental Studies

Kaitlyn Wilcox, Jr., Communication Studies

Jodi Williams, Sr., Masters of Fitness Promotions

Elizabeth Winters, So., Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Jacqueline Winterton, Jr., Music

Kelsey Yamauchi, Fr., Undeclared Business

Katelyn Zabriskie, So., Art

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