Utah State Tops the Conference with Spring All-WAC Academic Honors

The Western Athletic Conference announced its spring all-academic teams on Wednesday [June 17] and Utah State [University] had 93 student-athletes recognized as 58 earned all-academic team honors, while 35 more were named to the academic all-freshman/transfer team.

Utah State's 58 academic honorees from its spring sports were by far the most in the league as Fresno State was second with 43, followed by New Mexico State (41), Nevada (37), Hawai'i (31), Louisiana Tech (29), Idaho (26), Boise State (25), and San Jose State (20).

 

Utah State also had the most individuals honored in both women's outdoor track and field with 24 and men's golf with six, while the men's outdoor track and field team tied with Idaho for top honors in that sport as both school's had 13 student-athletes honored.

 

Senior Vanessa Gledhill, who competes in cross country and both indoor and outdoor track, has now earned academic all-WAC honors eighth times in her career, while junior Erin Stratton earned her sixth academic honor. Student-athletes who earned academic all-conference honors for the fifth time include Palmer Hawkins, Steve Strickland and Heath Wing from men's track and field, and Ashley Johnson and Krista Larson from women's track and field.

 

To be eligible for the spring academic team, 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.

 

See the full list of those who received spring academic all-WAC honors in the complete story on the Athletics Web site.