Numerous Seattle University student-athletes, not only those competing in spring sports but also freshmen and first-year transfers completing their initial year of residency, received All-Academic honors from the Western Athletic Conference, announced Monday morning by the league office.
Seattle U earned 41 WAC All-Academic honors from the spring sports of baseball, men’s and women’s golf, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, third-most among the nine permanent members of the conference. In addition, 59 Redhawk freshmen and first-year transfers competing throughout the 2013-14 academic year were added to the list after completing their first year at Seattle U, the most honors among first-year students from any WAC school.
In total, Seattle U student-athletes accumulated 181 WAC All-Academic honors during the 2013-14 season, second only to Grand Canyon’s 199 honors. The Western Athletic Conference handed out 1,187 All-Academic awards in 2013-14, including 308 to spring student-athletes and another 342 to freshmen and transfers for all sports.
The mission of the Seattle University athletics department is to champion the holistic development of student-athletes inspiring a vital and engaged campus community through the development and maintenance of a premier, nationally prominent NCAA Division I athletics program, in the spirit of the Jesuit tradition. One of the aspects of putting the mission into action is creating an athletic culture where student-athletes can realize balanced success in academics, athletics and in all their collegiate pursuits and experiences.
SU STUDENT-ATHLETES EARNING WAC SPRING/1ST-YEAR ALL-ACADEMIC
· BASEBALL: Mac Acker, Garrett Anderson, Brock Carpenter, Michael McCann, Connor Moore, Colin Peterson, Ryan Somers
· WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Wilma Afunugo
· MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY: Tyler Flannery, Conner Hayes, Caleb Herrera
· WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY: Amy Clawson, Moira O’Connor Lenth, Lila Rice
· MEN’S GOLF: Luka Karaula, Patrick Sato, David Torres, Ahren Young
· WOMEN’S GOLF: Dorsey Addicks, Amanda Beyke, Nicole Gaddie
· MEN’S SOCCER: Kyle Bjornethun, Justice Duerksen, Cameron Rohani
· WOMEN’S SOCCER: Mariah O’Neil
· SOFTBALL: Hayley Beckstrom, Jenny Hurst, Bubba Morrow, Sarah Petosa, Kayla Shuster-Gonzales, Jennifer Sweet
· MEN’S SWIMMING: Tanner Schelling
· WOMEN’S SWIMMING: Carlee Bock, Emma Foster, Kristin Hoffman, Annika Perry, Sidney Pinger, Rachael Rodriguez, Katie Rottman, Kate Sabourin
· MEN’S TENNIS: Jason Bediones, Will Topp
· WOMEN’S TENNIS: Barbara Carey, Kristen James, Sarah Lucas, Kelli Woodman, Corinne Wurden
· MEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD: Tyler Flannery, Conner Hayes, Caleb Herrera, Louis Rodrigues
· WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD: Sandy Dasalla Good, Alexa DeYoung, Katie Fleming, Mariah Gibbs, Melissa Oeser, Lila Rice, Mandy Rusch
· MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD: Baxter Arguinchona, Gus Arroyo, Jeff Baklund, Samuel Engle, Tyler Flannery, Conner Hayes, Caleb Herrera, Miles Hille, Graham Kinzel-Grubbs, Nathan McLaughlin, Collin Overbay, Louis Rodrigues, Malaki Seanoa, Stephen Squatrito
· WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD: Justine Bates, Amy Clawson, Cali Cull, Sophie Curatilo, Sandy Dasalla Good, Madison Davis, Taylor de Laveaga, Candice de Sauvage, Alexa DeYoung, Rosalyn DiLillo, Katie Fleming, Lindsay Frederick, Mariah Gibbs, Lauren Hammerle, Haley Kruell, Hannah Mittelstaedt, Moira O’Connor Lenth, Lila Rice, Bethany Richards, Mandy Rusch, Elena Smith, Katie Tougas
· VOLLEYBALL: Iris Ivanis, Kerry Lane, Martina Samadan, Kirstin Schauble, Stephanie Stoll