Colorado Springs, Colo. - The Mountain West Conference has announced its Academic All-Mountain West Conference honors for the sports of men's and women's swimming & diving. To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have completed one academic term at the member institution, maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and be a starter or significant contributor.
Forty-eight male and eighty-eight female student-athletes qualify for the academic all-conference team in the sport of swimming & diving. On the men's side, Air Force leads the way with 14 honorees and BYU follows closely with 12. The University of Utah received nine men's selections, UNLV notched eight and the University of Wyoming five. On the women's side, BYU and Wyoming tied for the lead with 16 student-athletes each. Colorado State followed with 13 female selections, New Mexico and Utah tallied 11 each, UNLV totaled nine female honorees, Air Force had eight and San Diego State notched four.
Following is the list of Academic All-Mountain West Conference selections for men's swimming & diving, grouped alphabetically by school. (Name, Institution, Year, GPA, Major)
Men's Swimming & Diving:
Air Force Academy
Andrew Badgett, Junior, 3.23, Operations Research
James Bales, Junior, 3.43, Biochemistry
John Dayton, Freshman, 3.74, Undeclared
Marshall Haylett, Sophomore, 3.38, Operations Research
Matthew Horner, Sophomore, 3.37, Economics
Matthew Ihlenfeld, Junior, 3.19, Political Science
James Marion, Senior, 3.28, Behavioral Science
McKay Morgan, Junior, 3.51, Civil Engineering
John Olson, Freshman, 3.88, Engineering Mechanics
Timothy Paschke, Senior, 3.61, Physics
Scott Percival, Junior, 3.50, Operations Research
Matthew Shipstead, Junior, 3.53, Political Science
E. Race Steinfort, Sophomore, 3.55, Aeronautics
Charles Toth, Junior, 3.47, Environmental Engineering
BYU
Michael Buys, Sophomore, 3.76, Exercise Science
Alexander Denke, Junior, 3.28, Film
Joshua Johnston, Freshman, 3.25, Chemical Engineering
John Lowry, Senior, 3.79, Accounting
Dewey Lucero, Sophomore, 3.10, Mechanical Engineering
Sean Moore, Junior, 3.69, Management
Robert Morris, Sophomore, 3.47, Accounting
Devan Porter, Senior, 3.26, Civil Engineering
Aaron Russell, Freshman, 3.56, Undeclared
C. Farr Smith, Junior, 3.07, Facilities Management
Eric Talbot, Sophomore, 3.70, International Studies
Gary Tan, Freshman, 3.04, Undeclared
UNLV
Andrew Kapchinske, Freshman, 3.12, Undeclared
Piotr Krzyskow, Junior, 3.53, Physical Education
Will Pulgarin, Freshman, 3.78, Elementary Education
David Schick, Sophomore, 3.33, Business Accounting
Michael Short, Sophomore, 3.72, Kinesiology
Jacint Simon, Junior, 3.35, Undeclared
Paul Valen, Freshman, 3.21, Undeclared
Laurens Vosloo, Senior, 3.15, Accounting & Management
University of Utah
Trent Brown, Utah, Sophomore, 3.20, Undeclared
Jon-Mikael Carlile, Utah, Freshman, 3.10, Undeclared
Matt Chamberlain, Utah, Senior, 3.30, Materials Science Engineering
Daniel Godfrey, Utah, Sophomore, 3.48, Business
Cory Heidelberger, Utah, Senior, 3.72, Biology
Johan Nystrom, Utah, Senior, 3.11, Engineering
Robert Renna, Utah, Senior, 3.42, English
James Thompson, Utah, Junior, 3.82, Biology
Chris Williams, Utah, Senior, 3.24, Finance
University of Wyoming
Theodore Dibble, Wyoming, Sophomore, 3.37, Electrical Engineering
Guy Fulfer, Wyoming, Sophomore, 3.52, Humanities/Fine Arts
Jacob Rehard, Wyoming, Sophomore, 3.11, Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Tim Smyser, Wyoming, Senior, 4.00, Wildlife & Fish Biology and Mngment
Colin Wallace, Wyoming, Senior, 3.33, Accounting
Following is the list of Academic All-Mountain West Conference selections for women's swimming & diving, grouped alphabetically by school. (Name, Institution, Year, GPA, Major)
Women's Swimming & Diving:
Air Force Academy
Robin Cadow, Sophomore, 3.68, Foreign Area Studies
Christi Cleaver, Sophomore, 3.33, History
Jaimie Koller, Freshman, 3.47, Undeclared
Sarah Law, Freshman, 3.73, Undeclared
Lindsey McRoberts, Senior, 3.10, Human Factors
Anna Rietze, Freshman, 3.16, History-Military
Candace Staubitz, Junior, 3.39, Biochemistry
Monique Van't Wout, Sophomore, 3.14, Management
Colorado State University
Mandie Aaker, Junior, 3.87, Health & Exer. Science
Lindsay Barker, Sophomore, 3.05, Undeclared
Lisa Belitsky, Freshman, 3.10, Wildlife Biology
Elisha Botnick, Sophomore, 3.14, Psychology
Emily Brandenburg, Sophomore, 3.26, Health & Exer. Science
Paula Langner, Freshman, 3.47, Health & Exercise Science
Sandy Leaycraft, Junior, 3.52, Human Dev. & Family Studies
Patty Nash, Senior, 3.18, English
Courtney O'Hagan, Junior, 3.74, Economics
Meghan Sabin, Freshman, 3.00, Pre-Technical Journalism
Erin Shumway, Freshman, 3.12, Speech Communications
Sarah Tomicich, Junior, 3.16, Finance & Real Estate
Katie Van Dyken, Junior, 3.01, Psychology
University of New Mexico
Genevieve Bernal, Junior, 3.13, History
Stephanie Brane, Sophomore, 3.48, Exercise Science
Amanda Carson, Sophomore, 3.48, Comm. & Journalism
Rachel Duncan, Junior, 3.51, Spanish
Leslie Eide, Senior, 3.67, Economics
Anna Hoard, Sophomore, 3.59, Biochemistry
Jaala Joslin, Junior, 3.04, Political Science
Jennifer Short, Junior, 3.34, Biochemistry
Erin Smith, Freshman, 3.63, Undeclared
Patricia Thompson, Senior, 3.36, Human Resources Mgmt.
Elaissa Trybus, Sophomore, 3.46, Electrical Engineering
San Diego State University
Heather DeFelice, Sophomore, 3.50, Liberal Studies
Heidi Matsumoto, Freshman, 3.47, Inter. Business
Natalie Pennell, Junior, 3.19, Liberal Studies
Erin Stenvers, Senior, 3.11, Communications
UNLV
Timery Chambers, Sophomore, 3.19, Communications
Lee Cofer, Freshman, 3.32, Film Studies
Sabrina Ferrari, Junior, 3.12, Physical Education
Megan Merchant, Junior, 4.00, Communications
Hailey Nance, Sophomore, 3.77, Biology
Dana Penn, Sophomore, 3.47, Business Management
Sarah Riesmeyer, Junior, 3.22, Communications
Jessica Vipperman, Senior, 3.19, Psychology
Donna Wu, Senior, 3.86, Hotel Administration
