Mountain West Conference Announces Softball Academic Honorees

Utah and UNLV placed a conference-high 10 student-athletes on the Academic All-MWC team.

Racheal Goodpaster was one of 10 UNLV Rebels on the 2001 Academic All-MWC team.
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June 21, 2001

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Mountain West Conference announced the 2001 Academic All-Conference team for softball today. To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic term at the member institution, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and be a starter or significant contributor to the team.

Forty-three student-athletes earned MWC academic honors in 2001, including 16 repeat selections from the 2000 squad. Utah and UNLV each had a league-high 10 members on this year's Academic All-MWC team, followed by BYU with seven, Colorado State and New Mexico with six each and San Diego State with four.

Attached (see PDF) is a list of the 2001 Softball Academic All-Mountain West Conference selections grouped alphabetically by school (*notes repeat selection).