NAU Places 49 Student-Athletes on Fall Big Sky All-Academic Teams
OGDEN, Utah – The Northern Arizona football, volleyball, soccer and men's and women's cross country teams placed a total of 49 student-athletes on the fall 2011 Big Sky All-Academic Teams. The 49 honorees were part of the school-record 3.12 cumulative GPA among all of NAU's student-athletes during the fall semester.
To be eligible for Big Sky All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must have met and/or exceeded the following minimum requirements: 1) Participated in at least half of the team's competitions; 2) Achieved a 3.2 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at the conclusion of the most recently completed term; 3) Completed at least one academic term at his/her current Big Sky institution
The Lumberjack football team had 14 honorees while the women's soccer team had 13 student-athletes receive the honor. Volleyball placed nine of its 14 team members on the All-Academic team while the men's and women's cross country teams had six and seven selections, respectively. Ten of the 49 student-athletes honored have perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA's, five of which came from the NAU soccer team.
Here is the complete list of fall 2011 NAU Big Sky All-Academic selections:
Football
Ben Bachelier - Exercise Science - Senior - 3.98
Michael Czyz - Criminology/Criminal Justice - Senior - 3.26
Jeremy Dang - Finance - Sophomore - 3.32
Michael Dosen - Sociology - Sophomore - 3.31
Drew Emanuel - Mechanical Engineering - Sophomore - 3.43
Austin Hasquet - Biomedical Science - Freshman - 4.00
Jake Hess - Psychology - Junior - 3.80
Alex Mott - Criminology/Criminal - Justice - Senior - 3.21
Dan Pela - Health Sciences/Health Promotions - Senior - 3.56
Mana Purdy - Environmental Studies - Junior - 3.33
Tevin Ray - Computer Science - Freshman - 3.46
R.J. Rickert - Business - Freshman - 3.20
Dejzon Walker - Marketing - Freshman - 3.30
Robert Watson - Criminology/Criminal Justice - Sophomore - 3.24
Soccer
Chelsea Bednarz - Advertising - Senior - 3.47
Diane Buzzard - Environmental Engineering - Freshman - 4.00
Ally Cwiekowski - Biomedical Science - Senior - 3.35
Alana D'Onofrio - Biomedical Science - Sophomore - 3.37
Ethi Ethridge - Biology - Senior - 3.61
Mary Harrah - Psychology - Freshman - 3.84
Laura Johnson - Elementary Education - Junior - 4.00
Ashley Marrapode - Exercise Science - Senior - 3.64
Elinor Priest - English - Junior - 4.00
Emily Roth - Environmental Science/Biology - Freshman - 4.00
Jenna Samora - Biology - Senior - 3.22
Lauren Weaver - Hotel & Restaurant Management - Sophomore - 3.40
Kathryn Wertz - Elementary Education - Junior - 4.00
Volleyball
Katie Bailey - Marketing - Senior - 3.62
Lauren Campbell - Mechanical Engineering - Junior - 4.00
Kelli Dallmann - Health Sciences/Physical Education - Junior - 3.48
Anna Gott - Management Junior - 3.76
Sydney Kemper - Undeclared - Freshman - 3.47
Kalee Kirby - Undeclared - Freshman - 3.53
Taylor Stephens - Exercise Science - Freshman - 3.68
Lexi Sullivan - Health Sciences/Physical Education - Junior - 3.72
Jen Wilson - Elementary Education - Junior - 3.51
Women's Cross Country
Kortnee Burton - Visual Communication - Senior - 3.75
Caroline Hogardh - Exercise Science - Freshman - 3.64
Kylee Kieser - Secondary Education/History & SS - Freshman - 3.33
Agnes Laurent - Comp Cultural Studies - Junior - 3.75
Haley Lawrence - Health Science/Physical Ed - Junior - 3.46
Kerri Lenihan - Biomedical Science - Freshman - 3.40
Sarah Raber - Undeclared - Sophomore - 3.74
Men's Cross Country
Andrew Belus - Microbiology - Senior - 3.72
Matt Coloe - Secondary Education - Graduate - 4.00
Tim Freriks - Exercise Science - Junior - 3.71
Chris Ganem - Exercise Science - Freshman - 4.00
Caleb Hoover - Exercise Science - Freshman - 4.00
John Yatsko - Mathematics - Senior - 3.76
