Feb. 6, 2007
LOGAN, Utah -
Utah State landed a league-high 42 of its student-athletes on the Fall Academic all-Western Athletic Conference teams it was announced by the conference office on Tuesday.
Utah State's 42 honorees were five more than Boise State, which produced 37 award winners. Fresno State was third with 32 selections, while San Jose State was fourth with 26 picks.
Among USU's 42 honorees were 15 soccer players and 12 football players. Women's cross country and volleyball each had six selections, while men's cross country had three athletes tabbed to the teams.
Six USU student-athletes that were recognized for their academic success, were also athletic all-conference selections earlier this fall. That list includes men's cross country runners Vance Twitchell and Seth Wold, women's runners Amy Egan, Stacie Lifferth and Jennifer Twitchell and soccer player Charity Weston.
Weston, a senior majoring in PE-Teaching was a first-team athletic and academic pick as a junior as well. Malik Cin, a senior on the football team, was named to the team after earning second-team all-conference athletic honors in the fall.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed at least 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.
Last fall, USU had 35 honorees and trailed Fresno State, which had 37 picks and Boise State, which finished with 36 honorees.
2007 USU Academic all-WAC Selections
Men's Cross Country
Taylor Price Jr. 3.56 Marketing
Vance Twitchell Sr. 3.86 Civil Engineering
Seth Wold Jr. 3.25 History
Women's Cross Country
Caroline Berry Sr. 3.83 Family & Consumer Science
Vanessa Hawkins So. 3.67 Early Childhood/Elementary Education
Amy Egan Sr. 3.70 English
Stacie Lifferth Jr. 3.36 Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education
April Rowlan R-Fr 3.53 Journalism
Jennifer Twitchell Sr. 3.84 Nutrition & Food Sciences
Football
Alan Bishop So. 3.40 Exercise Science
Jimmy Bohm Sr. 3.03 Finance
Ryan Bohm So. 3.89 International Business/Admin.
Chanler Buck Jr. 3.01 Exercise Science
Ben Childs Sr. 3.60 History
Malik Cin Sr. 3.27 Marketing/Business Admin.
Nmamdi Gwacham So. 3.62 Exercise Science
Derek Hoke Jr. 3.43 Sociology
Otis Nelson Jr. 3.19 Business Administration
Preston Robinson Jr. 3.61 Entrepreneurship/Management & Human Resources
Kerry Shepherd Gr. 3.14 Master of Business Admin.
Terrance Washington Sr. 3.33 Finance
Soccer
Lacey Christensen So. 3.81 Exercise Science
Candice Clark So. 3.28 Exercise Science
Jessica Darrow So. 3.24 Physical Education
Ali Griffin So. 3.58 Graphic Design
Andra Hansen Jr. 3.19 Exercise Science
Charlsie Harris Sr. 3.44 Exercise Science
Abby Hunt Jr. 3.38 Exercise Science
Alyssa Lowry So. 3.30 Undecided
Jessica Malaska Jr. 3.14 Sociology
Dana Peart Jr. 3.12 PE-Teaching
Shannon Ross Jr. 3.88 Exercise Science
Ashley Shurtleff Sr. 3.90 Communication Disorders & Deaf Education
Sierra Smith Sr. 3.89 Exercise Science
Charity Weston Sr. 3.31 PE-Teaching
Lisa Willardson So. 3.50 Undeclared
Volleyball
Rebecca Anderson Jr. 3.91 Math & Statistics
Heather Hillier So. 3.22 International Studies
Beth Hodge Jr. 3.20 Psychology
Melissa Larson So. 3.17 Exercise Science
Dani Schaap So. 3.36 Undecided
Kelsi Peterson Sr. 3.14 Physical Education
