April 18, 2013
LOGAN, Utah - The Western Athletic Conference announced its winter all-academic teams Thursday and Utah State had 45 student-athletes recognized from the sports of gymnastics, men's and women's basketball, and men's and women's indoor track & field.
Of its 45 academic all-WAC selections, Utah State had 18 student-athletes from women's indoor track honored and 15 from men's indoor track, along with five from both gymnastics and women's basketball, and two from men's basketball.
Utah State led the WAC with its 45 all-academic honorees and Denver was second with its 43 honorees. Seattle was third with 42 academic all-WAC performers, followed by New Mexico State (37), Idaho (30), UTSA (25), Texas State (19), San Jose State (17), UT Arlington (16) and Louisiana Tech (5).
Furthermore, USU's 15 men's track honors were the most in its sport in the WAC, while women's basketball tied for first with its five honorees and women's track ranked second with its 18 academic all-WAC recipients.
Highlighting Utah State's honorees is senior track athlete Stephanie Burt, who has now earned academic all-WAC honors eight times in her career, while fellow track athletes Hollie Bosworth and Kyle McKenna each earned their seventh academic all-WAC honor, and track athlete Tyler Killpack earned his sixth academic all-WAC honor.
Student-athletes who are earning academic all-WAC honors for the fifth time include track athletes Brittany Bushman, Keeley Eldredge, Kylie Hirschi and Eric Shellhorn. Those student-athletes earning their fourth all-WAC honor include track athletes Bri Campbell, Sam Hawkins, Silas Pimentel and Ashley Robison, and women's basketball players Pualei Furtado and Jenna Johnson. Three-time honorees include women's basketball player Jennifer Schlott, gymnasts Paige Jones and Christina Nye, and track athletes Nic Bowens, Laycee Elliott, McKenzie Johnson, Chris Martinez, Dan Mosman, CJ O'Neal and Cree Phillips Taylor.
Of the 45 USU student-athletes to earn winter academic all-WAC honors, 35 are receiving the accolade for at least the second time.
To be eligible for the winter academic team, a student-athlete must have completed one academic year, have at least a 3.00 cumulative grade-point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's contests.
Winter Academic All-WAC HonoreesGymnastics
Kaitlyn Betts, So., Business, 3.64Paige Jones, Jr., English, 3.44Sarah Landes, So., Exercise Science, 3.88Susie Miller, So., Psychology, 3.37Christina Nye, Jr., Pre-Physical Therapy, 3.37
Men's Basketball
Ben Clifford, So., Marketing, 3.10Jordan Stone, So., 3.21
Women's Basketball
Pualei Furtado, Jr., Exercise Science, 341Jenna Johnson, Sr., Elementary Education, 3.48Addison Moore, Fr., Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences, 3.10Elise Nelson, So., Exercise Science, 3.66Jennifer Schlott, Jr., Marketing, 3.45
Men's Indoor Track
Nic Bowens, So., Civil Engineering, 3.80Michael Cardinal, So., Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences, 3.50Tom Derr, So., Environmental Studies, 3.61Sam Hawkins, Sr., Biological Engineering, 3.20Kade Jensen, So., Family, Consumer & Human Development, 3.23Tyler Killpack, Gr., Masters of Business Administration, 3.64Chris Martinez, So., Mechanical Engineering, 3.73Kyle McKenna, Sr., Music, 3.98Dan Mosman, So., Finance, 3.61CJ O'Neal, Jr., Marketing, 3.67Briton Page, So., Political Science, 3.15Silas Pimentel, Jr., Physical Therapy, 3.49Drew Povey, So., Agribusiness, 3.10Eric Shellhorn, So., Civil Engineering, 3.75Kalon Weston, So., Health Education Promotions, 3.20
Women's Indoor Track
Abby Andrews, So., Journalism, 3.23Aubriann Bosen, Jr., Interdisciplinary Studies, 3.27Hollie Bosworth, Sr., Family Consumer Science Education, 3.56Stephanie Burt, Sr., Exercise Science, 3.10Brittany Bushman, So., Exercise Science, 3.50Bri Campbell, Sr., Accounting, 3.97Keeley Eldredge, Jr., History Teaching, 3.12Laycee Elliott, So., Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences, 3.82Kylie Hirschi, Jr., Exercise Science, 3.65McKenzie Johnson, So., Exercise Science, 3.55Daphne Jones, Jr., Psychology, 3.07Julia Klingler, So., Mechanical Engineering, 3.42Rachel Orr, So., Exercise Science, 3.39Ashley Robison, Jr., Family Consumer & Human Development, 3.36Cree Phillips Taylor, So., English Teaching, 3.89Mariah Thompson, So., Health Education, 3.51Dana Wareham, So., Health Education, 3.24Jodi Williams, So., Exercise Science, 4.00
