July 11, 2007

LOGAN, Utah - The Western Athletic Conference announced its spring all-academic teams on Tuesday and Utah State had 60 student-athletes recognized as 39 earned all-academic team honors, while 21 more were named to the academic all-freshmen/transfer team.

To be eligible for the spring academic team, a student-athlete must have completed 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.

Leading the way for Utah State is senior Lauren Monson (women's tennis) and junior Amy Egan (women's track and field), who both earned academic all-conference honors for the third straight year. Monson graduated from USU this spring with a degree in exercise science and a cumulative grade-point average of 3.34, while Egan is majoring in English and has a 3.75 cumulative GPA.

During the 2006-07 academic year, 115 Utah State student-athletes were recognized by the league office for their academic achievements.

Spring Academic All-WAC Honorees

Men's Golf
Devin Daniels, So., 3.10, Entrepreneurship
Preston Otte, Sr., 3.11, Entrepreneurship/Management & Human Resources
Softball
Ashley Bellum, Jr., 3.13, Exercise Science
Jill Bruins, Sr., 3.65, Business Administration
Alexis Perry, Sr., 3.75, Early Childhood Development
Jami Uragami, Sr., 3.28, Exercise Science
Men's Tennis
Michael Banks, Jr., 3.17, Political Science
Lukas Bouton, Sr., 3.73, Aviation Technology
Hannes Schenk, Sr., 3.59, Economics
Dantley Young, Sr., 3.14, Exercise Science
Women's Tennis
Erin Crane, Jr., 3.67, Health Education Specialist
Lauren Monson, Sr., 3.34, Exercise Science
Bridgette Strickland, So., 3.07, Interior Design
Men's Track and Field
Jared Glenn, So., 3.83, Physical Education
Blake Hadfield, So., 3.54, Physical Education
Palmer Hawkins, So., 3.20, Mechanical Engineering
Chase Judd, Jr., 3.65, Business Administration
Kevin Liu, Sr., 3.16, Finance
David Loomis, So., 3.06, Physical Education
Jacob Mabey, So., 3.75, Psychology
Cameron Madsen, So., 3.08, Political Science
Chase Taylor, Jr., 3.12, Business
Matthew Toone, So., 3.82, Finance
Vance Twitchell, Sr., 3.83, Civil Engineering
Heath Wing, Sr., 3.42, Spanish
Women's Track and Field
Caroline Berry, Jr., 3.81, Family and Consumer Science
Rebecca Bostwick, Jr., 3.69, Art History
Kathryn Duhadway, Jr., 3.84, Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Amy Egan, Jr., 3.75, English
Jamie Garn, Jr., 3.38, Math and Statistics Composite Teaching
Vanessa Hawkins, So., 3.66, Elementary Education
Krista Larson, So., 3.50, Physical Education
Stacie Lifferth, Jr., 3.36, Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
April Rowlan, So., 3.60, Elementary Education
Aimee Sauvageau, Jr., 3.45, Health Education Specialist
Jennifer Schiess, So., 3.82, Math and Statistics Composite Teaching
Jennifer Twitchell, Sr., 3.36, Nutrition and Food Science
Carrie Yost, Sr., 3.28, Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
Sarah Young, So., 3.69, Interior Design

Academic All-WAC Freshmen/Transfers

Women's Basketball
Nicole Johnson, Fr., 3.03, Elementary Education
Indira Kaljo, Fr., 3.45, Undeclared
Football
Shawn Murphy, Jr., 3.07, English
Men's Golf
Brandon Broadhead, Fr., 3.80, Accounting
Gymnastics
Heather Heinrich, Fr., 3.65, Management Information Systems
Women's Soccer
Erin Salmon, Fr., 3.12, Undeclared
Lindsey Smart, Fr., 3.89, Exercise Science
Softball
Nicole Rupp, Fr., 3.95, Mathematics Teaching
Men's Tennis
Nate Ballam, Fr., 3.05, Chemistry
Women's Tennis
Brianna Harris, Fr., 3.66, Journalism
Men's Track and Field
Michael Budge, Fr., 3.19, Civil Engineering
Anthony Jones, Fr., 3.34, Undeclared
Taylor Mackay, Fr., 3.43, Chemistry
Women's Track and Field
Cortnie Broadus, Fr., 3.96, Computer Science
Ashlee Cannon, Fr., 3.60, Undeclared
Kirstin Flesher, Fr., 3.34, Physical Education, Exercise Science
Kimiki Kamo, Fr., 3.45, Exercise Science
Alexis Meyer, Fr., 3.03, Elementary Education
Jessica Nielsen, Fr., 3.09, Undeclared
Erin Stratton, Fr., 3.96, Exercise Science
Volleyball
Traci Rainey, Jr., 3.22, Exercise Science