COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Thirty-nine San Diego State student-athletes were honored for their high achievement in the classroom as Mountain West Scholar-Athletes for the 2018-19 school year, the conference office announced today.
The MW Scholar-Athlete Award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the Conference. To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least two academic terms at SDSU, while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better and have participated in varsity competition in a Mountain West-sponsored sport.
Swimming and diving led the way with nine honorees. Women's soccer, volleyball and football were second with five honorees. In total, 11 sports were represented.
Yesterday, San Diego State had 68 student-athletes earn Academic All-Mountain West status for the spring semester.
Sport, Student-Athlete, Class, Major
Women's Basketball, Arantxa Gómez Ferrer, Senior, Aerospace Engineering
Women's Basketball, Jayden Perez, Freshman, Kinesiology
Women's Basketball, Monica Merkovsky, Senior, Kinesiology
Women's Cross Country, Carlene Masar, Freshman, Environmental Science
Women's Cross Country, *Nyjari McNeil, Freshman, Kinesiology
Women's Cross Country, *Natalie Regalado, Freshman, Kinesiology
Football, Elijah Kothe, Freshman, Business Administration
Football, Ron Smith, Junior, Education
Football, Daniel Bellinger, Freshman, Finance
Football, Brandon Heicklen, Junior, Interdisciplinary Studies
Football, Josh Bringuel, Sophomore, Psychology
Men's Golf, Zihao Jin, Sophomore, International Business
Women's Golf, Daniela Anastasi, Junior, Interdisciplinary Studies
Women's Golf, Tatum Mahon, Freshman, Political Science
Women's Golf, April Ranches, Freshman, Accounting
Women's Soccer, Anna Lovisa Norrby, Freshman, Art
Women's Soccer, Sarah Broacha, Sophomore, Interdisciplinary Studies
Women's Soccer, Phoebe Leitch, Sophomore, Psychology
Women's Soccer, Florence Laroche, Freshman, Psychology
Women's Soccer, Jordan Girman, Sophomore, Speech
Softball, Paige Barth, Freshman, Kinesiology
Women's Swimming and Diving, Emily Reed, Sophomore, Art
Women's Swimming and Diving, Erica Sarver, Sophomore, Business Administration
Women's Swimming and Diving, Elizabeth Menzmer, Freshman, Child Development
Women's Swimming and Diving, Kendall Bennett, Freshman, Computer Science
Women's Swimming and Diving, McKenna Meyer, Junior, Food and Nutrition
Women's Swimming and Diving, Alexis Letts, Freshman, Kinesiology
Women's Swimming and Diving, Samantha Geyer, Freshman, Management
Women's Swimming and Diving, Anna Stahlak, Senior, Mechanical Engineering
Women's Swimming and Diving, Kristina Murphy, Freshman, Undeclared
Women's Tennis, Ellie Ashley, Freshman, Business Administration
Women's Tennis, Shakhnoza Khatamova, Freshman, Kinesiology
Women's Track and Field, Alysia Allen, Freshman, Business Administration
Women's Track and Field, Cari Acosta, Sophomore, Criminal Justice
Women's Track and Field, *Nyjari McNeil, Freshman, Kinesiology
Women's Track and Field, *Natalie Regalado, Freshman, Kinesiology
Women's Volleyball, Madison Lenn, Freshman, Biology
Women's Volleyball, Serena Hodson, Freshman, Communications
Women's Volleyball, Loren Teter, Junior, Interdisciplinary Studies
Women's Volleyball, Camryn Machado, Sophomore, Interdisciplinary Studies
Women's Volleyball, Lauren Lee, Sophomore, Management
*-Honored for both women's cross country and women's track and field
MW Scholar-Athlete Designation Awarded To 39 Aztecs
