COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A school record 55 San Diego State student-athletes were honored by the Mountain West Conference with Scholar-Athlete designation for their achievement in the classroom during the 2019-20 school year. The announcement came from the league office today. The previous Aztec record was 49 honorees in the 2012-13 school year.
"The Mountain West Scholar-Athlete award program recognizes student-athletes who have achieved academic excellence and a record number of Aztecs who achieved this distinction speaks to the caliber of student-athletes enrolled at San Diego State," said Bobby Smitheran, senior associate athletic director of student-athlete academic support services. "These student-athletes were further challenged with a sudden shift to a virtual classroom and I am extremely proud of their achievement which balanced the demands of their respective sports and academic course load."
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete, one of the highest academic honors the league awards, are given to student-athletes who have completed at least two academic terms at their institution, have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher and have participated in at least one competition during the year in a sport the Mountain West sponsors.
Two programs had double-digit honorees, with swimming and diving leading the way with 11 and track and field with 10. In total, 12 of the 15 sports in which the Aztecs compete in the Mountain West were represented.
Two student-athletes, Daniela Anastasi (women's golf) and McKenna Meyer (women's swimming and diving), earned their fourth Mountain West Scholar-Athlete honor. Five received their third Scholar-Athlete honor and 17 were recognized for the second time.
2019-20 San Diego State Mountain West Scholar-Athletes
Baseball (1)
Caden Miller, Freshman, Criminal Justice
Women's Cross Country (4)
Sonja Andenmatten, Freshman, Kinesiology
Lauren Harper, Freshman, Zoology
# Carlene Masar, Sophomore, Environmental Engineering
# NyJari McNeil, Sophomore, Kinesiology
Football (8)
Matthew Araiza, Sophomore, Interdisciplinary Studies
# Daniel Bellinger, Sophomore, Finance
Jacob Capra, Junior, Homeland Security
#@ Brandon Heicklen, Senior, Education and Counseling
Parker Houston, Senior, Homeland Security
Jacob Jimenez, Senior, Liberal Arts
# Elijah Kothe, Sophomore, Business Administration
Isaac Lessard, Senior, Homeland Security
Men's Golf (2)
Amadeo Figus, Sophomore, Television, Film and New Media – Production
#@ Zihao Jin, Junior, International Business
Women's Golf (2)
#@^ Daniela Anastasi, Senior, Interdisciplinary Studies
# April Ranches, Sophomore, Accounting
Women's Soccer (6)
#@ Sarah Broacha, Junior, Interdisciplinary Studies
#@ Jordan Girman, Junior, Speech, Language and Hearing Studies
# Florence Laroche, Sophomore, Psychology
# Phoebe Leitch, Junior, Psychology
Abbie Rieder, Sophomore, Biology
Mckenna Wallace, Sophomore, Public Health
Softball (3)
Jillian Celis, Freshman, Undeclared
Makayla Jordan, Freshman, Criminal Justice
Alexa Schultz, Junior, Communication
Women's Swimming and Diving (11)
Emily Gebhardt, Freshman, Speech, Language and Hearing Studies
# Samantha Geyer, Sophomore, Management
Milena Karpisz, Junior, Interdisciplinary Studies
# Alexis Letts, Sophomore, Kinesiology
# Elizabeth Menzmer, Sophomore, Child Development
#@^ McKenna Meyer, Senior, Foods and Nutrition
Paige Mitchell, Freshman, Public Health
# Kristina Murphy, Sophomore, Public Health
#@ Erica Sarver, Junior, Finance
Riley Tapley, Freshman, Kinesiology - Pre-Physical Therapy
Peyton Wilson, Senior, Environmental Science
Men's Tennis (2)
Jules Auffray, Sophomore, Interdisciplinary Studies
Daniel Traxler, Freshman, Marketing
Women's Tennis (2)
Tamara Arnold, Junior, Interdisciplinary Studies
Alicia Melosch, Sophomore, Spanish
Women's Track and Field (10)
# Cari Acosta, Junior, Criminal Justice
# Alysia Allen, Sophomore, Business Administration
Sonja Andenmatten, Sophomore, Kinesiology
Elizabeth Anigbogu, Freshman, Anthropology
Elizabeth Funk, Freshman, Liberal Studies – Education
Lauren Harper, Freshman, Zoology
# NyJari McNeil, Sophomore, Kinesiology
Jada Moore, Freshman, Kinesiology
Sophia Pace, Freshman, Business Administration
Molly Scharmann, Senior, Hospitality and Tourism Management
Women's Volleyball (4)
# Lauren Lee, Junior, Management
# Camryn Machado, Junior, Interdisciplinary Studies
# Loren Teter, Junior, Interdisciplinary Studies
Hannah Turnlund, Senior, Foods and Nutrition
# - 2019 honoree
@ - 2018 honoree
^ - 2017 honoree
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