July 8, 2014
Colorado Springs, Colo. --- Forty-three (43) San José State University student-athletes across 12 sports received one of the Mountain West's highest academic honors Tuesday with the announcement of the 2013-14 Scholar-Athlete Awards.
To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least two academic terms at the member institution, while maintaing a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better, and have participated in a varsity competition in a MW sponsored sport.
Nine women's swimming and diving team members received the honor to lead all SJSU sports. Softball and women's cross country/outdoor track were a close second with seven, and women's tennis was third with five honorees.
Four women's soccer players earned the award. Baseball, women's basketball, women's golf, volleyball and men's cross country all had two members honored. Tim Crawley became the SJSU football programs first conference scholar-athlete.
These 43 San José State student-athletes will go down as the first in school history to be named Mountain West Scholar-Athletes.
Name | Sport | Class | Major |
Mike Simonini | Baseball | SO | Undeclared |
Jack Veasey | Baseball | FR | Business Administration |
Ta'Rea Cunnigan | Women's Basketball | JR | Psychology |
Rachol West | Women's Baseketball | FR | Undeclared |
Jannik Ernst | Men's Cross Country | SO | Business Administration |
Ben Branagh | Men's Cross Country | FR | Sociology |
Breanna Garcia | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | JR | Psychology |
Rebecca Garcia | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | JR | Psychology |
Aylin Mejia | Women's Cross County/Track & Field | SR | Health Science |
Karina Nunes | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | FR | Psychology |
Tim Crawley | Football | FR | Business Administration |
Kim Cifuentes | Women's Golf | FR | Business Administration |
Alexandra Kristofersson | Women's Golf | FR | Business Administration |
Alex Donaldson | Women's Soccer | JR | Health Science |
Cheryl Kute | Women's Soccer | SR | Child & Adolescent Development |
Stephanie Rebagliati | Women's Soccer | FR | Kinesiology |
Alexis Venegas | Women's Soccer | FR | Chemical Engineering |
Michelle Cox | Softball | JR | Business Administration |
Chelsea Jenner | Softball | FR | Journalism |
Katelyn Linford | Softball | FR | Mechanical Engineering |
Jessie Meyer | Softball | FR | Kinesiology |
Erin Rodriguez | Softball | SO | Child & Adolescent Development |
Marissa Toy | Softball | SO | Nursing |
Casey Watt | Softball | SO | Kinesiology |
Darcie Anderson | Women's Swimming & Diving | SR | Kinesiology |
Lynea Baudino | Women's Swimming & Diving | FR | Evironmental Studies |
Michelle Berry | Women's Swimming & Diving | SO | Pre-Nursing |
Alysha Bush | Women's Swimming & Diving | FR | Kinesiology |
Alyssa Cable | Women's Swimming & Diving | FR | Journalism |
Lisa Ellis | Women's Swimming & Diving | FR | Undeclared |
Kayla Nakamoto | Women's Swimming & Diving | JR | Recreation Therapy |
Amber Nelson | Women's Swimming & Diving | JR | Biomedical Engineering |
Taylor Solorio | Women's Swimming & Diving | FR | Kinesiology |
Julianna Bacelar | Women's Tennis | JR | Business Administration |
Justine Deleval | Women's Tennis | SO | Business Administration |
Marie Klocker | Women's Tennis | FR | Business Administration |
Gaelle Rey | Women's Tennis | FR | Business Administration |
Jessica Willett | Women's Tennis | JR | Kinesiology |
Taylor Griffin | Women's Track & Field | FR | Undeclared |
Allison Kimura | Women's Track & Field | JR | Kinesiology |
Madiha Raza | Women's Track & Field | FR | Undeclared |
Megan Powers | Volleyball | FR | Health Science |
Lauren Jacobsen | Volleyball | FR | Mechanical Engineering |