Feb. 11, 2016
Colorado Springs, Colo.----- Forty-six (46) San Jose State University student-athletes from five sports were named to the Fall 2015 Academic All-Mountain West team.
The Spartans' men's cross country and women's volleyball teams each had more than half their team members named Academic All-Mountain West. Football (15) and the 2015 Mountain West Tournament champion women's soccer team (12) are the two San Jose State programs with 10 or more honorees.
Nine Spartans - Tim Crawley, Evan Sarver, Wes Schweitzer, and Shane Smith from the 2015 AutoNation Cure Bowl champion football team; cross country runners Ben Branagh, Jannik Ernst and Karina Nunes; Alexis Venegas from women's soccer and volleyball player Tyanna Roy earned their third Academic All-Mountain West award.
Jamie Hirai, Allison Meehan, Yavianliz Rosado from volleyball; Myia Wilkes, Darlene Rodriguez, Dorthe Hoppius, Rachel Docherty and Claire Berkley from women's soccer; Jennifer Beckingham, Melanie Fujiwara and Diana Orozco from women's cross country; Craig Huff from men's cross country; and football's Chris Gonzalez and Nate Velichko are the 14 San Jose State fall sports student-athletes who are two-time Academic All-Mountain West award winners.
To earn Academic All-Mountain West recognition, a student-athlete must complete at least one semester at the conference institution, maintain a 3.00 or better cumulative grade-point average and participate in at least 50 percent of the team's contests for the season.
The Mountain West conveys the Academic All-Mountain award after the fall and spring semesters. The Mountain West named a conference-record 567 student-athletes to the Fall 2015 Academic All-Mountain West team. Fall sports include men's cross country, women's cross country, football, women's soccer and women's volleyball.
Name | Sport | Class | Major |
*** Ben Branagh | Men's Cross Country | JR | Sociology |
*** Jannik Ernst | Men's Cross Country | SR | Business |
** Craig Huff | Men's Cross Country | SO | Computer Science |
Jose Piña | Men's Cross Country | FR | Civil Engineering |
Raul Rodarte | Men's Cross Country | JR | Philosophy |
** Jennifer Beckingham | Women's Cross Counry | SR | Mathematics |
** Melanie Fujiwara | Women's Cross Country | JR | Biochemistry |
*** Karina Nunes | Women's Cross Country | JR | Psychology |
** Diana Orozco | Women's Cross Country | SR | Forensic Science |
Jeanette Zambrano | Women's Cross Country | FR | Kinesiology |
Mark Amann | Football | JR | Business |
*** Tim Crawley | Football | JR | Business Information Management Systems |
Loni Fa | Football | JR | Recreation |
Frank Ginda | Football | FR | Business |
** Chris Gonzalez | Football | SO | Business |
Chandler Hawkins | Football | FR | Kinesiology |
Jeremy Kelly | Football | FR | Communication Studies |
Jarrod Lawson | Football | JR | Communication Studies |
Alex Manigo | Football | JR | Business |
Josh Oliver | Football | FR | Business |
Malik Roberson | Football | FR | Has not declared a major |
*** Evan Sarver | Football | JR | Mechanical Engineering |
*** Wes Schweitzer | Football | SR | Biochemistry |
*** Shane Smith | Football | JR | Business |
** Nate Velichko | Football | SO | Kinesiology |
** Claire Berkley | Women's Soccer | SO | Business |
Alyssa Bertuleit | Women's Soccer | JR | Business |
Veronica Chung | Women's Soccer | FR | Business |
** Rachel Docherty | Women's Soccer | SR | Business |
Courtney Elterman | Women's Soccer | FR | Has not declared a major |
Darriell Franklin | Women's Soccer | FR | Has not declared a major |
** Dorthe Hoppius | Women's Soccer | SO | Justice Studies |
Hayden Kelley | Women's Soccer | JR | Kinesiology |
Daria Manzano | Women's Soccer | FR | Kinesiology |
** Darlene Rodriguez | Women's Soccer | SR | Sociology |
*** Alexis Venegas | Women's Soccer | JR | Chemical Engineering |
** Myia Wilkes | Women's Soccer | SO | Business |
Luiza Andrade | Women's Volleyball | FR | Advertising |
Summer Avery | Women's Volleyball | FR | Kinesiology |
Giulia Gavio | Women's Volleyball | FR | Industrial Design |
** Jamie Hirai | Women's Volleyball | SO | Business |
** Allison Meehan | Women's Volleyball | SR | Business |
** Yavianliz Rossado | Women's Volleyball | SO | Political Science |
*** Tyanna Roy | Women's Volleyball | SR | Business |
Julie Sam | Women's Volleyball | JR | Hospitality, Tourism & Event Management |
Hana Tresnakova | Women's Volleyball | FR | Communication Studies |
** - two-time Academic All-Mountain West | |||
*** - three-time Academic All-Mountain West |