38 Student-Athletes Honored As Academic All-Mountain West38 Student-Athletes Honored As Academic All-Mountain West

38 Student-Athletes Honored As Academic All-Mountain West

March 21, 2018

Colorado Springs, Colo.-Thirty-eight (38) San José State University student-athletes from five sports were named to the Fall 2017 Academic All-Mountain West team.

Five Spartan student-athletes received their fourth Academic All-MW honor â€" Chris Gonzales (football), Dorthe Hoppius (women's soccer), Nate Velichko (football), Myia Wilkes (women's soccer) and Jamie Hirai (volleyball).

Eight students-athletes received honors for the third time in their career, while nine Spartans earned Academic All-MW recognition for the second year. Sixteen (16) achieved the recognition for the first time in their career.

Spartan football led the list with 116 players honored. Women's soccer followed closely with 11, then volleyball and women's cross country with five each and one men's cross country runner.

To earn Academic All-Mountain West recognition, a student-athlete must complete at least one semester, maintain a 3.00 or better cumulative grade-point average and participate in at least 50 percent of the contests for the season.

A league-record 618 student-athletes have been named to the fall 2017 Academic

All-MW team. Sports recognized include men's and women's cross country, football, women's soccer and women's volleyball.

San José State University Honorees

Men's Cross Country (1)

Charlie PopeSOHistory

Women's Cross Country (5)

Kai BohannonFRUndeclared
Carmen ContrerasJRPsychology
Camilla HansonSOBiomedial Engineering
** Jennifer SandovalSOKinesiology
*** Jeanette ZambranoJRMathematics

Football (16)

Jackson BurrillFRHospitatlity Management
** Bryce CrawfordJRCommunication Studies
*** Frank GindaJRCommunication Studies
**** Chris GonzalezSRCommunication Studies
*** Chandler HawkinsJRPsychology
Harrison HoffmanSOBusiness Administration/Acounting
Sailosi LatuJRCommunication Studies
** Josh LoveSOBusiness Managmenet Information Systems
Alii MatauFRBusiness Administration/Finance
*** Josh OliverJRBusiness Administration
** William OssaiGRInterdisciplinary Studies (MA)
DeJon PackerJRHealth Studies
Tysyn ParkerFRJustice Studies
Jamal ScottJRJustice Studies
Jack SnyderFRBusiness Administration
**** Nate VelichkoSRKinesiology

Women's Soccer (11)

** Yaritza AristaSRPublic Health
Aspyn AudibertSOPsychology
** Yvette CuellarSRPsychology
*** Darriell FranklinJRKinesiology
Natasha HarrisFRCommunication Studies
**** Dorthe HoppiusSRJustice Studies
** Carlie JamesSOGraphic Design
*** Aliyah JonesSRKinesiology
*** Sabrina MillerSRBusiness/Information Systems
Jennifer OrozcoJRSociology
**** Myia WilkesSRBiological Science/Systems Physiology


Volleyball (5)

*** Luiza AndradeJRCommunication Studies
** Giulia GávioJRInternational Business
** Thaliana GrajedaSOBiological Science/Systems Physiology
**** Jamie HiraiSRBusiness Administration/Accounting
Fernanda VidoSOBusiness/Marketing

* - number of honors earned including this year

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