Colorado Springs, Colo.—Fifty-three (53) San José State University student-athletes from five sports were named to the Fall 2019 Academic All-Mountain West team.
Football had 22 players honored, followed by women's soccer with 14, volleyball with seven, women's cross country with six and men's cross country with four. Women's soccer, men's cross country, and women's cross country had more than 50 percent of the team earn Academic All-Mountain West honors. Football was one of five conference schools with at least 20 Academic All-Mountain honorees.
Five Spartan student-athletes received their fourth Academic All-Mountain West honor – Thaliana Grajeda (volleyball), Carlie James (women's soccer), Josh Love (football), Jose Piña (men's cross country), and Jennifer Sandoval (women's cross country).
Eight student-athletes received honors for the third time, while 18 Spartans earned Academic All-MW recognition for the second year.
"Congratulations to the student-athletes from our fall sports earning Academic All-Mountain West honors," said Eileen Daley, senior associate athletics director for academic and student services. "Our recruitment of motivated students to participate in NCAA Division I athletics and investment in academic support resources and personnel continues to pay off.
"We are extremely proud the women's soccer and both cross country teams had more than half their team members earn this academic award. With men's water polo, four of our fall sports teams had more than half the team receive an individual conference academic honor."
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.
Across the league, 607 student-athletes have been named to the fall 2019 Academic All-MW team. Sports recognized include men's and women's cross country, football, women's soccer and women's volleyball.
San Jose State student-athletes from fall sports teams earned 72 individual conference academic honors from the Mountain West, Western Athletic Conference in men's soccer, and Golden Coast Conference in men's water polo.
San José State University Honorees
Men's Cross Country (4)
Iman Bayat JR Materials Engineering
**Luis Chavez SO Kinesiology
Evaristo Mateo SR Justice Studies
****Jose Piña SR Health Science
Women's Cross Country (6)
***Kai Bohannon JR Business
***Camilla Hanson SR Biomedical Engineering
**Evelin Meza SO Political Science
Juliette Noyer FR Biomedical Engineering
****Jennifer Sandoval SR Communicative Disorders
**Briana Valencia SR Communication Studies
Football (22)
***Jackson Burrill JR Hospitality Management
Derrick Deese, Jr. JR Communication Studies
Jalend Dinwiddie SO Computer Science
***Brett Foley SR MBA
Alex Galland GR Masters – Public Administration
Andrew Gonneville FR Kinesiology
**Cade Hall SO Business Management
Isaiah Hamilton FR Psychology
Andrew Jenkins FR Political Science
Tre Jenkins FR Forensic Science
**Austin Liles JR Business Administration/General Business
****Josh Love SR Business Management Information Systems
**Brendan Manigo SO Biomedical Engineering
Matt Mercurio FR Humanities
**Deano Motes SR Business/Management
***Jesse Osuna SR Communication Studies
**DeJon Packer SR Health Science
***Jackson Snyder JR Business Administration/General Business
**Terrell Townsend JR Communication Studies
**Christian Webb SR Communication Studies
**Tre White SO Business Administration/General Business
Chris Wood SO Business Administration/General Business
Women's Soccer (14)
**Kristen Amarikwa SR Public Health
**Jamilecxth Becerra SR Public Health
**Bella Bowers JR Engineering
Alexus Jackson FR Biological Sciences
****Carlie James SR Graphic Design
Natalia Nava SO Business/HR Management
Jennifer Orozco SR Sociology
**Karlee Pottorff JR Kinesiology
Phoebe Rapoza FR Kinesiology
Darrian Reed JR Business Marketing
Sylvia Sloss SO Business/Management
Madison Toomer FR Kinesiology
Sabrina Weinman FR Kinesiology
Jada Wilson SO Psychology
Volleyball (7)
**Caitlin Bettenay SR Kinesiology
****Thaliana Grajeda SR Biological Science/Systems Physiology
**Haylee Nelson SO Kinesiology
Sarah Smevog SO Environmental Studies
**Ryann Thomison JR Nutritional Science
***Fernanda Vido SR Business/Marketing
***Kaitlynn Zdroik SR Advertising
* - number of honors earned including this year
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