Colorado Springs, Colo.— A record-number 140 San José State University student-athletes from 11 Spartan sports teams that competed in Spring 2021earned Academic All-Mountain West honors, as announced by the conference office.
The baseball team led the sports with the most award winners with 33 student-athletes. Five other teams had double-digit athletes honored – women's soccer with 18, men's track and field at 14, women's track & field with 14, women's swimming and diving with 13, and softball at 12.
Two Spartan student-athletes, Makayla Englestad from softball and Tamara Culibrk from women's tennis, have the distinction of earning five Academic All-MW awards after the COVID shutdown in 2020 allowed them an extra year of eligibility for 2021.
Five other San José State student-athletes earned Academic All-MW honors for each of their four years at the school – Santiago Cantu (BASE), Wesley Clawson (BASE), Janessa Lozano (SB), Karlee Pottorff (WSOC), and Savannah Sendar (WTN). They join football players Jackson Burrill and Jack Snyder who also received four recognitions this academic year.
"I am very proud of our Spartans for excelling in the classroom with the many challenges presented to the learning environment as a result of the global pandemic. These student-athletes shattered the bar by producing a record-breaking number of Academic All-Mountain West honors. They represent the type of well-rounded student-athletes that our coaches bring to San Jose, and One Spartan Nation should rejoice at the tremendous efforts displayed by our student-athletes in academics and athletics this semester and this year," said San José State Director of Athletics Jeff Konya.
For the 2020-21 academic year, 215 Spartans earned academic all-conference recognition from the Mountain West (football – 41), Western Athletic Conference (men's soccer – 6), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (women's water polo – 13) or the Golden Coast Conference (men's water polo – 15).
To qualify for Academic All-MW, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic semester at the institution while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better. The athletic contribution/participation requirement has been omitted for this award this year due to the impact of COVID-19.
In all, a league-record 2,048 student-athletes have been named to the spring 2021 Academic All-MW teams. Sports recognized include baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, women's soccer, softball, women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball.
San José State University Academic All-Mountain West Award winners – Spring 2021
Baseball (33)
$Alec Ackerman Senior Justice Studies
$Dalton Bowling Sophomore Communication Studies
Kyle Bratset Freshman Business Administration/Management
$!#Santiago Cantu Senior Communication Studies
Keaton Chase Junior Economics
$!Jonathan Clark Junior Kinesiology
$!#Wesley Clawson Senior Kinesiology
$!Jack Colette Senior Communication Studies
Carter Duncan Freshman Mechanical Engineering
$Trevor Ernt Sophomore Kinesiology
Max Flower Graduate Master's – Urban Planning
Jackson Forbes Freshman Kinesiology
$Robert Hamchuk Sophomore Communication Studies
Theo Hardy Freshman Kinesiology
$Reece Hernandez Senior Sociology
$Ruben Ibarra Junior Recreation, Tourism & Management
Darren Jansen Junior Sociology
Taylor Justus Sophomore Kinesiology
!#Connor Konishi Senior Communication Studies
$Spencer Long Senior Sociology
Grant Martine Freshman Business Administration/Marketing
Charles McAdoo Freshman Communication Studies
$Ruben Mercado Senior Sociology
$Nicholas Morales Senior Communication Studies
Nelson Padilla Senior Sociology
$!Ben Polack Junior Business Administration/Finance
Corey Sanchez Sophomore Business Administration/Management
Joe Sassi Sophomore Kinesiology
$James Shimashita Junior Psychology
Matt Spear Freshman Justice Studies/Criminology
Will Tomlinson Graduate Master's – Interdisciplinary Studies
$Nik Trapani Sophomore Business Administration/Marketing
Josh Zanger Senior Business Administration/Management Information Systems
Men's Basketball (6)
Harminder Dhaliwal Sophomore Business Administration/General Business
Kaison Hammonds Junior Communication Studies
Nate Lacewell Freshman Business Administration/Management
Sebastian Mendoza Freshman Kinesiology
$Omari Moore Sophomore Kinesiology
Michael Ofoegbu Freshman Business Administration/Entrepreneurship
Men's Golf (7)
R.J. Cesario Sophomore Communication Studies
$Carl Corpus Sophomore Business Administration/Corporate Accounting & Finance
$!Matt Heitel Junior Business Administration/General Business
$Caleb Shetler Sophomore Aviation
Vijay Srinivasan Junior Business Administration/Finance
Kristopher Stiles Freshman Business Administration/Corporate Accounting & Finance
Luigi Wong Freshman Business Administration/Entrepreneurship
Women's Golf (7)
$Kajsa Arwefjäll Sophomore Business Administration/Finance
Louisa Carlbom Freshman Applied Mathematics
$Jadan Gonzalez Sophomore Business Administration/Management
$!Antonia Malate Junior Communication Studies
$!Natasha Andrea Oon Junior Business Administration/General Business
Jordyn Parr Freshman Business Administration/Management
Danielle Suh Freshman Kinesiology
Women's Soccer (18)
Zoe Aguirre Junior Communication Studies
Batya Bagully Sophomore Kinesiology
!#Bella Bowers Senior Chemical Engineering
Joanna Fernandez Sophomore Forensic Science
Evan House Freshman Kinesiology
!Alexus Jackson Sophomore Biological Sciences
Juliane Laurent Sophomore Communication Studies
Jaiden McClellan Freshman Political Science
!Natalia Nava Junior Business Administration/Human Resources
Sabrina Nava Junior Justice Studies/Criminology
!#^Karlee Pottorff Senior Kinesiology
Jordan Rowell Freshman Undeclared
Sarah Santos Freshman Biological Sciences
!Sylvia Sloss Junior Business Administration/Management
!Madison Toomer Sophomore Kinesiology
Sophia Viviani Freshman Kinesiology
!Sabrina Weinman Sophomore Kinesiology
!Jada Wilson Sophomore Psychology
Softball (12)
$!Caroline Bowman Senior Mechanical Engineering
$!#^Makayla Englestad Senior Business Administration/Marketing
Jillian Figueroa Sophomore Forensic Science/Biology
$Grace Garvey Senior Kinesiology
Jessica Giacoma Junior Business Administration/Marketing
$!Alyssa Graham Junior Public Health
Vicky Gutierrez Senior Communication Studies
$#^Janessa Lozano Senior Justice Studies
Malia Luna Freshman Chemical Engineering
Arianna Miranda Junior Kinesiology
Jackie Rookaird Sophomore Business Administration/Management
Jocylyn Vidal Sophomore Business Administration/Finance
Women's Swimming & Diving (13)
Ally Chislett Freshman Business Administration/Marketing
Alice Ciobanu Freshman Kinesiology
$!Daria Cocol Junior Business Administration/Corporate Accounting & Finance
Ida Due Junior Kinesiology
Izzie Fraire Junior Nutritional Science
$Megan Green Senior Communication Studies
$!Madison Grimes Senior Liberal Studies
$!Makenna Mathieson Junior Psychology
Reagan Mathieson Freshman Biomedical Engineering
$!Shelby Mullendore Junior Economics
$Rebecca Petoe Sophomore BioChemistry
$!#Katrina Slivkoff Senior Computer Science
$Negin Tehranian-Torghabeh Senior Psychology
Women's Tennis (8)
Jovana Babic Freshman Psychology
$!#^Tamara Culibrk Graduate Master's – Civil Engineering
$Lara Marco Mas Sophomore Nutritional Science
Irena Muradyan Freshman Business Administration/Management
$!Alba Pedrero Galindo Junior Business Administration/Management
$!#Savannah Sendar Senior Business Administration/Finance
Raquel Villan Pereira Freshman Chemistry
$Rozalina Youseva Sophomore Hospitality Management
Men's Track & Field (14)
$Jalen Adams Sophomore Radio, TV, Film
Xolan Brown Graduate Master's – Interdisciplinary Studies
$Richard Dang Junior Kinesiology
$Cecil Ebiwok Senior Biological Sciences
Jordan Finister Senior Philosophy
Senai Gebrehiwet Junior Software Engineering
Peter Handy Sophomore Electrical Engineering
Kyle Jankans Freshman Undeclared
$Aidan Jardon Graduate Master's - Kinesiology
Matheu Johnson Freshman Industrial Technology
$Charles Price Senior Philosophy
Bryan Quintero Junior Biological Sciences
Christian Rodriguez Freshman Sociology
Ty Seligman Freshman Biomedical Engineering
Women's Track & Field (14)
$Sydney Bentley Sophomore Psychology
!Kai Bohannon Senior Applied Mathematics
$Deborah Cornish Sophomore Kinesiology
Jicel Fernandez Freshman English
Camilla Hanson Senior Biomedical Engineering
Kaiya Johnson Freshman Child & Adolescent Development
Nysiah LeGardye Junior Psychology
Sophie Liao Junior Sociology
Evelin Meza Junior Political Science
$Juliette Noyer Sophomore Biomedical Engineering
Daniela Salazar-Salas Freshman Kinesiology
Kylia Smith Graduate Master's – Interdisciplinary Studies
Gabriela Spencer Freshman Justice Studies
Gracious Togiai Sophomore Sociology
Volleyball (8)
Allyson Alden Freshman Psychology
Abby Alvarez Freshman Communicative Disorders & Sciences
Cameron Blakely Junior Justice Studies
Lauren Conroy Freshman Business Administration/Finance
!#Haylee Nelson Junior Kinesiology
Mia Schafer Freshman Child & Adolescent Development
!Sarah Smevog Junior Environmental Studies
!#Ryann Thomison Senior Nutritional Science
$ - 2020 award winner
! – 2019 award winner
# - 2018 award winner
^ - 2017 award winner
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