Colorado Springs, Colo.— Another positive academic accomplishment for 65 San José State University student-athletes as they received a 2020-21 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award for their performances in the classroom during their athletic career.
The MW Scholar-Athlete Award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the conference. To be eligible for the award this year, student-athletes must have completed at least one semester at the institution and have a 3.5 or better cumulative grade point average. The athletic contribution/participation requirement has been omitted for this award this year due to the impact of COVID-19.
The Spartan student-athletes represent 11 sports, led by football with 13 honorees, followed by women's swimming and diving with 10, baseball with eight and women's golf with seven.
Two Spartan softball players, Makayla Englestad and Janessa Lozano, have the distinction of earning five MW Scholar Athlete awards during their career. Three other Spartans have the honor of receiving four MW Scholar-Athlete recognitions – Kai Bohannon (T&F/CC), Grace Garvey (SB) and Savannah Sendar (TN).
The Spartan Scholar-Athletes helped the Mountain West to a new league-record 1,352 student-athletes recognized.
2020-21 San José State University MW Scholar-Athletes
Baseball (8)
$Dalton Bowling Sophomore Communication Studies
$Jack Colette Senior Communication Studies
Max Flower Graduate Master's – Urban Planning
Robert Hamchuk Freshman Communication Studies
$Taylor Justus Sophomore Kinesiology
$Spencer Long Senior Sociology
$Ben Polack Junior Business Administration/Finance
Will Tomlinson Graduate Master's – Interdisciplinary Studies
Men's Basketball
Harminder Dhaliwal Sophomore Business Administration/General Business
Football (13)
Travis Benham Junior Behavioral Science
Matt Der Torossian Freshman Business Administration/Entrepreneurship
$!Jalend Dinwiddie Junior Computer Science
Elijah Fischer Freshman Kinesiology
$Andrew Gonneville Sophomore Kinesiology
$Andrew Jenkins Sophomore Political Science
Tre Jenkins Sophomore Justice Studies
Alii Matau Junior Child & Adolescent Development
Sam Olson Freshman Environmental Studies
Trevor Robbins Graduate Master's – Interdisciplinary Studies
Justin Scrempos Freshman Communication Studies
$Jack Snyder Graduate Master's – Urban Planning
Malik Welch Junior Communication Studies
Men's Golf (3)
$!Matt Heitel Junior Business Administration/General Business
Vijay Srinivasan Junior Business Administration/Finance
Kristopher Stiles Freshman Business Administration/Corporate Accounting & Finance
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 (5)
$Alexus Jackson Sophomore Biological Sciences
Jaiden McClellan Freshman Political Science
Jordan Rowell Freshman Undeclared
Sarah Santos Freshman Biological Sciences
$Madison Toomer Sophomore Kinesiology
Softball (4)
$!#^Makayla Englestad Senior Business Administration/Marketing
$Jillian Figueroa Sophomore Forensic Science/Biology
$!#Grace Garvey Senior Kinesiology
$!#^Janessa Lozano Redshirt Senior Justice Studies
Women's Swimming & Diving (10)
Alice Ciobanu Freshman Kinesiology
$!Daria Cocol Junior Business Administration/Corporate Accounting & Finance
Ida Due Junior Kinesiology
$Megan Green Senior Communication 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 (4)
Jovana Babic Freshman Psychology
Tamara Culibrk Graduate Master's – Civil Engineering
$Lara Marco Mas Sophomore Nutritional Science/Applied Nutrition
$!#Savannah Sendar Senior Business Administration/Finance
Women's Track & Field (6)
$!#Kai Bohannon Senior Applied Mathematics
Nysiah LeGardye Junior Psychology
Evelin Meza Junior Political Science
$Juliette Noyer Sophomore Biomedical Engineering
Daniela Salazar-Salas Freshman Kinesiology
Gabby Spencer Freshman Justice Studies
Volleyball (4)
Allyson Alden Freshman Psychology
Cameron Blakely Junior Justice Studies
Mia Schafer Freshman Child & Adolescent Development
Sarah Smevog Junior Environmental Studies
& - 2020 honoree
! – 2019 honoree
# - 2018 honoree
^ - 2017 honoree
& - 2016 honoree
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