COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— A school-record 85 San José State University student-athletes received a 2021-22 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 while being a member of an intercollegiate team.
The Spartan student-athletes represent 15 sports, led by women's soccer with 14 honorees, followed by football with 13, women's swimming and diving with 11, and women's golf and women's track and field with seven each.
Three Spartans have the distinction of receiving four MW Scholar-Athlete recognitions – Antonia Malate (WGolf) and Daria Cocol and Shelby Mullendore (WSW).
The Spartan Scholar-Athletes helped the Mountain West to a new league-record 1,427 student-athletes recognized.
2021-22 San José State University MW Scholar-Athletes
Baseball (5)
&$Dalton Bowling Sophomore Communication Studies
Joey Cammarata Sophomore Communication Studies
&Robert Hamchuk Freshman Communication Studies
Trent Nielsen Freshman Business Administration/Corporate Accounting & Finance
Nik Trapani Junior Communication Studies
Men's Basketball (1)
Alvaro Cardenas Freshman Kinesiology
Women's Basketball (2)
Sophia Jones Sophomore Radio, TV, Film
Meghan Oberg Senior Mass Communications
Men's Cross Country (3)
Michael Chadwick Freshman Kinesiology
Cecil Ebiwok Graduate Biological Sciences
Christian Moreno Senior Public Relations
Women's Cross Country (4)
Sophie Liao Senior Sociology
$Juliette Noyer Sophomore Biomedical Engineering
Daniela Salazar Junior Kinesiology
Gabby Spencer Sophomore Justice Studies
Football (13)
Jordan Allen Freshman Justice Studies/Criminology
&Travis Benham Junior Behavioral Science
&$Andrew Jenkins Junior Political Science
&Alii Matau Senior Child & Adolescent Development
Hudson Mesa Freshman Business Administration/Management
&Sam Olson Sophomore Environmental Studies
Marcel Sanders Freshman BFA Art/Digital Media Art
Taren Schive Freshman Kinesiology
Tre Smith Freshman Communication Studies
&$Jack Snyder Graduate Master's – Urban Planning
Christian Webb Graduate Communication Studies
&Malik Welch Junior Communication Studies
John Weiss Graduate Master's – Communication Studies
Men's Golf (3)
Zubair Firdaus Freshman Philosophy
Kotaro Murata Junior Philosophy
&Vijay Srinivasan Senior Business Administration/Finance
Women's Golf (7)
&$Kajsa Arwefjäll Junior Business Administration/Finance
&Louisa Carlbom Sophomore Applied Mathematics
&$Jadan Gonzalez Junior Business Administration/Management
Lucia Lopez Ortega Freshman Chemistry/BioChemistry
&$!Antonia Malate Senior Communication Studies
&Jordyn Parr Sophomore Business Administration/Management
&Danielle Suh Sophomore Kinesiology
Women's Soccer (14)
Carly Burns Freshman Justice Studies/Criminology
Tiana Cello Freshman Kinesiology
Bella Flocchini Freshman Animation & Illustration
Kayla Fortenberry Freshman Sociology
&$Alexus Jackson Junior Biological Sciences
Juliane Laurent Junior Communication Studies
&Jaiden McClellan Sophomore Political Science
Kiana Miyazato Junior Public Health
Autum Monty Freshman Biolagical Sciences
Taylor Phillips Freshman Undeclared
&Sarah Santos Sophomore Biological Sciences
&$Maddie Toomer Junior Kinesiology
$Sabrina Weinman Junior Kinesiology
Jada Wilson Senior Psychology
Softball (6)
&$Jillian Figueroa Junior Forensic Science/Biology
Ashley Goard Freshman English (Teaching Prep)
Lacie Ham Freshman Communication Studies
Malia Luna Sophomore Chemical Engineering
Lilly Meek Graduate Master's – Pubic Administration
Aubrie Thomas Freshman Psychology
Women's Swimming & Diving (11)
&$!Daria Cocol Senior Business Administration/Corporate Accounting & Finance
Hannah Dettmann Freshman Psychology BA
&Ida Due Senior Kinesiology
Izzie Fraire Senior Nutritional Science
Ela Freiman Freshman Biomedical Engineering
Réka Kovács Junior Philosophy
&Reagan Mathieson Sophomore Biomedical Engineering
&$!Shelby Mullendore Senior Economics
&$Rebecca Petoe Junior BioChemistry
Emily San Jose Freshman Undeclared
Ellie Shorten Freshman Undeclared
Women's Tennis (4)
&Jovana Babic Sophomore Psychology
Olaya Bances Iglesias Freshman Business Administration/Marketing
&$Lara Marco Mas Junior Nutritional Science
$!Alba Pedrero Galindo Senior Business Administration/Management
Men's Track & Field (6)
Xolan Brown Graduate Master's – Interdisciplinary Studies
Michael Chadwick Freshman Kinesiology
Gabriele Coronado Senior Master's – Justice Studies
$Cecil Ebiwok Graduate Biological Sciences
Christian Moreno Senior Public Relations
$Andy Wang Senior Computer Science
Women's Track & Field (7)
Greta Fraraccio Freshman Business Administration/Management
Anna Guethlein Freshman Spanish
Sophie Liao Senior Sociology
&$Juliette Noyer Junior Biomedical Engineering
&Daniela Salazar-Salas Junior Kinesiology
Lina Schubert Freshman Psychology
&Gabby Spencer Sophomore Justice Studies
Volleyball (6)
&Allyson Alden Sophomore Psychology
Alyssa Bjork Freshman Public Health
Madeline Boerstra Freshman Public Health
&Mia Schafer Sophomore Child & Adolescent Development
&$Sarah Smevog Senior Environmental Studies
Jaida Ward Junior Justice Studies/Criminology
& - 2021 honoree
$ - 2020 honoree
! – 2019 honoree
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