COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— For the second consecutive year, a school-record number of San José State University student-athletes received a 2022-23 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award as 91 Spartans are honored 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 two semesters 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, including four teams with double-digit honorees led by football at 12, women’s soccer with 11 and swimming and diving and women’s track and field with 10 each.
Women’s golfer Antonia Malate has the distinction of receiving five MW Scholar-Athlete recognitions for each year she was a Spartans. Eight others have the distinction of receiving four MW Scholar-Athlete recognitions – Kajsa Arwefjäll (WGolf), Dalton Bowling (BASE), Jillian Figueroa (SB), Andrew Jenkins (FB), Lara Marco Mas (WTN), Juliette Noyer (WTF), Alba Pedrero Galindo (WTN) and Sarah Smevog (VB)
2022-23 San José State University Mountain West Scholar-Athletes
Baseball (7)
%&$Dalton Bowling Junior Communication Studies
%Joey Cammarata Junior Communication Studies
%Jonathan Clark Senior Kinesiology
Hunter Dorraugh Junior Justice Studies/Communications
%&Robert Hamchuk Junior Communication Studies
James Shimashita Senior Psychology
Jack White Graduate Graduate Certification Program
Men’s Basketball (2)
%Alvaro Cardenas Sophomore Kinesiology
Kellen King Graduate Graduate Certification Program
Women’s Basketball (4)
Ellie Boni Junior Psychology BA
%Sophia Jones Junior Radio, TV, Film
Sofia Kelemeni Freshman Biological Science/Molecular Bio BS
Alyssa Malla Freshman Undeclared – Pre-Nursing
Men’s Cross Country (1)
%Michael Chadwick Sophomore Kinesiology
Women’s Cross Country (1)
%$Juliette Noyer Junior Biomedical Engineering
Football (12)
Jordan Allen Sophomore Justice Studies/Criminology
Kai Davison Freshman Business Administration
Elisha Guidry Junior Graduate Certification Program
%&$Andrew Jenkins Senior Political Science
&Tre Jenkins Senior Justice Studies
%Hudson Mesa Sophomore Business Administration/Management
John Norwood Freshman Aviation
%&Sam Olson Junior Communication Studies
%Taren Schive Sophomore Kinesiology (Teach Pre-Single)
%Tre Smith Sophomore Communication Studies
Jake Steele Freshman Undeclared – Pre-Nursing
Caleb Womack Freshman Mechanical Engineering
Men’s Golf (3)
Avinash Iyer Freshman Business Administration/Finance
%Kotaro Murata Junior Philosophy
%&Vijay Srinivasan Senior Business Administration/Finance
Women’s Golf (7)
%&$Kajsa Arwefjäll Senior Business Administration/Finance
%&Louisa Carlbom Junior Applied Mathematics
Rebecca Gyllner Freshman Business Administration/Management
%Lucia Lopez Ortega Sophomore Chemistry/BioChemistry
%&$!Antonia Malate Graduate Communication Studies
%&Jordyn Parr Junior Business Administration/Management
%&Danielle Suh Junior Kinesiology
Women’s Soccer (11)
%Carly Burns Sophomore Justice Studies/Criminology
Tatiana Cunningham Freshman Undeclared
%Bella Flocchini Sophomore Animation & Illustration
%Kayla Fortenberry Sophomore Sociology
%Juliane Laurent Senior Communication Studies
%Kiana Miyazato Senior Public Health
Bente Pernot Freshman Behavioral Science
%Taylor Phillips Sophomore Business Administration
Karissa Ruble Junior Industrial & Systems Engineering
%&Sarah Santos Junior Biological Sciences BA
%$Sabrina Weinman Senior Kinesiology
Softball (5)
%&$Jillian Figueroa Junior Forensic Science/Biology
%Ashley Goard Sophomore English (Teaching Prep)
%Lacie Ham Sophomore Psychology BA
%Malia Luna Junior Environmental Studies BS
%Aubrie Thomas Sophomore Psychology
Women’s Swimming & Diving (10)
Mya Azzopardi Freshman Psychology BA
Luna Balbuena Freshman Business Administration/Business Analytics
&Alice Ciobanu Junior Kinesiology
%Izzie Fraire Senior Nutritional Science
%Ela Freiman Sophomore Biomedical Engineering
Lais Gasparini e Silva Freshman Kinesiology
%Réka Kovács Senior Communication Studies
Megan Legarth Freshman Biological Sciences/Systems Physiology BS
%&Reagan Mathieson Sophomore Public Health/Population Data
%Ellie Shorten Freshman Business Administration/Management Information Systems
Women’s Tennis (6)
%&Jovana Babic Junior Psychology BA
%Olaya Bances Iglesias Sophomore Business Administration/Finance
%&$Lara Marco Mas Senior Nutritional Science
Carolina Millan Junior Philosophy
Irena Muradyan Junior Business Administration/HTEM
%$!Alba Pedrero Galindo Fifth Year Business Administration/Management
Men’s Track & Field (4)
%Michael Chadwick Sophomore Kinesiology
Jared Jones Sophomore Kinesiology
Cameron Tarver Freshman Industrial & Systems Engineering
Zaire Waring Freshman Psychology
Women’s Track & Field (10)
Alyssa Bean Freshman Psychology
Ariana Bush Graduate Masters – Public Administration
Eve Divinity Freshman Communications Disorders
Savana Dutton Freshman Undeclared – Pre-Nursing
%Greta Fraraccio Sophomore Business Administration/Management
Hazel Gaspaire Senior Justice Studies/Criminology
%Sophie Liao Graduate Sociology
%&$Juliette Noyer Senior Biomedical Engineering
%Lina Schubert Sophomore Psychology BA
%&Gabby Spencer Junior Justice Studies
Volleyball (8)
Carly Aigner-Swesey Graduate Masters – Interdisciplinary Studies
%&Allyson Alden Junior Psychology
Teila Allen Freshman Business Administration/Human Resources
%Alyssa Bjork Sophomore Public Health
%Madeline Boerstra Sophomore Public Health
Jiana Lawson Junior Biological Science/Molecular Bio BS
%&Mia Schafer Junior Child & Adolescent Development
%&$Sarah Smevog Fifth Year Environmental Studies
% - 2022 honoree
& - 2021 honoree
$ - 2020 honoree
! – 2019 honoree
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