COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — For the third consecutive year, a school-record number of San José State University student-athletes received a 2023-24 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award as 128 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 18 sports, including five teams with double-digit honorees led by women’s soccer with 19. Women’s gymnastics, in their first year as a member of the conference, was second with 15, followed by swimming and diving and football with 14 each, and women’s track and field with 11.
Three Spartans have the distinction of receiving five MW Scholar-Athlete recognitions – women’s golfer Kajsa Arwefjäll, baseball player Dalton Bowling and football player Andrew Jenkins. Seven others have the distinction of receiving four MW Scholar-Athlete recognitions – Jovana Babic (WTN), Louisa Carlbom (WGOLF), Robert Hamchuk (BASE), Reagan Mathieson (WSW), Sam Olson (FB), Sarah Santos (WSOC) and Gabby Spencer (WTF).
The Spartan Scholar-Athletes helped the Mountain West recognize 1,510 student-athletes.