COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— This spring, 106 San José State University student-athletes from 11 Spartan sports teams earned Academic All-Mountain West honors, as announced by the conference office.
The women’s swimming and diving team and men’s track and field teams led the sports with the most award winners, with 16 student-athletes each, followed closely by women’s track and field with 14. Three other sports notched double-digit winners – baseball at 12 and women’s gymnastics and softball with 11 apiece.
Eight Spartans earned Academic All-MW honors for the fourth time in their career at San José State.
Baseball – Joey Cammarata
Men’s Golf – Zubair Firdaus
Women’s Golf – Lucia Lopez Ortega
Softball – Lacie Ham, Aubrie Thomas
Women’s Swimming & Diving – Andreea Dragoi, Ellie Shorten
Women’s Track & Field – Lina Schubert
For the 2024-25 academic year, 185 Spartans earned academic all-conference recognition from the Mountain West (16 sports – 162) Western Athletic Conference (men’s soccer – 5), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (women’s water polo – 8) and West Coast Conference (men’s water polo – 10).
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 student-athlete must have competed in 50 percent of the team’s completed varsity contests.
In all, 1,351 student-athletes have been named to the spring 2025 Academic All-MW teams. Sports recognized include baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, women’s gymnastics, softball, women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field.
San José State University Academic All-Mountain West Award winners – Spring 2025
Baseball (12)
Rocco Caballero Junior Philosophy
Kyle Calzadiaz Junior Philosophy
#^%Joey Cammarata Graduate Master’s – Interdisciplinary Studies
Zach Chamizo Senior Philosophy
Alex Fernandes Senior Philosophy
Nolan George Senior Communication Studies
EJ McGrew Junior Communications
JC Osorio-Agard Sophomore Economics BA
Timmy Reeve Junior Communication Studies
Luca Staiano Junior Business Administration/Marketing
Zach Tallerman Senior Philosophy
David Thomas Munoz Junior Communication Studies
Men’s Basketball (2)
Chol Marial Graduate Adv. Comms & Research Methods
Josh Uduje Senior Sociology
Women’s Basketball (8)
Mecca Alexander Freshman Art/Digital Art
Djessira Diawara Senior Philosophy
#^Sofia Kelemeni Junior Biological Science/Molecular Bio BS
Amiah Simmons Senior Communication Studies
Jasmine Singleton Junior Adv. Comms & Research Methods
Finau Tonga Junior Philosophy
Hennie Van Schaik Senior Sociology
Rylei Waugh Sophomore Communication Studies
Men’s Golf (5)
Ivan Barahona Junior Business Administration/Management
Jed Dy Junior Communication Studies
#^%Zubair Firdaus Senior Business Administration/Business
Avinash Iyer Junior Business Administration/Finance
Keshav “KC” Mungali Sophomore Business Administration/Management
Women’s Golf (6)
#Moa Andersson Sophomore Business Administration/International Business
Isabella Cioe Freshman Economics
#^Rebecca Gyllner Junior Business Administration/Management
Nicola Kaminski Senior Kinesiology
#Tessa Kremser Sophomore Business Administration/Human Resources
#^%Lucia Lopez Ortega Senior Biological Sciences/Systems Physiology BS
Women’s Gymnastics (11)
#Marissa Ashton Sophomore Business Administration/Management
Ava East Freshman Business Administration/Management
Madison Gustitus Freshman Business Administration/Management
Ava Johnson Freshman Business Administration/Marketing
#Madison Kirsch Graduate Adv. Comms & Research Methods
#Sophia Konieczny Senior Forensic Science/Biology
#Jaudai Lopes Graduate Adv. Comms & Research Methods
Samantha Macasu Freshman Biological Sciences BA
#Olivia Reardon Sophomore Kinesiology
#Devyn Valuch Sophomore Justice Studies/Criminology
#Katherine Weyhmiller Graduate Adv. Comms & Research Methods
Softball (11)
Taylor Chillingworth Freshman Kinesiology
#Carly Cummings Sophomore Child & Adolescent Development – Prep for Teaching
Sarah Deplitch Freshman Business Administration/Marketing
#^%Lacie Ham Senior Psychology BA
#Shay McDowell Junior Kinesiology
Gigi Ortega Freshman Advertising
Taylor Peacock Freshman Undeclared
#Haley Reeve Sophomore Liberal Studies – Integrated Teacher Education Program
#Mia Reynolds Senior Art/Studio Practice
#Taylor Squires Senior Mathematics (Integrated Teaching Prep)
#^%Aubrie Thomas Senior Psychology BA
Women’s Swimming & Diving (16)
#^Mya Azzopardi Sophomore Psychology BA
#^Luna Balbuena Junior Business Administration/Business Analytics
#^%Andreea Dragoi Senior Psychology BA
#Hannah Ernst Sophomore Biological Sciences BA
#^Laís Gasparini e Silva Junior Kinesiology
Veronica Gourley Freshman Business Administration/Marketing
Hailey Grotte Graduate Kinesiology MS
#Ashley Jackson Sophomore Biological Sciences/Systems Physiology BS
#Jenna Jagielski Junior Forensics BS
Shyann Kissinger Sophomore Biological Sciences BA
Melia Lee Freshman Aviation
#Vilma Lindberg Sophomore Business Administration/International Business
Katerina Marghieri Freshman Physics BS
#^%Ellie Shorten Senior Business Administration/Management Info. Systems
#Dalton Sickon Sophomore Kinesiology
Keira Vail Freshman Journalism
Women’s Tennis (5)
Olaya Bances Iglesias Senior Business Administration/Marketing
#Duru Durgun Sophomore Psychology BA
Soledad Fayos Capilla Freshman Business Administration/International Business
#Cheuk Ying Shek Sophomore Design Studies BA
Carla Urchoeguia Senior Creative Arts
Men’s Track & Field (16)
Will Bujake Sophomore History
Asante Carter Freshman Public Health
#^Michael Chadwick Senior Kinesiology
Trey Ciccio Sophomore Business Administration/Finance
Diego Cortes Freshman Kinesiology
Isaiah Gilmore Senior Kinesiology
Rowan Henige Freshman Kinesiology
#Jared Jones Senior Kinesiology
Preston King Freshman Engineering Tech
Otto Laing Sophomore Kinesiology
#Nathan Lau Sophomore Electrical Engineering
Noah Lawson Junior Social Sciences
Lexington Leffall Freshman Geography
#Aiden Stalnecker Sophomore Biological Sciences BA
#^Cameron Tarver Junior Business Administration/Human Resources
#Alexander Walker Sophomore Chemical Engineering
Women’s Track & Field (14)
#Nereyda Alvarez-Gonzalez Junior Kinesiology
Isabela Arreola Freshman Business Administration/Marketing
#^Alyssa Bean Junior Psychology BA
#^Eve Divinity Junior Communication Disorders & Sciences
#^Savana Dutton Junior Undeclared – Pre-Nursing
Katharina Graman Sophomore Economics BS
#Sky Hagan Junior Communication Studies
#Gabriella Hernandez Sophomore Business Administration/Accounting
Favour Iyasere Junior Kinesiology
#Nakai Johnson Sophomore Kinesiology
Isabella Santillan Freshman Kinesiology
#^%Lina Schubert Senior Psychology BA
#^Emilia Sjostrand Senior Sociology
Jodeci Weems Senior Environmental Studies
# - 2024 award winner
^ - 2023 award winner
% - 2022 award winner
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