OGDEN, Utah (January 24, 2019) – On Thursday, the Northern Arizona football, volleyball, soccer and men's and women's cross country teams were honored with a combined 40 Fall Big Sky All-Academic selections in an announcement by the league office.
To be eligible for Big Sky All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must have met and/or exceeded the following minimum requirements: 1) Participated in at least half of the team's competitions; 2) Achieved a 3.2 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at the conclusion of the most recently completed term; 3) Completed at least one academic term at his/her current Big Sky institution.
The soccer team had a team-high 12 All-Academic selections, while the football team had eight honorees. Both the volleyball team and women's cross country team both had seven awardees and the men's cross country team placed six on the Fall All-Academic list.
NAU's Fall All-Academic selections soared past the minimum requirements with an impressive 28 of 40 holding a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better. Five of the 'Jacks – volleyball's
Ryann Davis,
Brittni Dorsey and
Abby Stomp, football's
Jake Casteel and cross country's
Jesselyn Bries – have perfect 4.00 GPAs.
Stomp also earned a second straight Google Cloud Academic All-District First Team selection in the fall.
Below is the complete list of Fall 2018 NAU Big Sky All-Academic selections:
Football
Aaron Andrews – Jr. – Communication Studies
DJ Arnson – So. – Biomedical Science
Brian Barry – So. – Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Jake Casteel – Gr. – Educational Leadership
Chase Laurita – So. – Criminology & Criminal Justice
Max Michalczik – Fr. – Finance
Justis Stokes – So. – Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Anthony Sweeney – Fr. - Sociology
Volleyball
Jordan Anderson – Sr. – Strategic Communications
Aubrea Bandfield – Fr. – Exploratory
Ryann Davis – Fr. – Business
Brittni Dorsey – Gr. – Human Relations
Kaylie Jorgenson – Sr. – Special and Elementary Education
Sydney Lema – Jr. – Strategic Communications
Abby Stomp – Jr. – Biology
Men's Cross Country
Matt Baxter – Sr. – Applied Criminology
Geordie Beamish – Jr. – Civil Engineering
Tyler Day – Sr. – Journalism
Blaise Ferro – So. – Parks and Recreation Management
Kyle Havriliak – Jr. – Criminology & Criminal Justice
Ryan Raff – Fr. – Exercise Science
Women's Cross Country
Jesselyn Bries – Fr. – Exercise Science
Pipi Eitel – So. – Health Science-Nutrition
Jessa Hanson – So. – Biology
Cassi Land – Fr. – Psychological Sciences
Jenna McCaffrey – So. – Environmental Engineering
Shannon Molvin – Sr. – Environmental Sciences
Delaney Rasmussen – So. – Biomedical Science
Soccer
Taryn Benham – So. – Dental Hygiene
Amanda Bennett – Jr. – Biology
Victoria Cooper – Sr. – Information Systems Management
Tatum Heeres – Jr. – Health Sciences-Public Health
Kylie Kapustka – So. – Health Sciences-Public Health
Sam Larberg – Fr. – Biomedical Science
Paige Maling – So. – Exploratory
Kambree Meskill – Jr. – Elementary Education
Alexis Moest – Sr. – Biomedical Science
Madison Montgomery – Fr. – Biomedical Science
Emma Robson – So. – Biomedical Science
Kayla Terhune – So. – Psychology
