DENVER, Colo. (July 2, 2019) –  Northern Arizona swimming & diving added six first-year student-athletes to the 2019 Academic All-WAC honoree list.

The WAC honors student-athletes who have completed at least one academic year with at least a 3.2 GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's contests. Clara Foster, Alyssa Jones, Abbie Nelson, Katy Smith, Keeley Vardeman and Astrid Villeda all successfully met this standard. 

The six student-athletes each completed their first year all with a GPA higher than 3.3. Vardeman, a business major, had a picture-perfect first year, earning a cumulative GPA of 4.0.