FARMINGTON, Utah (April 21, 2022) – In the Big Sky Conference's release on Thursday, the Northern Arizona football, volleyball, soccer and men's and women's cross country teams combined for 62 Fall All-Academic awards. The 62 fall awardees are a significant increase over the 40 honors the five teams combined for two years ago prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After a one-year modification due to the impact COVID-19 had on the 2020-21 academic year, the eligibility for Big Sky All-Academic honors reverted back to what it was pre-pandemic. 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 football team accounted for 21 of the 62 total Lumberjack honorees, followed by the soccer team's 14. Women's cross country had 11 and volleyball had nine with the two-time defending NCAA Champion men's cross country team producing seven awardees.
Of the 62 Lumberjack All-Academic student-athletes, an impressive 39 of them have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.60. Fourteen of the 62 have a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA.
Below is the complete list of Fall 2021 NAU Big Sky All-Academic selections:
Football
DJ Arnson – Gr. – Exploratory PB
Noah Barta – R-Fr. – Information Systems
Harrison Beemiller – Gr. – Educational Leadership
Heath Beemiller – R-So. – Marketing
Max Flores – R-Fr. – Biomedical Science
David Haen – Fr. – Business Economics
Draycen Hall – Fr. – Spanish
Justin Hathoot – Gr. – Human Relations
Hendrix Johnson – So. – Strategic Communication
Matthew Kempton – Gr. – Human Relations
Joshua Maignan – Fr. – Management
AJ Maluia – Fr. – Strategic Communication
RJ Martinez – Fr. – Management
Cale Millen – R-Fr. – University Studies
Tavian Montgomery – So. – Interdisciplinary Studies
Coleman Owen – R-Fr. – Finance
PJ Poutasi – R-Jr. – Exploratory PB
Jorim Powell – R-So. – Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Jake Schmitt – Fr. – Business Economics
Dyvine Wallace – R-Jr. – Exploratory PB
Jeff Widener – R-Fr. – Management
Volleyball
Aubrea Bandfield – Sr. – Marketing
Savannah Bloom – So. – Management
Ryann Davis – Sr. – Marketing
Jordan Elder – So. – Business Economics
Morgan Gappmayer – R-Jr. – Elementary Education
Kate Hatch – So. – Exercise Science
Neche Newton – Jr. – Environmental & Sustainability Studies
Millie O'Ketter – So. – Elementary Education
Sophia Wadsworth – Fr. – Business Economics
Men's Cross Country
Drew Bosley – Jr. – Journalism
Caleb Easton – Jr. – Marketing
George Kusche – Gr. – Statistics
Kang Nyoak – So. – Exercise Science
Theo Quax – Jr. – Civil Engineering
Ryan Raff – Jr. – Psychological Sciences
Nico Young – So. – Exercise Science
Women's Cross Country
Jesselyn Bries – Sr. – Special & Elementary Education
Maggi Congdon – Jr. – Environmental Engineering
Pipi Eitel – Gr. – ESL & Bilingual Education
Alexis Kebbe – So. – Psychology
Jenna McCaffrey – Sr. – Environmental Engineering
Bryn Morley – Jr. – Environmental & Sustainability Studies
Delaney Rasmussen – Gr. – Human Relations
Annika Reiss – So. – Interdisciplinary Studies-Learning and Pedagogy
Abby Riordan – Sr. – Health Science-Nutrition & Foods
Luna Slater – Gr. – Applied Criminology
Meagan Van Pelt – Sr. – Biology
Soccer
Gabrielle Ballard – Fr. – Business Economics
Emilie Bennett – Fr. - Nursing
Rylie Curran – Jr. – Elementary Education
Sydney Dennis – Sr. – Health Science-Nutrition & Foods
Abby Donathan – Jr. – Health Science-Public Health
Mikhail Johnson – Gr. – Building Science
Kylie Kapustka – Gr. – Educational Foundations
Sam Larberg – Sr. – Biomedical Science
Logan Maszton – Jr. – Psychology
Rylee Mitchell – Sr. – Computer Science
Madison Montgomery – Sr. – Biomedical Science
Maddie Shafer – So. – Exercise Science
Grace Quinn – So. – Exercise Science
Mikayla Topaum – Fr. – Biomedical Science
