FARMINGTON, Utah (April 24, 2026) – A total of 57 Northern Arizona student-athletes earned 2025-26 Big Sky Winter All-Academic honors in an announcement by the Big Sky Conference office on Friday.
To be eligible for the Winter All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must have participated in at least half of the team's competitions, achieve a 3.2 cumulative GPA at the conclusion of the most recently completed term and completed at least one academic term at their current Big Sky institution. Track & field student-athletes must have participated in either half of the team's competitions or competed at the conference championship.
A total of 545 student-athletes across Big Sky institutions in men's and women's basketball and men's and women's indoor track & field received Winter All-Academic honors.
The NAU men's track & field team, which captured the program's 14th consecutive Big Sky Conference indoor title, led the way for the Lumberjacks with 23 honorees. NAU's women's track & field team, winner of five straight conference indoor championships, had 18 student-athletes receive the honor.
The Lumberjack women's basketball team (9) and men's basketball team (7) both had at least half of their rosters recognized on the list.
Of the 57 honorees, 12 currently hold a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA in their respective undergraduate or graduate degree programs. Thirty-eight of the honorees have a 3.50 GPA or better and 24 hold at least a 3.70 GPA.
A full list of NAU's 2025-26 Big Sky Winter All-Academic honorees is found below.
Men's Basketball
Ryan Abelman, RJr., Mechanical Engineering
Kavon Bradford, So., Sociology
Diego Campisano, RSr., Human Relations
Oakland Fort, Sr., Psychological Sciences
Arne Osojnik, Jr., Psychological Sciences
Brennan Peterson, Fr., Business-Exploratory
Isaiah Shaw, RJr., Human Relations
Women's Basketball
Faith Curry, RFr., Psychological Sciences
Emma Dasovich, So., Early Childhood Education & Early Childhood Special Education
Addison Dunn, Fr., Interior Design
Simone Morris, Gr., Organizational Leadership
J'Bionna Robinson, Fr., Psychological Sciences
Audrey Taylor, Sr., Psychological Sciences
Naomi White, RFr., Health Science-Nutrition & Foods
Hannah Williams, Fr., Chemistry
Kayla Williams, Sr., Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Men's Indoor Track & Field
Oluwatoni Adigun, So., Marketing
Joshua Anderson, Gr., Int. St-Learning & Pedagogy
Derebe Ayele, Fr., English
Jaymis Brown, Fr., Business Economics
Parker Clifford, Fr., Biomedical Science
Cole Coppedge, Fr., Mechanical Engineering
Amar Elmore, Jr., Finance
Jonah Fearnley, RFr., Chemistry
Josiah Johnson, So., Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Erik Le Roux, Sr., Accountancy
Desmond Lott, Gr., Organizational Leadership
Malachi Marshall, Sr., Management
Nicolas Martinez, So., Mechanical Engineering
Bjorn Molenaar, Fr., Biology
Zack Munson, Jr., Communication Studies
Blaise Nelson, RSo., Construction Management
Kang Nyoak, Gr., Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Emannuel Perez, So., Business-Exploratory
Erick Reyes, Jr., Finance
Clay Shively, So., Visual Communication
Nikolas Strait, Sr., Secondary Education-English
Ford Washburn, Jr., Exercise Physiology
Luke Yruretagoyena, Sr., Sociology
Women's Indoor Track & Field
Kenzie Blanchard, Fr., Exercise Physiology
Bella Brauc, Fr., Management
Anna Fenske, Gr., Health Science-Public Health
Kaelyn Giarrusso, Jr., Health Science-Public Health
Payton Godsey, Fr., Biology
Alexa Hamilton, Jr., Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Ariel Haygood, So., Dental Hygiene
Sariyah Horne-Kemp, Sr., Sociology
Katherine Lemish, Sr., Communication Studies
Makenzie McRae, So., Communication Studies
Ava Mitchell, Jr., Anthropology
Brenna Rodriguez, Sr., Accountancy
Alexys Salas, So., Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Janelle Sanchez, Sr., Civil Engineering
Emma Stutzman, Jr., Exercise Physiology
Kiki Vaughn, So., Exercise Physiology
Sydnie Watkins, So., Computer Engineering
Odessa Zentz, Sr., Psychological Sciences
