SAN FRANCISCO – Senior Pinelopi Pavlopoulou was named First Team Pac-12 All-Academic as the headliner of four Cougs earning all-academic honors as announced by Commissioner Larry Scott Wednesday morning. 

In addition to Pavlopoulou earning top honors, juniors Maria Kostourkova, Alexys Swedlund and redshirt junior Louise Brown each earned honorable mention for their work both on the court and in the classroom. For Pavlopoulou, the award was the third of her career including her second-straight first team award while Kostourkova and Swedlund each earned their second honorable mention award.

To be eligible for selection to the academic teams, a student-athlete must be in their redshirt-freshman season or above and have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average, while participating in at least 50 percent of team competitions.

Pavlopoulou sports a 3.80 GPA while majoring in Management Information Systems, a degree she will earn later this year. Starting 14 games while playing in all 30 games on the year, the Athens native averaged 6.5 points per game to go with 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. She finished as one of the best three-point shooters in the conference hitting 43.6% of her attempts from deep, third best in Pac-12 play. 
 
A double major in digital technology and culture as well as foreign languages with a focus in Spanish, Kostourkova posted a 3.66 GPA in her third year at Washington State. The 6-4 center finished her junior campaign averaging 5.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while playing 19.3 minutes per contest. In all, Kostourkova started 23 games while playing in all 30 games.

Swedlund, the Cougars' sharpshooter from the outside, earned her second all-academic award after posting a 3.27 GPA while majoring in Management Information Systems. On the court, Swedlund finished the year second on the team in scoring as she averaged 9.9 points per game, coming in in the top-30 in scoring in Pac-12 play. From deep, Swedlund hit 50 three-pointers over the season, or 1.9 per game, seventh best in the conference.

Brown, a major in sport management, marked a 3.02 GPA in her fourth year with the Cougars. Brown averaged 6.4 points a game, along with 6.0 rebounds over the 28 contests she played in. Brown posted 15 steals and 49 assists for the season, averaging 23.7 minutes per game.