Cougars See 11 Named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Teams

November 28, 2018 | Cross Country

Little, Teigen, and King-Shaw lead WSU as top selections.

By: Athletic Communications

SAN FRANCISCO -- Six women and five men from the Washington State University cross country programs were named to the 2018 Pac-12 Conference Cross Country All-Academic teams, Commissioner Larry Scott announced Wed., Nov. 28.

The Washington State women were led by Second Team selection Samantha King-Shaw, a sophomore from Sparks, Nevada, who is currently a pre-veterinary zoology major at WSU with a 3.96 overall grade point average.

The Cougars saw five overall Honorable Mention selections as well, including Marie Gaudin (junior, Arlington, Wash., sport science major, 3.13 GPA), Melissa Hruska (junior, Snoqualmie, Wash., political science major, 3.40 GPA), Vallery Korir (senior, Iten, Kenya, social sciences major, 3.26 GPA), Pia Richards (sophomore, Sammamish, Wash., sport science major, 3.40 GPA), and Desi Stinger (junior, Temecula, Calif., sport management major, 3.66 GPA).

Kyler Little and Chandler Teigen were each named to the men's 10-member First Team. Both Little and Teigen have now earned three consecutive selections to the Pac-12 All-Academic teams as well. Little, a senior from Coeur d'Alene, currently holds a 4.0 grade point average while majoring in computer science and mathematics. Teigen, a senior from Anatone, Wash., is a biological engineering major with a 3.91 GPA throughout his WSU academic career.

Paul Ryan, a senior from Moscow, Idaho, also earned his third overall All-Academic selection as a Honorable Mention with a 3.30 GPA, majoring in accounting. Cameron Dean, a junior from Spokane, Wash. And Nathan Wadhwani, a senior from Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada each received All-Academic Honorable Mention honors for the second consecutive year as well. Dean is currently a biology major with a 3.50 GPA, and Wadhwani is a finance-economic sciences major, currently with a 3.44 overall grade point average.