WOODLAND, Calif. – Twenty-nine Washington State University student-athletes have been named to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation 2019 Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Scholar-Athlete teams. The criteria for selection includes having a 3.00 or better cumulative grade point average, be at least a sophomore academically, completed one full academic year at the institution prior to nomination, and must have competed in fifty percent or more of the institution's competition.
A total of 227 women and 126 men from MPSF member schools earned 2018 academic honors for the indoor season.
The 17 WSU women who earned academic honors are:
Kaili Keefe - 4.00 GPA, junior, distance, Yakima, Wash.
Emily Coombs - 3.98 GPA, sophomore, pole vault, Santa Ana, Calif.
Stacia Bell - 3.97 GPA, redshirt junior, throws, White Salmon, Wash.
Grace Victor - 3.92 GPA, redshirt junior, distance, Wakerley, Australia
Samantha King-Shaw - 3.79 GPA, sophomore, distance, Sparks, Nev.
Pia Richards - 3.71 GPA, sophomore, distance, Sammamish, Wash.
Desi Stinger - 3.68 GPA, junior, distance, Temecula, Calif.
Josie Brown - 3.60 GPA, senior, distance, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Aoife Martin - 3.59 GPA, redshirt junior, throws, Seattle, Wash.
Lindsey Schauble - 3.54 GPA, senior, heptathlon, Kennewick, Wash.
Jordyn Tucker - 3.46 GPA, junior, sprints, Monrovia, Calif.
Jelena Grujic - 3.34 GPA, sophomore, distance, Novi Sad, Serbia
Zorana Grujic - 3.28 GPA, sophomore, distance, Novi Sad, Serbia
Molly Scharmann - 3.28 GPA, redshirt junior, pole vault, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
Regyn Gaffney - 3.19 GPA, senior, sprints, Chehalis, Wash.
Chrisshnay Brown - 3.12 GPA, senior, throws, Lompoc, Calif.
Katelyn Frost - 3.01 GPA, senior, pole vault, Corvallis, Mont.
The 12 Cougar men who were named to the MPSF All-Academic team are:
Kyler Little - 4.00 GPA, senior, distance, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Zach Stallings - 3.78 GPA, sophomore, distance, Reno, Nev.
Ray Littles - 3.75 GPA, senior, decathlon, Issaquah, Wash.
Trevor Bushman, 3.74 GPA, sophomore, pole vault, Union, Wash.
Troy Gingerich - 3.71 GPA, junior, pole vault, Sparks, Nev.
Drew Norvell - 3.70 GPA, redshirt junior, throws, Bellingham, Wash.
Ethan Gardner - 3.68 GPA, senior, sprints, Walla Walla, Wash.
Jake Nienhuis - 3.44 GPA, senior, sprints, Issaquah, Wash.
Nathan Wadhwani - 3.42 GPA, senior, distance, Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada
Peyton Fredrickson - 3.34 GPA, senior, high jump, Vancouver, Wash.
Paul Ryan - 3.25 GPA, redshirt junior, distance, Moscow, Idaho
Justin Janke - 3.13 GPA, junior, distance, Spokane, Wash.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
WSU Track and Field will be back in action next, Friday, April 12, at the Pelleur Invitational, hosted by Eastern Washington University, and will see the Cougars travel to Cheney, Washington as well.
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