Pac-12 Names 38 Cougars to T&F All-Academic Teams

June 04, 2019 | Track & Field

2019 Pac-12 TF All-Academic (PDF)

WSU earns 10 total First Team selections.

By: Athletic Communications

SAN FRANCISCO – Thirty-Eight Washington State University Track and Field student-athletes have been named to the 2019 Pac-12 All-Academic teams, announced by the conference Tuesday morning.

To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or significant contributor, and have completed at least one year in residence at their current institution.

The Cougars thirty-eight overall selections ranks third in the Pac-12 during 2019, behind Washington (41), and Stanford (39).

The 25 WSU women who earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors:
First Team
Stacia Bell - 3.97 GPA, redshirt junior, White Salmon, Wash.
Emily Coombs - 3.98 GPA, sophomore, Santa Ana, Calif.
Kaili Keefe - 4.00 GPA, junior, Yakima, Wash.
Grace Victor - 3.92 GPA, senior, Wakerley, Australia

Second Team
Lita Forse - 3.78 GPA, sophomore, Caldwell, Idaho
Samantha King-Shaw - 3.79 GPA, sophomore, distance, Sparks, Nev.

Honorable Mention
Kiyena Beatty - 3.52 GPA, sophomore, Temecula, Calif.
Josie Brown - 3.60 GPA, senior, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Chrisshnay Brown - 3.12 GPA, senior, Lompoc, Calif.
Calahan Crawford - 3.17 GPA, sophomore, Sherwood, Ore.
Katelyn Frost - 3.01 GPA, senior, Corvallis, Mont.
Regyn Gaffney - 3.19 GPA, senior, Chehalis, Wash.
Marie Gaudin - 3.15 GPA, junior, Arlington, Wash.
Jelena Grujic - 3.34 GPA, sophomore, Novi Sad, Serbia
Zorana Grujic - 3.28 GPA, sophomore, Novi Sad, Serbia
Melissa Hruska - 3.49 GPA, junior, Snoqualmie, Wash.
Kaitlin Krouse - 3.61 GPA, senior, Chewelah, Wash.
Aoife Martin - 3.59 GPA, redshirt junior, Seattle, Wash.
Pia Richards - 3.71 GPA, sophomore, Sammamish, Wash.
Molly Scharmann - 3.28 GPA, redshirt junior, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
Lindsey Schauble - 3.54 GPA, senior, Kennewick, Wash.
Tierney Silliman - 3.62 GPA, redshirt junior, Yakima, Wash.
Desi Stinger - 3.68 GPA, junior, distance, Temecula, Calif.
Jordyn Tucker - 3.46 GPA, junior, sprints, Monrovia, Calif.
Lovely Tukuafu - 3.28 GPA, redshirt sophomore, Bountiful, Utah

The 13 WSU men who earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors
First Team
Andrew Cooper - 3.92 GPA, junior, Issaquah, Wash.
Ethan Gardner - 3.68 GPA, senior, Walla Walla, Wash.
Troy Gingerich - 3.71 GPA, junior, Sparks, Nev.
Kyler Little - 4.00 GPA, senior, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Ray Littles - 3.75 GPA, senior, Issaquah, Wash.
Drew Norvell - 3.70 GPA, redshirt junior, Bellingham, Wash.

Second Team
Cameron Dean - 3.50 GPA, junior, Spokane, Wash.

Honorable Mention
Ja'Maun Charles - 3.18 GPA, senior, Pleasanton, Calif.
Peyton Fredrickson - 3.34 GPA, senior, Vancouver, Wash.
Justin Janke - 3.13 GPA, junior, Spokane, Wash.
Paul Ryan - 3.25 GPA, redshirt junior, Moscow, Idaho
Nathan Wadhwani - 3.42 GPA, senior, Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada
Matthew Watkins - 3.07 GPA, sophomore, Mill Creek, Wash.

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Washington State Track and Field will next see four total student-athletes head to Austin, Texas to compete at the NCAA Championships. Brock Eager advanced in the hammer throw, Nick Johnson in the 110m hurdles, and Peyton Fredrickson and Mitch Jacobson in the high jump. The NCAA Championships will begin Wednesday, June 5 inside Mike A. Myers Stadium.