LARAMIE – The Mountain West Conference announced its Fall 2014 Academic All-Conference Team on Wednesday, and the University of Wyoming had 50 student-athletes named to this year’s team.
That ties for the highest number of UW student-athletes named to the Fall MW Academic All-Conference squad since the Mountain West Conference began competition in the Fall of 1999. Wyoming also had 50 student-athletes named to the team a year ago in the Fall of 2013.
Wyoming’s 50 members on this year’s team ranks fourth highest among all Mountain West institutions. New Mexico and Utah State each had 61 student-athletes named to the team, followed by Fresno State with 51 and Wyoming with 50. In addition to the 11 member schools who are full members of the Mountain West, affiliate members Hawai’i (in football) and Colorado College (in women’s soccer) all had student-athletes named to this year’s team.
The breakdown by sport of Wyoming’s Fall Academic All-Conference honorees includes: 16 football student-athletes, 3 in men’s cross country, 7 from women’s cross country, 14 in women’s soccer and 10 women’s volleyball student-athletes.
There were 31 Cowgirls named to this year’s team and 19 Cowboys. The Wyoming sophomore class led the way with 17 honorees. There were 12 Wyoming seniors, 11 juniors and 10 freshmen who earned this year’s honor.
To earn Academic All-Mountain West honors a student-athlete must have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 or better and must be a starter or significant contributor on their team.
The five Mountain West Conference sponsored sports that make up the Fall Academic All-Mountain West Team are: men’s cross country, women’s cross country, football, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball. The Mountain West also names an Academic All-Conference Team for winter and spring sports that is released later in the year.
University of Wyoming Student-Athletes
Football (16)
Jacob English So. 3.33 Kinesiology
Dalton Fields Fr. 3.41 Kinesiology
Jake Jones Jr. 3.36 Mathematics
Rafe Kiely Jr. 3.33 Marketing
J.D. Krill Sr. 3.17 History
Xavier Lewis So. 3.60 Mechanical Eng
Partrick Mertens Sr. 3.05 Finance
Keenan Montgomery Sr. 3.57 English
Oscar Nevermann So. 3.52 Kinesiology
Eric Nzeocha So. 3.19 Business Admin
Mark Nzeocha Sr. 3.41 Finance
Chase Roullier So. 3.11 Mechanical Eng
Sam Stratton Sr. 3.43 Political Science
Austin Traphagan Jr. 3.58 Animal & Vet Sciences
Drew Van Maanen Fr. 3.35 Undeclared
Stuart Williams Sr. 3.70 Architect Eng & Civil Eng
Men’s Cross Country (3)
Aaron Derner Jr. 3.72 International Studies
Dylan Morin Jr. 3.12 Petroleum Eng
Michael Seas Jr. 3.77 Chemistry
Women’s Cross Country (7)
Megan Brunette So. 3.07 Criminal Justice
Audra DeStefano Jr. 3.74 Chemistry
Quinn DeStefano Fr. 3.71 Health Science
Devon England Sr. 3.93 Microbiology
Lauren Hamilton Fr. 3.21 Pre-Nursing
Holly Page Sr. 3.93 Elementary Ed
Ali Walker So. 3.85 Kinesiology
Women’s Soccer (14)
Alisha Bass Fr. 3.71 Business Admin
Alex Boehm Sr. 3.92 Business Admin
Kimmy Burbank Fr. 3.69 Kinesiology
Brooklyn Chambers So. 3.72 Secondary Ed/English
Hayley Charlton Sr. 3.65 Kinesiology
Kayla Cryer Fr. 3.00 Pre-Nursing
Kasey Curtis Sr. 3.35 Accounting
Sammi Dunda So. 3.77 Kinesiology
Kaitlyn Lomsnes Fr. 3.67 Animal & Vet Sciences
Katie Marcheso So. 3.77 Kinesiology
Mandy Meyer So. 3.62 Physiology
Laurel Ramer So. 4.00 Pharmacy
Georgia Rowntree Fr. 3.62 Kinesiology
Shelby Shorb So. 3.40 Kinesiology
Women’s Volleyball (10)
Lily Austin Fr. 3.48 Undeclared
Laura Beach So. 3.91 Kinesiology
Courtney Chacon So. 3.49 Speech Pathology
Kayla Henderson Jr. 3.12 Accounting
Kaitlyn Johnson Jr. 3.66 Art
Erin Kirby Sr. 3.41 Speech Pathology
Bridget Shanahan Jr. 3.17 Communications
Kayla Slofkiss So. 3.00 Undeclared
Allison Waldvogel Jr. 3.78 Physiology
Nicole Walker So. 3.03 Marketing
