Colorado State University Athletics

Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award Pour in for 161 Rams
7/12/2022 1:12:00 PM | Football, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Softball, Track & Field, Cross Country, Academics
The total improves on last year's record-setting total.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Academic achievement is paramount for Colorado State student-athletes, and it was certainly acknowledged on Tuesday as 161 Rams were awarded with Mountain West Scholar-Athlete awards.
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The number improves on last year's total of 158 which was, at the time, almost double the output from 2019-20's total of 82. All 14 programs were represented, and the 161 total was the third-highest mark in the Mountain West.
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Eleven athletes across ten sports donned perfect 4.0 GPAs throughout the year, which include women's basketball Karly Murphy (Master's in Sports Management), women's cross country's Maggie Smith (Biological Science), football's Drew Kulick (Biological Science), women's golf Lacey Uchida (Health and Exercise Science), soccer's Shayna Ross (Health and Exercise Science), softball's Maya Matsubara (Biomedical Sciences), swimming and diving's Emma Breslin (Environmental and Natural Resource Economics) and Megan Hager (Biomedical Sciences), tennis' Sarka Richterova (Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts), men's track and field's Tucker Myers (Business Administration), and volleyball's Sasha Colombo (Health and Exercise Science).
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To be eligible for the 2021-22 Scholar-Athlete team, student-athletes must have completed at least two semesters or three quarters at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
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The number improves on last year's total of 158 which was, at the time, almost double the output from 2019-20's total of 82. All 14 programs were represented, and the 161 total was the third-highest mark in the Mountain West.
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Eleven athletes across ten sports donned perfect 4.0 GPAs throughout the year, which include women's basketball Karly Murphy (Master's in Sports Management), women's cross country's Maggie Smith (Biological Science), football's Drew Kulick (Biological Science), women's golf Lacey Uchida (Health and Exercise Science), soccer's Shayna Ross (Health and Exercise Science), softball's Maya Matsubara (Biomedical Sciences), swimming and diving's Emma Breslin (Environmental and Natural Resource Economics) and Megan Hager (Biomedical Sciences), tennis' Sarka Richterova (Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts), men's track and field's Tucker Myers (Business Administration), and volleyball's Sasha Colombo (Health and Exercise Science).
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To be eligible for the 2021-22 Scholar-Athlete team, student-athletes must have completed at least two semesters or three quarters at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
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| SPORT | NAME | GPAÂ Â | MAJOR |
| Football | Arkin, Tanner | 3.77 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Football | Kelly, Grady | 3.60 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Football | Kulick, Drew | 4.00 | Biological Science |
| Football | Pettitt, Cody | 3.72 | Exploratory Studies |
| Football | Polendey, Brian | 3.53 | Masters in Sport Management |
| Football | Pooler, Giles | 3.96 | Business Administration |
| Football | Veve, Mason | 3.54 | Business Administration |
| Men's Basketball | Bassett, Nicholas | 3.54 | Business Administration |
| Men's Basketball | Jacobs, Chandler | 3.58 | Masters in Sport Management |
| Men's Basketball | Jennissen, Jacob | 3.73 | Business Administration |
| Men's Basketball | Rivera, Isaiah | 3.93 | Exploratory Studies |
| Men's Basketball | Stevens, Isaiah | 3.50 | Communication Studies |
| Men's Basketball | Thistlewood, Adam | 3.68 | Business Administration |
| Men's Basketball | Young, Trace | 3.76 | Business Administration |
| Men's Cross Country | Bodewes, Noah | 3.79 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Men's Cross Country | Brueckman, Jacob | 3.72 | Masters in Business Administration |
| Men's Cross Country | Dykema, Brock | 3.89 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Men's Cross Country | LaRance, Dawson | 3.50 | Masters in Public Policy and Administration |
| Men's Cross Country | Martinez, Max | 3.92 | Masters in Biomedical Sciences |
| Men's Cross Country | Mitchel, Lars | 3.76 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Men's Cross Country | Putney, Jared | 3.83 | Communication Studies |
| Men's Cross Country | Willcutts, Gannon | 3.78 | Masters in Computer Information Systems |
| Men's Golf | Bleier, Christoph | 3.60 | Exploratory Studies |
| Men's Golf | Jones, Connor | 3.66 | Business Administration |
| Men's Golf | Teiffel, Oscar | 3.60 | Masters in Finance |
| Men's Track and Field | Bodewes, Noah | 3.79 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Men's Track and Field | Brueckman, Jacob | 3.72 | Masters in Business Administration |
| Men's Track and Field | Dykema, Brock | 3.89 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Men's Track and Field | Ioannides, Niko | 3.54 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Men's Track and Field | LaRance, Dawson | 3.50 | Masters in Public Policy and Administration |
| Men's Track and Field | Lux, Avery | 3.63 | Masters in Sport Management |
| Men's Track and Field | Martinez, Max | 3.92 | Masters in Biomedical Sciences |
| Men's Track and Field | Mitchel, Lars | 3.76 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Men's Track and Field | Myers, Tucker | 4.00 | Business Administration |
| Men's Track and Field | Putney, Jared | 3.83 | Communication Studies |
| Men's Track and Field | Taylor, Cory | 3.88 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Men's Track and Field | Thompson, Drew | 3.89 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Men's Track and Field | Washington, DeVon | 3.56 | Sociology |
| Men's Track and Field | Willcutts, Gannon | 3.78 | Masters in Computer Information Systems |
| Softball | Allen, Peyton | 3.70 | Business Administration |
| Softball | Bohlender, Brooke | 3.90 | Construction Management |
| Softball | Cook, Kaitlyn | 3.60 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Softball | Crosby, Morgan | 3.92 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Softball | Hornbuckle, Sydney | 3.56 | Civil Engineering |
| Softball | Matsubara, Maya | 4.00 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Softball | McGuffin, Jalyn | 3.72 | Agricultural Business |
| Softball | Michelena, Ashley | 3.92 | Masters in Education and Human Resource Studies |
| Softball | Taylor, Gracie | 3.65 | Business Administration |
| Softball | West, Jordan | 3.86 | Exploratory Studies |
| Women's Basketball | Atosu, Upe | 3.66 | Masters in Sport Management |
| Women's Basketball | Kinzer-Bowie, Kendyll | 3.71 | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Women's Basketball | Moors, Jess | 3.50 | Psychology |
| Women's Basketball | Murphy, Karly | 4.00 | Masters in Sport Management |
| Women's Basketball | Prim Giro, Anna | 3.88 | Exploratory Studies |
| Women's Cross Country | Burgess, Claudia | 3.61 | Psychology |
| Women's Cross Country | Carr, Bailee | 3.97 | Business Administration |
| Women's Cross Country | Carter, Sarah | 3.81 | Masters in Forest Sciences |
| Women's Cross Country | Chaston, Emily | 3.58 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Women's Cross Country | Diers, Jenna | 3.54 | Masters in Business Administration |
| Women's Cross Country | Gonzales, Ivy | 3.63 | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Women's Cross Country | Hillyard, Ashlyn | 3.66 | Computer Science |
| Women's Cross Country | McConnell, Quinn | 3.98 | Equine Science |
| Women's Cross Country | McNally, Kealan | 3.84 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Women's Cross Country | Mooney, Megan | 3.75 | Masters in Tourism Management |
| Women's Cross Country | Neugeboren, Lauren | 3.92 | Psychology |
| Women's Cross Country | Petersen, Sydney | 3.62 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Women's Cross Country | Petr, Anna | 3.73 | Journalism and Media Communication |
| Women's Cross Country | Smith, Maggie | 4.00 | Biological Science |
| Women's Cross Country | Stafford, Annabel | 3.94 | Animal Science |
| Women's Cross Country | Tomasula Martin, Lily | 3.87 | Masters in Human Development and Family Studies |
| Women's Cross Country | Turner, Lauren | 3.87 | Environmental Health |
| Women's Cross Country | Wall, Carly | 3.83 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Women's Golf | Arphamongkol, Panchalika | 3.54 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Women's Golf | Arphamongkol, Pemika | 3.78 | Psychology |
| Women's Golf | Bjerkelo, Thea | 3.57 | Business Administration |
| Women's Golf | Minier, Gabby | 3.64 | Business Administration |
| Women's Golf | Uchida, Lacey | 4.00 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Golf | Villanueva Escalada, Romina | 3.73 | Exploratory Studies |
| Women's Soccer | Abrams, Kaitlyn | 3.77 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Soccer | Armstrong, Gracie | 3.76 | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Women's Soccer | Bedard, Baylee | 3.63 | Journalism and Media Communication |
| Women's Soccer | Blach, Haylee | 3.91 | Masters in Sport Management |
| Women's Soccer | Evers, Aleyse | 3.96 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Women's Soccer | Fuller, Lauren | 3.94 | Business Administration |
| Women's Soccer | Gipson, Kendra | 3.78 | Political Science |
| Women's Soccer | Hall, Rachel | 3.82 | Business Administration |
| Women's Soccer | Hammerle, Amelia | 3.72 | Zoology |
| Women's Soccer | Hogenkamp, Sarah | 3.50 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Soccer | Leighton, Kenady | 3.88 | Family and Consumer Sciences |
| Women's Soccer | Lucas, Caroline | 3.53 | Business Administration |
| Women's Soccer | Noonan, Kristen | 3.61 | Interior Architecture and Design |
| Women's Soccer | Pearlman, Sophia | 3.69 | Exploratory Studies |
| Women's Soccer | Ross, Shayna | 4.00 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Soccer | Wheeler, Lauren | 3.57 | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Women's Soccer | Yoshida, Ali | 3.87 | Business Administration |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Albanna, Jessica | 3.96 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Bartley, Katelyn | 3.90 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Breslin, Emma | 4.00 | Environmental and Natural Resource Economics |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Dawson, Erin | 3.52 | Neuroscience |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Friedrichs, Kristina | 3.53 | Biological Science |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Hager, Megan | 4.00 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Hoffman, Amanda | 3.87 | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Johnson, Anika | 3.98 | Psychology |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Leblanc, Olivia | 3.90 | Computer Science |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Leonard, Katie | 3.82 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Lunina, Liza | 3.97 | Nutrition and Food Science |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | McClelland, Katie | 3.66 | Biological Science |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Meitz, Jozie | 3.55 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Mundy, Sarah | 3.69 | Nutrition and Food Science |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Owenby, Abbey | 3.66 | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Perry, Caroline | 3.95 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Preski, Kendra | 3.62 | Business Administration |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Sykes, Hannah | 3.73 | Nutrition and Food Science |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | White, Maya | 3.94 | Nutrition and Food Science |
| Women's Tennis | Dalla-Bona, Somer | 3.97 | Masters in Tourism Management |
| Women's Tennis | Guo, Chunxi | 3.70 | Business Administration |
| Women's Tennis | Kotsyuba, Nastya | 3.82 | Communication Studies |
| Women's Tennis | Mihaljevic, Matea | 3.73 | Masters in Tourism Management |
| Women's Tennis | Richterova, Sarka | 4.00 | Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts |
| Women's Tennis | Weekley, Sarah | 3.62 | Business Administration |
| Women's Track and Field | Bown, Tarynn | 3.95 | Masters in Counseling and Career Development |
| Women's Track and Field | Burgess, Claudia | 3.61 | Psychology |
| Women's Track and Field | Carr, Bailee | 3.97 | Business Administration |
| Women's Track and Field | Carter, Sarah | 3.81 | Masters in Forest Sciences |
| Women's Track and Field | Chaston, Emily | 3.58 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Women's Track and Field | Diers, Jenna | 3.54 | Masters in Business Administration |
| Women's Track and Field | Goldsworthy, Grace | 3.67 | Business Administration |
| Women's Track and Field | Gonzales, Ivy | 3.63 | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Women's Track and Field | Gutierrez, Paxton | 3.75 | Masters in Sport Management |
| Women's Track and Field | Hillyard, Ashlyn | 3.66 | Computer Science |
| Women's Track and Field | Jasper, Janyah | 3.87 | Psychology |
| Women's Track and Field | Kovatch, Klaire | 3.72 | Nutrition and Food Science |
| Women's Track and Field | Lanning, Jordan | 3.64 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Track and Field | McConnell, Quinn | 3.98 | Equine Science |
| Women's Track and Field | McNally, Kealan | 3.84 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Women's Track and Field | Mooney, Megan | 3.75 | Masters in Tourism Management |
| Women's Track and Field | Neugeboren, Lauren | 3.92 | Psychology |
| Women's Track and Field | Petersen, Sydney | 3.62 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Women's Track and Field | Petr, Anna | 3.73 | Journalism and Media Communication |
| Women's Track and Field | Smith, Maggie | 4.00 | Biological Science |
| Women's Track and Field | Stafford, Annabel | 3.94 | Animal Science |
| Women's Track and Field | Stewart, Morgan | 3.53 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Track and Field | Tomasula Martin, Lily | 3.87 | Masters in Human Development and Family Studies |
| Women's Track and Field | Turner, Lauren | 3.87 | Environmental Health |
| Women's Track and Field | Wall, Carly | 3.83 | Biomedical Sciences |
| Women's Track and Field | Williams, Makayla | 3.56 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Volleyball | Bert, Alyssa | 3.80 | Early Childhood Education |
| Women's Volleyball | Colombo, Sasha | 4.00 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Volleyball | Groves, Alyssa | 3.61 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Volleyball | Kayser, Ruby | 3.76 | Journalism and Media Communication |
| Women's Volleyball | Leber, Karina | 3.78 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Volleyball | McCormick, Maddy | 3.50 | Biochemistry |
| Women's Volleyball | Perez, Helena | 3.75 | Business Administration |
| Women's Volleyball | Power, Barrett | 3.97 | Business Administration |
| Women's Volleyball | Pritchard, Ciera | 3.98 | Psychology |
| Women's Volleyball | Roumeliotis, Alexa | 3.76 | Mathematics |
| Women's Volleyball | Stanford, Kennedy | 3.67 | Journalism and Media Communication |
| Women's Volleyball | Sullivan, Annie | 3.66 | Communication Studies |
| Women's Volleyball | Van Liefde, Jacqi | 3.98 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Women's Volleyball | Weathers, Naeemah | 3.58 | Psychology |
| Women's Volleyball | Yoshimoto, Kate | 3.77 | Zoology |
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