50 student-athletes named to MW Fall Academic Team

2/11/2016 12:00:00 AM | General

Feb. 11, 2016

By Jason Clay
jaclay@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Fresno State had 50 student-athletes named to the fall 2015 Academic All-Mountain West team that was released Thursday by the league office.

This is the third year in a row that Fresno State has had 50 or more student-athletes selected to the fall team -- one of only four Mountain West schools to do so.

Fall sports include men's and women's cross country, football, women's soccer and women's volleyball. In all, 571 student-athletes from across the conference were named to the 2015 team, surpassing the previous conference record of 539 fall-semester honorees set during the 2013-14 academic year.

The Bulldog volleyball team had the second-highest number of honorees from any league member for that sport with 10 members selected.

Fresno State's football team had 19 selections this fall. It marks the fourth-straight year that the Bulldog football team has had 15 or more student-athletes selected to the fall Academic All-MW team. Fresno State and Boise State are the only two schools in that time frame to have 15 or more honorees from football each year.

To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least one academic term at the member institution while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better, and be a starter or significant contributor on their athletic team.

Fresno State's honorees on the fall 2015 Academic All-Mountain West team:

Football (19)
Kilton Anderson, Pre-Business
Bo Bonnheim - Animal Sciences-Livestock Management
Dylan Detwiler - Criminology-Law Enforcement
George Helmuth - Agricultural Business
Kyle Hendrickson - Mass Communication & Journalism-Public Relation
Brandon Hughes - Business Administration-Finance
Kody Kroening - Pre-Business
Michael Martens - Business Administration-Management
Malique Micenheimer - Kinesiology-Sport Administration
Justin Northern - Mechanical Engineering
Kyrian Obidiegwu - Health Science-Community Health
Chad Olsen - Pre-Athletic Training
David Patterson - Business Administration-Computer Information Systems
Tyler Puccio - Pre-Business
Kyle Riddering - Construction Management
Garrett Swanson - Kinesiology-Exercise Science
David Tangipa - Political Science
Jacob Vazquez - Agricultural Business
Charles Washington - Criminology-Corrections

Women's Soccer (13)
Marie Berwinkel-Kottmann - Kinesiology - Sport Administration
Carly Bracken - Undeclared
Samantha Brechmann - Liberal Studies - Blended Program
Peyton Cline - Kinesiology - Exercise Science
Kaitlyn Crooker - Biology
Cruz, Alyssa - Psychology
Alyssa Holsworth - Business Administration - Sports Marketing
Fanny Johansson - Business Administration - International Business
Marina Kerrache - Pre-Business
Alyssa Nishikawa - Civil Engineering
Amanda Nunes - Kinesiology - Sport Administration
Alissa Pham - Undeclared
Angela Weiner - Liberal Studies - Blended Program

Volleyball (10)
Zana Bowens - Kinesiology - Sports Administration
Maggie Eppright - Interior Design
Jordyn Griggs - Mass Communication & Journalism
Brielle Hefner -- Undeclared
Jacqueline Hutcheson - Agriculture Business
Brooke Legaux - Kinesiology - Exercise Science
Carly Scarbrough - Biology
Taylor Slover - Mathematics
Gertu Vider - English Education
Sabrina Winslow - Pre-Business

Women's Cross Country (4)
Mackenzie Landa - Food & Nutrition Sciences
Meagan Paracholski - MS Prelim
Cristal Rivera - Kinesiology-Exercise Science
Jennifer Viramontes - Kinesiology-Exercise Science

Men's Cross Country (4)
Nathan Esparza - Criminology-Law Enforcement
Cooper Gill - Kinesiology-Sport Administration
Matt Kwiatkowski - Mechanical Engineering
Efren Reyes - Electrical Engineering

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