Sixty-one UW student-athletes received honors on Tuesday for academic achievements.
The Mountain West Conference announced its 2012 Academic All-Conference teams. There were 594 total student-athletes that had made the team conference-wide.
Leading the way with 19 honorees was the UW women’s track and field program followed by 15 honorees on the men’s track and field program.
The Cowgirls swimming and diving team had nine recipients, followed by the women’s basketball with six, women’s golf five, men’s golf four and women’s tennis received three.
A total of seven student athlete Cowboys and Cowgirls achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA which included track and field athletes; Taylor Gardner, Natalie Hurst, Candace Wollert, Tyler Gifford and Ryan Griesbach. Also, awarded were tennis player Veronica Popovici, swimmer Caroline Wells. Hurst, Popovici, Wells and Wollert were also 4.0 students for the 2011 Academic All-Conference team.
Juniors at UW lead with the most representation having 22 listed, followed by sophomores who had 20, 11 seniors, and the freshman class having eight.
The average GPA amongst the 61 total recipients was a 3.50.
The sports teams represented included; baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s track and field.
New Mexico led the conference with 108 award winners, followed by Boise State with 98, UNLV with 78, CSU and TCU with 68 apiece, Wyoming with 61, Air Force 60 and San Diego State rounded out the list with 53.
To receive the honor, student-athletes must have completed at least one academic semester/quarter at the member institution and also have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
The student-athlete also must have competed in 50 percent of the team’s varsity contests.
