Feb. 11, 2010
LARAMIE, Wyo. -
Complete Team Listing in PDF Format
The Mountain West Conference announced Thursday its Academic All-Conference teams for the five fall sports sponsored by the MWC. The University of Wyoming had 41 student-athletes honored.
The Cowboy football team had 12 individuals achieve Academic All-MWC, followed by Cowgirl volleyball with 10 and Cowgirl soccer with eight. Women's cross country had six individuals earn recognition, and men's cross country had five student-athletes named to the team.
Of Wyoming's 41 student-athletes named to the team 12 were freshmen, seven were sophomores, 12 were juniors and 10 were seniors.
The average cumulative grade-point-average for Wyoming's 41 honorees was 3.37.
The criteria for selection to the team are: a student-athlete must have completed at least one full semester at their university, must have achieved a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.00 or higher and must have been a starter or significant contributor to their team.
Academic All-MWC teams for winter and spring sports will be announced later in 2010 after completion of those sports' seasons.
Fall 2009 Mountain West Conference Academic All-Conference Awards
University of Wyoming Selections
Sport, Name, Class, Cumulative GPA, Major
Men's Cross Country, Nik Deininger, Sophomore, 3.10, Physical Education Teaching Men's Cross Country, Tyler Gifford, Freshman, 4.00, Kinesiology & Health Promotion Men's Cross Country, Ryan Griesbach, Sophomore, 4.00, Molecular Biology Men's Cross Country, Greg Miller, Sophomore, 4.00, Kinesiology & Health Promotion Men's Cross Country, Sean Wilde, Sophomore, 3.00, History Women's Cross Country, Emily Byra, Junior, 3.00, Professional Pharmacy Women's Cross Country, Alysha Davis, Junior, 3.44, Accounting Women's Cross Country, Francis Gipson, Junior, 4.00, Criminal Justice Women's Cross Country, Erin Heffron, Senior, 3.35, Kinesiology & Health Promotion Women's Cross Country, Molly Lux, Sophomore, 3.47, Pre-Pharmacy Women's Cross Country, Maya Martinez, Freshman, 3.38, Social Work Football, Russ Arnold, Senior, 3.32, Undeclared Football, Nick Carlson, Freshman, 3.12, Environment & Natural Resources Football, Austyn Carta-Samuels, Freshman, 3.29, Undeclared Football, Weston Johnson, Senior, 3.44, Undeclared Football, Clayton Kirven, Sophomore, 3.18, Kinesiology & Health Promotion Football, Chris Prosinski, Junior, 3.17, Business Administration Football, Luke Ruff, Freshman, 3.50, Engineering Football, Jesson Salyards, Senior, 3.50, Mechanical Engineering Football, Jake Scott, Senior, 3.16, Undeclared Football, Alex Stover, Sophomore, 3.12, Criminal Justice Football, Karsten Sween, Senior, 3.02, Kinesiology & Health Promotion Football, Alex Toney, Junior, 3.33, Psychology Women's Soccer, Katie Amsberry, Junior, 3.48, Psychology Women's Soccer, Bostyn Burger, Junior, 3.36, Secondary Education - Math Women's Soccer, Mara Cosgrove, Freshman, 3.69, Psychology Women's Soccer, Kerstyn Etheridge, Senior, 3.00, Elementary Education Women's Soccer, Shalayne Janis, Freshman, 3.25, Elementary Education Women's Soccer, Morgan Johnson, Senior, 3.57, Kinesiology & Health Promotion Women's Soccer, Emily Layton, Senior, 3.61, Civil Engineering Women's Soccer, Nicole Rice, Junior, 3.02, Kinesiology & Health Promotion Women's Volleyball, Makenzie Bartsch, Freshman, 3.82, Kinesiology & Health Promotion Women's Volleyball, Dani Bedore, Junior, 3.00, Communication Women's Volleyball, Camille Coffman, Freshman, 3.00, Undeclared Women's Volleyball, JennaRae Jester, Junior, 3.97, Business Administration Women's Volleyball, Jessica Kagarise, Senior, 3.00, Finance Women's Volleyball, Barbara Lasic, Junior, 3.33, Communication Women's Volleyball, Jodi Purdy, Freshman, 3.29, Kinesiology & Health Promotion Women's Volleyball, Nikky Sapp, Redshirt Freshman, 3.55, Undeclared - Business Women's Volleyball, Jadranka Tramosljanin, Freshman, 3.21, Undeclared Women's Volleyball, Lauren Whitney, Junior, 3.26, Secondary Education/Mathematics
