COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 16, 2019) – The Mountain West announced its 2018-19 Scholar-Athlete Award winners on Tuesday, and the University of Wyoming had 101 student-athletes named to this year's team, up from 76 in 2017-18. A league-record 867 student athletes were named to the team.
Women's swimming & diving picked up the most awards for UW with 22 Scholar-Athletes. The breakdown by sport for the remainder of Wyoming's 2018-19 MW Scholar Athletes includes 20 for women's track & field, 11 for men's track & field, 10 for women's basketball, eight from volleyball and women's soccer, seven for football, six for women's golf, four from women's tennis, three from men's basketball and two for men's golf.
Overall, 42 UW freshman student-athletes were named to the list, followed by the juniors and seniors with 23 each, and the sophomores with 12. Sixteen UW student-athletes were selected to the list with a 4.0 cumulative grade point average.
The MW Scholar-Athlete Award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the Conference. To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least two academic terms at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better, and have participated in varsity competition in a Mountain West-sponsored sport.
University of Wyoming Student-Athletes To Earn Mountain West Conference Scholar-Athlete Honors
Men's Basketball
Jake Hendricks
Austin Mueller
Tariq Johnson
Women's Basketball
Rachelle Tucker
Tommi Olson
Marta Gomez
Sladjana Rakovic
Karla Erjavec
Elisa Pilli
Alba Sanchez-Ramos Pereda
Clara Tapia Palacio
Taylor Rusk
Quinn Weidemann
Football
Jesse Hooper
Benjamin Wisdorf
Cooper Rothe
Nicholas Smith
Jeffrey Burroughs
Chad Muma
Patrick Arnold
Men's Golf
Kirby Coe-Kirkham
Carl Underwood
Women's Golf
Cristiana Ciasca
Erin Sargent
Caitlyn Skavdahl
Megan Knadler
Sarah Hankins
Samantha Hui
Women's Soccer
Indianna Asimus
Kennedy Schomer
Brittney Stark
Hannah Lee
Jessica Gentle
Summer Taube
Amber Vokoun
Adalyn Vergara
Women's Swimming & Diving
Samantha Burke
Hannah Linde
Karla Contreras
Catriona Clarke
Rylie Pilon
Peyton Grandpre
Molly Green
Lainee Jones
Kristen Covello
Allana Clarke
Kira Crane
Maria Harutjunjan
Hannah McLean-Leonard
Isobel Ryan
Talita Te Flan
Elisabeth Hohensinner
Astrid Iturbe Franzius
Marcela Gramcko Wietstruck
McKenna Houlihan
Katelyn Blattner
Abigail Zoromski
Rachel Pietsch
Women's Tennis
Ida Krause
Mihaela Kaftanova
Elisa Mai Koonik
Ana Royo
Men's Track & Field
Tyler Dahl
Eric McArthur
Daniel Hintz
Paul Roberts
Roman Smith
Peter Mead
Jace Marx
Robert Ailshie
Christopher Henry
Philip Henry
Caige McComb
Women's Track & Field
Mckenzi Davison
Zia Macdermid
Jessa Gegax
Mary Carbee
Madison Ashworth
Katelyn Mitchem
Allegra Carson
Kacey Doner
Jacey Reinert
Kiah Leonard
Michelle Renner
Kaylee Bentley
Addi Iken
Kuliakay Oneill
Holly Huber
Karlin Rufenacht
Emily Person
Solana Ray Quistorff
Jerayah Davis
Kaleigh Douglass
Volleyball
Halie McArdle
Jackie McBride
Kaytlen Freeland
Faith Waitsman
Kiahlei Yaste
Tara Traphagan
Madi Fields
Marissa Hines
