The Big West Honors 79 Student-Athletes from CSUN
7/3/2024 12:51:00 PM | Baseball, General, Men's Golf, Men's Track & Field, Men's Volleyball, Softball, Track and Field, Women's Golf, Women's Tennis, Women's Track & Field, Women's Water Polo, Beach Volleyball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - A total of 79 CSUN student-athletes who competed in the spring sports of baseball, beach volleyball, men's and women's golf, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track & field, men's volleyball, and women's water polo across The Big West were honored for their work in the classroom and in athletic competition as members of the 2024 Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team on Wednesday.
The 771 student-athletes honored conference-wide is an improvement from last year's number of 751 and 739 of two years ago.Â
To qualify for the award, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.00 cumulative grade point average, complete one full academic year at the member institution before the season for which the award is being received and compete in at least 50 percent of the institution's contests in the student-athletes respective sport.
CSUN's Abbey Sweeting (beach volleyball) was one of 17 Big West student-athletes honored to have a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA. She joined student-athletes from Cal Poly, Cal State Bakersfield, Hawai'i, Long Beach State, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara who also achieved the honor.
By sport, women's track & field had by far the most honorees with 165 student-athletes named to the team. Baseball had 115, followed by softball (103), men's track & field had (102), women's water polo (72), women's tennis (50), beach volleyball (48), men's volleyball (35), men's golf (29), women's golf (27) and men's tennis (25). By school, CSUN had third-most honorees, trailing only UC Davis and UC San Diego.
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CSUN Spring Big West Academic All-Conference Team Honorees
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Baseball:
Nathan Barraza
Hayden Cody
Neil Feist
Kevin Fitzer
Ben Griffin
Mason Le
Kamau Neighbors
Kenji Pallares
Shunsuke Sakaino
Jakob Simons
Ryan Wentz
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Beach Volleyball:
Lauren Eknoian
Gabriela Griego
Kinley Lindhardt
Tasha Mae
Abbey Sweeting
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Men's Golf:
Felix Schrott
Eirik Thomassen
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Women's Golf:
Elle Laur
Kim Turgut
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Softball:
Isabella Alonso
Mikayla Carman
Lauryn Carranco
Mia Cortez
Kaylee Escutia
Sydney Freijanes
Kylie Galindo
Kennedy Gustin
Alexa Landeros
Vinessa Nunez
Raegan Jackson
Shaylan Whatman
Women's Tennis:
Angela Ho
Emma Moratella Sanz
Victoria Santibanez Luna
Sasha Turchak
Cindy Ung
Yulia Zhytelna
Men's Track & Field:
Joseph Alipranti
Tzu-Ting Chan
Luke DaVanon
Jonrich Dela Cruz
Elijah Ignacio
De Marq Jaque
Trey Knight
Guillermo Lopez
Balmore Montes
Joey Nations
David Phillips, Jr.
Ja'Patrick Smith
Camilo Torres
Wyatt Wiggins, Jr.
Women's Track & Field:
Sonia Avila
Mariah Changco
Nicole Contreras
Katherine Shipp-Davis
Emily Hutchinson
Faith Mora
Alba Moreno Paredes
Kaliyah Poston
Audrie Reuss
Rachael Simpson
Men's Volleyball:
Lorenzo Bertozzi
Donovan Constable
Taylan Cook
Jano Tello
Griffin Walters
Women's Water Polo:
Nicole Bacoyanis
Kate Cornejo
Shelby Hovanesian
Meghan Lopez
Jessica Matkovich
Jenna Olson
Anna Pal
Helena Sandhagen
Tatum Scarry
Tatiana Smeltzer
Dorottya Telek
Nicole Thomas
#GoMatadors
The 771 student-athletes honored conference-wide is an improvement from last year's number of 751 and 739 of two years ago.Â
To qualify for the award, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.00 cumulative grade point average, complete one full academic year at the member institution before the season for which the award is being received and compete in at least 50 percent of the institution's contests in the student-athletes respective sport.
CSUN's Abbey Sweeting (beach volleyball) was one of 17 Big West student-athletes honored to have a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA. She joined student-athletes from Cal Poly, Cal State Bakersfield, Hawai'i, Long Beach State, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara who also achieved the honor.
By sport, women's track & field had by far the most honorees with 165 student-athletes named to the team. Baseball had 115, followed by softball (103), men's track & field had (102), women's water polo (72), women's tennis (50), beach volleyball (48), men's volleyball (35), men's golf (29), women's golf (27) and men's tennis (25). By school, CSUN had third-most honorees, trailing only UC Davis and UC San Diego.
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CSUN Spring Big West Academic All-Conference Team Honorees
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Baseball:
Nathan Barraza
Hayden Cody
Neil Feist
Kevin Fitzer
Ben Griffin
Mason Le
Kamau Neighbors
Kenji Pallares
Shunsuke Sakaino
Jakob Simons
Ryan Wentz
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Beach Volleyball:
Lauren Eknoian
Gabriela Griego
Kinley Lindhardt
Tasha Mae
Abbey Sweeting
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Men's Golf:
Felix Schrott
Eirik Thomassen
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Women's Golf:
Elle Laur
Kim Turgut
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Softball:
Isabella Alonso
Mikayla Carman
Lauryn Carranco
Mia Cortez
Kaylee Escutia
Sydney Freijanes
Kylie Galindo
Kennedy Gustin
Alexa Landeros
Vinessa Nunez
Raegan Jackson
Shaylan Whatman
Women's Tennis:
Angela Ho
Emma Moratella Sanz
Victoria Santibanez Luna
Sasha Turchak
Cindy Ung
Yulia Zhytelna
Men's Track & Field:
Joseph Alipranti
Tzu-Ting Chan
Luke DaVanon
Jonrich Dela Cruz
Elijah Ignacio
De Marq Jaque
Trey Knight
Guillermo Lopez
Balmore Montes
Joey Nations
David Phillips, Jr.
Ja'Patrick Smith
Camilo Torres
Wyatt Wiggins, Jr.
Women's Track & Field:
Sonia Avila
Mariah Changco
Nicole Contreras
Katherine Shipp-Davis
Emily Hutchinson
Faith Mora
Alba Moreno Paredes
Kaliyah Poston
Audrie Reuss
Rachael Simpson
Men's Volleyball:
Lorenzo Bertozzi
Donovan Constable
Taylan Cook
Jano Tello
Griffin Walters
Women's Water Polo:
Nicole Bacoyanis
Kate Cornejo
Shelby Hovanesian
Meghan Lopez
Jessica Matkovich
Jenna Olson
Anna Pal
Helena Sandhagen
Tatum Scarry
Tatiana Smeltzer
Dorottya Telek
Nicole Thomas
#GoMatadors
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