Carter, Hambright named Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athletes

Sasha Carter and Dylan Hambright were the University of Montana's representatives on the 2014-15 Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete Award list that was announced Friday by the league office.

Both graduated in May, Carter, of the women's tennis team, with a 3.51 GPA as a marketing major, Hambright, of the track and field team, with a 3.22 GPA as a sociology major.

Carter was a three-time All-Big Sky Conference selection, earning second-team honors as a sophomore and first-team accolades as both a junior and senior.

She finished her career with 91 singles victories, the most in program history, including 27 in 2014-15 when she went a perfect 11-0 in regular-season Big Sky matches.

Carter helped Montana win the Big Sky Conference regular-season championship in 2013-14, the first in program history, and make three appearances in the Big Sky tournament championship match.

Hambright's athletic career as a Grizzly peaked at the 2013 Big Sky indoor track and field championships at Bozeman, when he finished third in the 400 meters to earn All-Big Sky honors.

He finished fifth in the event at the 2012 indoor championships, and four times he was a member of a relay team that scored points at Big Sky championship meets.

Off the track Hambright was an active member of Montana's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He served as the committee's president as a senior.

2014-15 Big Sky Conference Scholar Athletes

Eastern Washington
Jordan Arakawa (T&F, Pre-medicine/Biology, Olympia, Wash.)
Melissa Williams (WBB, Biology, Camas, Wash.)

Idaho
Jared du Toit (MGolf, Finance, Kimberley, B.C.)
Alycia Butterworth (T&F, Marketing, Parksville, B.C.)

Idaho State
Austin Graves (FB, Philosophy, Kennewick, Wash.)
Hayli Worthington (T&F, Master's of Public Health, Paul, Idaho)

Montana
Dylan Hambright (T&F, Sociology, Phoenix, Ariz.)
Sasha Carter (WTennis, Marketing, Bainbridge Island, Wash.)

Montana State
Nicklas Brandes (MTennis, Business, Nordenham, Germany)
Heather Demorest (T&F, Community health, Darby, Mont.)

North Dakota
Tyler Colling (T&F, Mechanical engineering, Forest Lake, Minn.)
Siri Burck (WBB, Chemistry, Fargo, N.D.)

Northern Arizona
Austin Hasquet (FB, Biomedical science, Peoria, Ariz.)
Johanna Vang (WTennis, Marketing and business economics, Solletuna, Sweden)

Northern Colorado
Andy Kemmer (T&F, Communications, Loveland, Colo.)
Ashley Atkin (T&F, Audiology/Speech language, Fleming, Colo.)

Portland State
Joe Lopez (FB, General science, Portland, Ore.)
Caitlin Plese (SO, Criminology and criminal justice, Enumclaw, Wash.)

Sacramento State
Marek Marksoo (MTennis, Geology, Tallinn, Estonia)
Veronica Stinnett (T&F, Kinesiology, Bonney Lake, Wash.)

Southern Utah
Sammy Cole (MGolf, Economics, Aliso Viego, Calif.)
Erin Stone (T&F, Biology Coure d'Alene, Idaho)

Weber State
Bo Bolen (FB, Electronic engineering, Aurora, Colo.)
Audrey Biggs (VB, Athletic therapy, Pleasant Grove, Utah)

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