Grizzly Athletics recognizes winners for President’s Award, Dusten Hollist Award
4/26/2022 8:11:00 PM | Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Tennis, Men's Track and Field, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field, Volleyball
Grizzly Athletics celebrated the accomplishments of those who have dedicated themselves to success in the classroom on Tuesday evening at the annual Grizzly Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet in the UC Ballroom.
It has been another record-setting year for University of Montana student-athletes with more than 70 percent (249 of 347) obtaining a 3.0 grade-point average or better during the fall semester.
During the Spring 2021 term, Montana's student-athletes achieved a program-best 3.41 GPA. This past fall, its student-athletes earned the second-highest GPA ever, at 3.40. Montana's student-athletes have now gone 16 consecutive semesters with a term GPA above 3.0, and 33 straight semesters with a cumulative GPA above 3.0.
With student-athletes on the University's most-recent Dean's List and 36 with a perfect 4.0, every athletic team on campus had at least a 3.0 term GPA this past fall, with each team also owning at least a 3.17 cumulative GPA through the end of the calendar year.
Montana celebrated all of that and more on Tuesday.
Thanks to the generosity of dozens of donors, 47 different scholarships were divided between 57 deserving recipients. Additionally on Tuesday, four individuals and one team were presented major academic awards for being the best of the best amongst UM's student-athlete body.
In addition to the Grizzly Cup award winners – Montana's top male and female athlete of the year – the Grizzlies also awarded the President's Award, for best overall GPA in the department, and the Dusten Hollist Award, for the team with the highest GPA.
The Dusten Hollist Award was renamed in 2019 after Hollist, the former faculty athletic representative, who passed away in 2019. The first team to earn the award after it was renamed in Hollist's honor was men's tennis – and although it was never announced in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19 canceling both banquets, men's tennis won both of those years, as well – so it's only fitting that that group again took home honors as the top team in the classroom four the fourth consecutive year.
Jason Brown's men's tennis team earned a 3.65 term GPA in the fall and holds a program-best 3.68 cumulative GPA. Among its 10 student-athletes, nine have a 3.0 GPA or higher with three obtaining a 4.0.
The four individuals recognized as President's Award winners include Pontus Hallgren of men's tennis; Jethro Thorne of men's track & field; Jaree Mane of women's track & field; and Beatrix Frissell of women's track & field/cross country.
Hallgren and Thorne received the award on the men's side for the second year in a row.
Hallgren, a senior from Stockholm, Sweden, owns 120 victories throughout his tennis career. He has earned Academic All-Big Sky status each season, in addition to Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete honors. He is a senior majoring in economics.
Thorne has twice competed in the long jump at the Big Sky Championships and is a four-time Academic All-Big Sky selection. He is a senior majoring in music.
Mane has earned Academic All-Big Sky honors all nine semesters of her career and has scored six times across four different events, including a podium finish in the distance medley relay. She is a graduate student majoring in public health.
Frissell, who recently earned the prestigious Truman Award, has earned eight Academic All-Big Sky honors across cross country, indoor and outdoor track. She scored in the indoor 5,000 meters in 2020 and was an All-Big Sky cross country runner in 2019, advancing to NCAA Regionals. She is a senior majoring in political science.
Below is a complete list of Montana's 2022 scholarship recipients:
Col. Thomas M. Alison, USAF (Ret.) Memorial Scholarship
Drew Deck, Football
Harriet Anderson Memorial Athletic Scholarship
Braxton Hill, Football
Ronald and Julia Blake Memorial Scholarship
Kellen Detrick, Football
Emilie Hinrichs, Women's Track & Field
Paul Johnstone, Men's Track & Field
Matt Rensvold, Football
Mitch Roberts, Football
Blaine and Ellen Bloomgren Family Scholarship
Michael Matthews, Football
Bill and Phyllis Bouchee Family Football Scholarship
Carson Rostad, Football
Erika Camp Memorial Athletic Scholarship
Kat Tsineke, Women's Basketball
Melinda and Herb Depp Athletic Scholarship
Madison Cecil, Women's Golf
Jackie Howell, Volleyball
Maggie Joseph, Softball
Madison Seelhoff, Soccer
Catie Semadeni, Volleyball
Camellia Xu, Soccer
Lawrence A. (Bugs) Dwyer Memorial Scholarship
Morgan Radtke, Women's Track & Field
The Michael Dwyer & Susan Alley Softball Scholarship
Julie Phelps, Softball
Ekegren Education Scholarship
Ailsa Gilbert, Women's Track & Field
David and Goldie Enger Athletic Scholarship
Quinn Peacock, Soccer
Dean Erhard Athletic Award in Cross Country and Track
Beatrix Frissell, Women's Track & Field
Mike & Cathie Frellick Lady Griz Basketball Scholarship
Haley Huard, Women's Basketball
Julie Deming Memorial Scholarship
Carmen Gfeller, Women's Basketball
GSA License Plate Scholarship
Garrett Graves, Football
Kyndall Keller, Women's Basketball
Janet and Michelle Hainline Scholarship
Rosie Sterk, Women's Tennis
Harrington Family Athletic Scholarship
Alfred Peterson, Men's Track & Field
Anne and Warren Hill Athletic Scholarship
Carly Anderson, Volleyball
Dusten Hollist Memorial Scholarship
Jaden Griggs, Soccer
Carol Huggins Lady Griz Scholarship
Dani Bartsch, Women's Basketball
Sylvia Jensen Athletic Scholarship
Moritz Stoeger, Men's Tennis
John Kolendich Memorial Scholarship
Jansen Ziola, Women's Track & Field
Ernest L. & Ruth A. Kradolfer Scholarship
Sarah Ashley, Volleyball
Douglas LeBrun Track and Field Scholarship
Zane Johnson, Men's Track & Field
Katherine Markette-John Schuler Scholarship
Kyndall Keller, Women's Basketball
Markovich Family Athletic Scholarship
TraJon Cotton, Football
Colleen Marks Athletic Scholarship
Patrick O'Connell, Football
The Chawky & Helen Miller Memorial Scholarship
Lonnell Martin Jr., Men's Basketball
Moose Miller Football Scholarship
Alex Hurlburt, Football
Lefty Monson Family Men's Basketball Scholarship
Josh Bannan, Men's Basketball
Bob & Adeline O'Conner Memorial Scholarship
Jaxie Klucewich, Softball
Erik Ogren Memorial Scholarship
Marcus Knight, Football
John L. Olson Family Scholarship
Elijah Alford, Football
Jim Powell Memorial Scholarship-Men's Basketball
Josh Vazquez, Men's Basketball
Dr. Reynolds Lady Griz Scholarship
Nyah Morris-Nelson, Women's Basketball
William (Robi) Robertson Memorial Scholarship
Tyler Flink, Football
Bill Ruegamer Scholarship
Tricia Joyce, Golf
Robin Selvig Lady Griz Basketball Scholarship
Willa Albrecht, Women's Basketball
Brian and Karen Sippy Scholarship
Emma Normand, Women's Track & Field
Ken Staninger Memorial Scholarship
Cody Kanouse, Football
B. Tim Stark Memorial Track & Field Scholarship
Evan Todd, Men's Track & Field
Larry and Kristin Stayner Family Athletic Scholarship
Kris Brown, Football
Stockman Bank Scholarship
Marcus Welnel, Football
Max and Betty Swanson Memorial Scholarship
Maria Goheen, Women's Tennis
Kole Swartz Legacy Scholarship
Henry Nuce, Football
John Van Heuvelen Memorial Athletic Scholarship
Holly Sudol, Women's Track & Field
Clark Wilson Memorial Scholarship
Kendall Curtis, Softball
It has been another record-setting year for University of Montana student-athletes with more than 70 percent (249 of 347) obtaining a 3.0 grade-point average or better during the fall semester.
During the Spring 2021 term, Montana's student-athletes achieved a program-best 3.41 GPA. This past fall, its student-athletes earned the second-highest GPA ever, at 3.40. Montana's student-athletes have now gone 16 consecutive semesters with a term GPA above 3.0, and 33 straight semesters with a cumulative GPA above 3.0.
With student-athletes on the University's most-recent Dean's List and 36 with a perfect 4.0, every athletic team on campus had at least a 3.0 term GPA this past fall, with each team also owning at least a 3.17 cumulative GPA through the end of the calendar year.
Montana celebrated all of that and more on Tuesday.
Thanks to the generosity of dozens of donors, 47 different scholarships were divided between 57 deserving recipients. Additionally on Tuesday, four individuals and one team were presented major academic awards for being the best of the best amongst UM's student-athlete body.
In addition to the Grizzly Cup award winners – Montana's top male and female athlete of the year – the Grizzlies also awarded the President's Award, for best overall GPA in the department, and the Dusten Hollist Award, for the team with the highest GPA.
The Dusten Hollist Award was renamed in 2019 after Hollist, the former faculty athletic representative, who passed away in 2019. The first team to earn the award after it was renamed in Hollist's honor was men's tennis – and although it was never announced in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19 canceling both banquets, men's tennis won both of those years, as well – so it's only fitting that that group again took home honors as the top team in the classroom four the fourth consecutive year.
Jason Brown's men's tennis team earned a 3.65 term GPA in the fall and holds a program-best 3.68 cumulative GPA. Among its 10 student-athletes, nine have a 3.0 GPA or higher with three obtaining a 4.0.
The four individuals recognized as President's Award winners include Pontus Hallgren of men's tennis; Jethro Thorne of men's track & field; Jaree Mane of women's track & field; and Beatrix Frissell of women's track & field/cross country.
Hallgren and Thorne received the award on the men's side for the second year in a row.
Hallgren, a senior from Stockholm, Sweden, owns 120 victories throughout his tennis career. He has earned Academic All-Big Sky status each season, in addition to Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete honors. He is a senior majoring in economics.
Thorne has twice competed in the long jump at the Big Sky Championships and is a four-time Academic All-Big Sky selection. He is a senior majoring in music.
Mane has earned Academic All-Big Sky honors all nine semesters of her career and has scored six times across four different events, including a podium finish in the distance medley relay. She is a graduate student majoring in public health.
Frissell, who recently earned the prestigious Truman Award, has earned eight Academic All-Big Sky honors across cross country, indoor and outdoor track. She scored in the indoor 5,000 meters in 2020 and was an All-Big Sky cross country runner in 2019, advancing to NCAA Regionals. She is a senior majoring in political science.
Below is a complete list of Montana's 2022 scholarship recipients:
Col. Thomas M. Alison, USAF (Ret.) Memorial Scholarship
Drew Deck, Football
Harriet Anderson Memorial Athletic Scholarship
Braxton Hill, Football
Ronald and Julia Blake Memorial Scholarship
Kellen Detrick, Football
Emilie Hinrichs, Women's Track & Field
Paul Johnstone, Men's Track & Field
Matt Rensvold, Football
Mitch Roberts, Football
Blaine and Ellen Bloomgren Family Scholarship
Michael Matthews, Football
Bill and Phyllis Bouchee Family Football Scholarship
Carson Rostad, Football
Erika Camp Memorial Athletic Scholarship
Kat Tsineke, Women's Basketball
Melinda and Herb Depp Athletic Scholarship
Madison Cecil, Women's Golf
Jackie Howell, Volleyball
Maggie Joseph, Softball
Madison Seelhoff, Soccer
Catie Semadeni, Volleyball
Camellia Xu, Soccer
Lawrence A. (Bugs) Dwyer Memorial Scholarship
Morgan Radtke, Women's Track & Field
The Michael Dwyer & Susan Alley Softball Scholarship
Julie Phelps, Softball
Ekegren Education Scholarship
Ailsa Gilbert, Women's Track & Field
David and Goldie Enger Athletic Scholarship
Quinn Peacock, Soccer
Dean Erhard Athletic Award in Cross Country and Track
Beatrix Frissell, Women's Track & Field
Mike & Cathie Frellick Lady Griz Basketball Scholarship
Haley Huard, Women's Basketball
Julie Deming Memorial Scholarship
Carmen Gfeller, Women's Basketball
GSA License Plate Scholarship
Garrett Graves, Football
Kyndall Keller, Women's Basketball
Janet and Michelle Hainline Scholarship
Rosie Sterk, Women's Tennis
Harrington Family Athletic Scholarship
Alfred Peterson, Men's Track & Field
Anne and Warren Hill Athletic Scholarship
Carly Anderson, Volleyball
Dusten Hollist Memorial Scholarship
Jaden Griggs, Soccer
Carol Huggins Lady Griz Scholarship
Dani Bartsch, Women's Basketball
Sylvia Jensen Athletic Scholarship
Moritz Stoeger, Men's Tennis
John Kolendich Memorial Scholarship
Jansen Ziola, Women's Track & Field
Ernest L. & Ruth A. Kradolfer Scholarship
Sarah Ashley, Volleyball
Douglas LeBrun Track and Field Scholarship
Zane Johnson, Men's Track & Field
Katherine Markette-John Schuler Scholarship
Kyndall Keller, Women's Basketball
Markovich Family Athletic Scholarship
TraJon Cotton, Football
Colleen Marks Athletic Scholarship
Patrick O'Connell, Football
The Chawky & Helen Miller Memorial Scholarship
Lonnell Martin Jr., Men's Basketball
Moose Miller Football Scholarship
Alex Hurlburt, Football
Lefty Monson Family Men's Basketball Scholarship
Josh Bannan, Men's Basketball
Bob & Adeline O'Conner Memorial Scholarship
Jaxie Klucewich, Softball
Erik Ogren Memorial Scholarship
Marcus Knight, Football
John L. Olson Family Scholarship
Elijah Alford, Football
Jim Powell Memorial Scholarship-Men's Basketball
Josh Vazquez, Men's Basketball
Dr. Reynolds Lady Griz Scholarship
Nyah Morris-Nelson, Women's Basketball
William (Robi) Robertson Memorial Scholarship
Tyler Flink, Football
Bill Ruegamer Scholarship
Tricia Joyce, Golf
Robin Selvig Lady Griz Basketball Scholarship
Willa Albrecht, Women's Basketball
Brian and Karen Sippy Scholarship
Emma Normand, Women's Track & Field
Ken Staninger Memorial Scholarship
Cody Kanouse, Football
B. Tim Stark Memorial Track & Field Scholarship
Evan Todd, Men's Track & Field
Larry and Kristin Stayner Family Athletic Scholarship
Kris Brown, Football
Stockman Bank Scholarship
Marcus Welnel, Football
Max and Betty Swanson Memorial Scholarship
Maria Goheen, Women's Tennis
Kole Swartz Legacy Scholarship
Henry Nuce, Football
John Van Heuvelen Memorial Athletic Scholarship
Holly Sudol, Women's Track & Field
Clark Wilson Memorial Scholarship
Kendall Curtis, Softball
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