Montana leads Big Sky with 74 spring academic selections
7/20/2022 10:59:00 AM | General, Men's Tennis, Men's Track and Field, Softball, Golf, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field
The University of Montana Department of Athletics had 74 spring-sport student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Sky Conference honors, the league announced on Wednesday.
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Montana's total led the Big Sky Conference.
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Twenty-three women's outdoor track and field athletes were recognized, 20 from the men's outdoor track and field team, 11 from softball, seven from women's golf and men's tennis, and six from women's tennis.
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Coach Kris Nord's women's golf team led the Big Sky in that sport with seven selections. Coach Melanie Meuchel's softball team and coach Jason Brown's men's tennis team both tied for first with 11 and seven selections, respectively.
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Coach Steve Ascher's women's tennis team tied for the second-most selections in that sport.
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Montana, with 56, also led the league in honorees holding a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.
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To earn Academic All-Big Sky honors, a student-athlete must have a 3.2 GPA or higher and have competed in at least half of their team's competitions during the spring season.
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In addition to Big Sky accolades, both of Montana's tennis teams earned academic honors recently from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
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Both programs repeated as ITA All-Academic Teams, while eight players from both programs were named ITA Scholar Athletes, which requires a lofty 3.5 GPA.
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To earn ITA All-Academic Team honors, programs must have a squad grade point average of 3.2.
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Montana's men's tennis program has now earned ITA All-Academic Team status each of the last five seasons, while the women have earned it in an impressive eleven times since 2009.
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Montana men's tennis players earning ITA Scholar Athlete honors: Milo Benn, Pontus Hallgren, Guillermo Martin, Ed Pudney, Lawrence Sciglitano, Oisin Shaffrey, Moritz Stoeger and Gustav Theilgaard.
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And from the women's tennis team: Lauren Dunlap, Maria Goheen, Grace Haugen, Aili Hietala, Olivia Oosterbaan, Claudia Reguant, Rosie Sterk and Alex Walker.
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Montana's Academic All-Big Sky Conference selections:
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Women's golf: Meredith Boos (Wildlife Biology); Madison Cecil (Management and Entrepreneurship); Kylie Esh (Health and Human Performance); Tricia Joyce (Finance); Jessica Ponce (Psychology); Allison Sobol (Psychology); Emmy Sundby (Health and Human Performance)
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Men's outdoor track and field: Jay Beagle (Business Administration); Nathan Carter (Biology); Will Dauenhauer (Business Analytics); AJ Eckmann (Master's of Business Administration); Quincy Fast (Health and Human Performance); Jaydon Green (Wildlife Biology); Simon Hill (Biology); Matthew Hockett (Pre-Pharmacy); Paul Johnstone (Marketing); Kip Krebsbach (Health and Human Performance); Hunter May (Master's of Accountancy); Ellis McKean (Neuroscience); Joel Mendez (Sociology); Alfred Peterson (Management and Entrepreneurship); Evan Todd (Marketing); Jason Upton (Finance); Ben Vanderbosch (Media Arts); Matt Ward (Computer Science); Brady Woods (Economics); Brent Yeakey (Health and Human Performance)
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Women's outdoor track and field: Catie Buck (Master's of Business Administration); Molly Chambers (Wildlife Biology); Ariel Clark (Social Work); Mackenzie Dean (Media Arts); Camryn Dezember (Psychology); Beatrix Frissell (Political Science); Ailsa Gilbert (Elementary Education); Sierrah Hardy (Master's of Accountancy); Abby Harmon (Health and Human Performance); Emilie Hinrichs (Management Information Systems); Olivia Lackland Henry (Environmental Sustainable Sciences); Jaree Mane (Public Health Graduate Certificate); Tatum McNamara (Integrative Physiology); Tanessa Morris (Geosciences); Emma Normand (Psychology); Morgan Radtke (Health and Human Performance); Savana Ramirez (Business Administration); Molly Sherman (Psychology); Abby Sherwood (Environmental Sustainable Sciences); Holly Sudol (Management and Entrepreneurship); Cyisa Weidman (Psychology); Katie Whitehurst (Business Administration); Jansen Ziola (Pharmacy)
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Softball: Allie Brock (Psychology); Dana Butterfield (Integrative Physiology); Kendall Curtis (Management Information Systems); Presley Jantzi (Sociology); Jaxie Klucewich (Elementary Education); Maygen McGrath (Management Information Systems); Julie Phelps (Health and Human Performance); Cami Sellers (Sociology); Kelly Sweyer (Communicative Sciences and Disorders); McKenna Tjaden (Marketing); Brooklyn Weisgram (Health and Human Performance)
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Men's tennis: Milo Benn (Finance); Pontus Hallgren (Economics); Ed Pudney (Management Information Systems); Lawrence Sciglitano (Biology); Oisin Shaffrey (Management Information Systems); Moritz Stoeger (Accounting); Gustav Theilgaard (Business Administration)
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Women's tennis: Lauren Dunlap (Elementary Education); Maria Goheen (Political Science); Grace Haugen (Psychology); Olivia Oosterbaan (Psychology); Rosie Sterk (Finance); Alex Walker (Psychology)
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Montana's total led the Big Sky Conference.
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Twenty-three women's outdoor track and field athletes were recognized, 20 from the men's outdoor track and field team, 11 from softball, seven from women's golf and men's tennis, and six from women's tennis.
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Coach Kris Nord's women's golf team led the Big Sky in that sport with seven selections. Coach Melanie Meuchel's softball team and coach Jason Brown's men's tennis team both tied for first with 11 and seven selections, respectively.
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Coach Steve Ascher's women's tennis team tied for the second-most selections in that sport.
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Montana, with 56, also led the league in honorees holding a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.
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To earn Academic All-Big Sky honors, a student-athlete must have a 3.2 GPA or higher and have competed in at least half of their team's competitions during the spring season.
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In addition to Big Sky accolades, both of Montana's tennis teams earned academic honors recently from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
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Both programs repeated as ITA All-Academic Teams, while eight players from both programs were named ITA Scholar Athletes, which requires a lofty 3.5 GPA.
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To earn ITA All-Academic Team honors, programs must have a squad grade point average of 3.2.
Â
Montana's men's tennis program has now earned ITA All-Academic Team status each of the last five seasons, while the women have earned it in an impressive eleven times since 2009.
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Montana men's tennis players earning ITA Scholar Athlete honors: Milo Benn, Pontus Hallgren, Guillermo Martin, Ed Pudney, Lawrence Sciglitano, Oisin Shaffrey, Moritz Stoeger and Gustav Theilgaard.
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And from the women's tennis team: Lauren Dunlap, Maria Goheen, Grace Haugen, Aili Hietala, Olivia Oosterbaan, Claudia Reguant, Rosie Sterk and Alex Walker.
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Montana's Academic All-Big Sky Conference selections:
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Women's golf: Meredith Boos (Wildlife Biology); Madison Cecil (Management and Entrepreneurship); Kylie Esh (Health and Human Performance); Tricia Joyce (Finance); Jessica Ponce (Psychology); Allison Sobol (Psychology); Emmy Sundby (Health and Human Performance)
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Men's outdoor track and field: Jay Beagle (Business Administration); Nathan Carter (Biology); Will Dauenhauer (Business Analytics); AJ Eckmann (Master's of Business Administration); Quincy Fast (Health and Human Performance); Jaydon Green (Wildlife Biology); Simon Hill (Biology); Matthew Hockett (Pre-Pharmacy); Paul Johnstone (Marketing); Kip Krebsbach (Health and Human Performance); Hunter May (Master's of Accountancy); Ellis McKean (Neuroscience); Joel Mendez (Sociology); Alfred Peterson (Management and Entrepreneurship); Evan Todd (Marketing); Jason Upton (Finance); Ben Vanderbosch (Media Arts); Matt Ward (Computer Science); Brady Woods (Economics); Brent Yeakey (Health and Human Performance)
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Women's outdoor track and field: Catie Buck (Master's of Business Administration); Molly Chambers (Wildlife Biology); Ariel Clark (Social Work); Mackenzie Dean (Media Arts); Camryn Dezember (Psychology); Beatrix Frissell (Political Science); Ailsa Gilbert (Elementary Education); Sierrah Hardy (Master's of Accountancy); Abby Harmon (Health and Human Performance); Emilie Hinrichs (Management Information Systems); Olivia Lackland Henry (Environmental Sustainable Sciences); Jaree Mane (Public Health Graduate Certificate); Tatum McNamara (Integrative Physiology); Tanessa Morris (Geosciences); Emma Normand (Psychology); Morgan Radtke (Health and Human Performance); Savana Ramirez (Business Administration); Molly Sherman (Psychology); Abby Sherwood (Environmental Sustainable Sciences); Holly Sudol (Management and Entrepreneurship); Cyisa Weidman (Psychology); Katie Whitehurst (Business Administration); Jansen Ziola (Pharmacy)
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Softball: Allie Brock (Psychology); Dana Butterfield (Integrative Physiology); Kendall Curtis (Management Information Systems); Presley Jantzi (Sociology); Jaxie Klucewich (Elementary Education); Maygen McGrath (Management Information Systems); Julie Phelps (Health and Human Performance); Cami Sellers (Sociology); Kelly Sweyer (Communicative Sciences and Disorders); McKenna Tjaden (Marketing); Brooklyn Weisgram (Health and Human Performance)
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Men's tennis: Milo Benn (Finance); Pontus Hallgren (Economics); Ed Pudney (Management Information Systems); Lawrence Sciglitano (Biology); Oisin Shaffrey (Management Information Systems); Moritz Stoeger (Accounting); Gustav Theilgaard (Business Administration)
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Women's tennis: Lauren Dunlap (Elementary Education); Maria Goheen (Political Science); Grace Haugen (Psychology); Olivia Oosterbaan (Psychology); Rosie Sterk (Finance); Alex Walker (Psychology)
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