Montana lands 70 on fall Academic All-Big Sky teams

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Montana lands 70 on fall Academic All-Big Sky teams

2/21/2024 2:00:00 PM | Football, General, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Soccer, Volleyball

By: Montana Sports Information

The University of Montana Department of Athletics placed 70 student-athletes on the Academic All-Big Sky Conference teams for fall sports, the league office announced Wednesday afternoon.

Montana's total ranked third in the Big Sky.

The Grizzlies had 32 football players recognized, 17 from soccer, eight from volleyball, seven from women's cross country and six from men's cross country.

In addition to meeting the participation criteria for the past season, only student-athletes with a cumulative GPA after the fall semester of 3.2 or better were eligible.

Montana's football total of 32 was four more than any other league team, in a season that the Grizzlies won the Big Sky title and advanced to the national championship game.

Since coach Bobby Hauck returned prior to the 2018 season, Montana has had 202 Academic All-Big Sky selections, the most in the Big Sky.

Coach Chris Citowicki's Big Sky champion soccer team had 17 selections, including now five-time honoree Sydney Haustein.

From coach Allison Lawrence's volleyball team, Catie Semadeni became a five-time Academic All-Big Sky selection, Carly Anderson and Sarah Ashley four-time selections.

Montana's Fall Academic All-Big Sky Conference selections:

Men's cross country: Henry Ballinger (Undeclared); Lane Cole (Wildlife Biology); Rogelio Mares (Entrepreneurship); Maxwell Scott (Computer Science); Carson Steckelberg (Wildlife Biology); Truman Thompson (Biochemistry)

Women's cross country: Jade Hallgrimson (Graduate Certificate – Entrepreneurship); Jaylyn Hallgrimson (Master's of Business Administration); Kayla Ingraham (Sociology & Psychology); Layne Lathrop (Biology); Kaden Leverenz (Wildlife Biology); Iris McKean (Wildlife Biology); Shay Pederson (Mathematics Education)

Football: Micah Ashton (Management & Entrepreneurship); Erik Barker (Management & Entrepreneurship); Cooper Barnum (Communication Studies); Travis Benham (Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship); Brandon Casey (Management & Entrepreneurship); TraJon Cotton (Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship); Kale Edwards (MBA graduate program); Tyler Flink (Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship); AJ Forbes (MBA graduate program); Vincent Genatone (Business Administration); Eli Gillman (Business Administration); Trevin Gradney (MBA graduate program); Garrett Graves (MBA graduate program); Journey Grimsrud (Psychology); Hayden Harris (MBA graduate program); Braxton Hill (Educational Leadership graduate program); Garrett Hustedt (Psychology); Ronald Jackson (Communication Studies); Levi Janacaro (MBA graduate program); Jace Klucewich (Management & Entrepreneurship); David Koppang (Educational Leadership graduate program); Declan McCabe (Management & Entrepreneurship); Ryder Meyer (MBA graduate program); Cannon Panfiloff (Integrative Physiology); Nico Ramos (MBA graduate program); TJ Rausch (Business Administration Finance); Carson Rostad (Business Administration Finance); Tyson Rostad (Business Administration); Ryan Simpson (MBA graduate program); Ryan Tirrell (MBA graduate program); Chris Walker (MBA graduate program); Jelani Warren (MBA graduate program)

Soccer: Kathleen Aitchison (Psychology); Eliza Bentler (Business Administration); Charley Boone (Finance); Reeve Borseth (Business Administration); Riley Carolan (Psychology); Maddie Ditta (Integrative Physiology); Ashlyn Dvorak (Psychology); Abby Gearhart (Environmental Studies); Sydney Haustein (Health and Human Performance); Bella O'Brien (Master's of Public Administration); Riley O'Brien (Integrative Physiology); Mia Parkhurst (Political Science); Molly Quarry (Integrative Physiology); Kayla Rendon Bushmaker (Business Administration); Ava Samuelson (Integrative Physiology); Delaney Lou Schorr (Marketing); Skyleigh Thompson (Finance)

Volleyball: Carly Anderson (Integrative Physiology); Sarah Ashley (Integrative Physiology); Alexis Batezel (Integrative Physiology); Madi Chuhlantseff (Management and Entrepreneurship); Paige Clark (Management and Entrepreneurship); Maddie Kremer (Management and Entrepreneurship); Maddie Pyles (Business Administration); Catie Semadeni (Master's in Public Health)