Montana atop the Big Sky

2025 Spring Academic All-Big Sky Conference

7/15/2025 11:52:00 AM | General, Men's Tennis, Men's Track and Field, Softball, Golf, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field

By: Montana Sports Information

Montana's six spring sports accounted for one Big Sky Conference championship and two other top-three league finishes, and on Tuesday those Grizzlies made more news.

Ninety-three student-athletes from those teams earned Academic All-Big Sky Conference honors, the highest total in the league.

Men's tennis coach Jason Brown's team won the Big Sky tournament and had eight players earn academic honors, the highest total in the league in that sport.

Coach Doug Fraley's men's outdoor track and field team, which placed third at the Big Sky Championships, had 27 athletes honored, also the highest total in the conference in that sport.

Fraley's women's outdoor track and field team, which matched the men with a third-place finish, had 31 academic selections, the second-highest total in the Big Sky.

Coach Jimmy Mee's women's golf team tied for second with six selections, coach Stef Ewing's softball team ranked third in the league with 16 selections.

Coach Steve Ascher's women's tennis team had five players earn Academic All-Big Sky honors.

Idaho State had 90 Academic All-Big Sky selections, Weber State 86. No other Big Sky school reached 70.

"Congratulations to the most recent additions to this group for your commitment not only to your specific sport but the classroom as well," said Big Sky Commissioner Tom Wistrcill.

"And thank you to each of our campuses for putting these individuals in a position to succeed across both realms."

In addition to reaching the participation standard for their spring seasons, student-athletes needed to have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA to earn Academic All-Big Sky honors.

Montana's honorees:

Women's golf: Kate Bogenschutz (Biology), Kylie Franklin (Management), Elle Higgins (Accounting), Bella Johnson (Business Administration), Hannah Ports (Business Administration), Raina Ports (Integrative Physiology)

Men's tennis: Tom Bittner (Management Information Systems), Moritz Lesjak (Business Administration), Duncan McCall (Business Administration), Fernando Perez (Finance), Eivind Tandberg (Finance), Baltazar Wiger-Nordas (Business Administration), Johnny Wilkinson (General Studies), Chris Zhang (Exercise Science)

Women's tennis: Shivika Agrawal (Pharmacy), Grace Haugen (Psychology), Kelsey Phillips (Business Administration), Kate Prichard (Environmental Science), Rosie Sterk (Finance)

Softball: Breiana Bonkavich (Communication Studies), JoJo Christiaens (Integrative Physiology), Anna Cockhill (Business Administration), Jocelyn Eisen (Integrative Physiology), Grace Haegele (Elementary Education), Siona Halwani (Communication Studies), Grace Hardy (Management), Hannah Jablonski (Math Education), Presley Jantzi (Sociology), Grace Lopez (Psychology), Cameryn Ortega (Communication Studies), Chloe Saxton (Marketing), Jessica Stanfield (Communication Studies), Makena Strong (Communication Studies), Sveva Sweeney (Business Administration), Madison Tarrant (Journalism)

Men's outdoor track and field: Morgan Amano (Business Administration), Braden Ankeny (Business Administration), Tyler Bates (Biology), Jay Beagle (Master's of Business Administration), Memphis Black (Wildlife Biology), Lane Cole (Wildlife Biology), Garrett Dahlke (Political Science), Ethan Grimm (Integrative Physiology), Carson Hegele (Wildlife Biology), Cooper Hewett (Entrepreneurship Certificate), Matthew Hockett (Pharmacy), Kyle Iorg (Business Administration), Michael Jump (Environmental Science & Sustainability), Patrick Kremer (Management Information Systems/Business Management), Cody Lease (Finance), Corbin Luce (Business Management), Adam Maxwell (Marketing & Business Management), Wade Rykal (Business Management), Caiden Sekuterski (Integrative Physiology/Athletic Training), Colin Shaules (Anthropology), Landon Shilhanek (Biology), Kevin Swindler (Integrative Physiology), Logan Tate (Marketing), Cutter Thatcher (Master's of Business Administration), Brody Thornsberry (Integrative Physiology/Athletic Training), Zachary Travis (Management Information Systems), Carson Weeden (Master's of Business Administration)

Women's outdoor track and field: Isabelle Berry (Biology), Cosley Bruno (Communications), Molly Chambers (Wildlife Biology), Sophia Clark (Communications), Olivia Coll (Wildlife Biology), Jayel Dovichak (Integrative Physiology), Mikenna Ells (Management & Entrepreneurship), Kensey Gault (Integrative Physiology), Libby Hartz (Business Administration), Sofia Hinderman (General Studies), Kayla Ingraham (Sociology/Psychology), Abigail Kotran (Psychology), Maddie Kremer (Management & Entrepreneurship), Shealyne McGee (Psychology), Rileigh McGree (Marketing), Lily Meskers (Journalism), Mary Mickelson (English), Ella Moodry (Biology), Whitney Morrison (Master's of Business Administration), Hannah Moses (Integrative Physiology/Athletic Training), Scout Nadeau (Marketing), Tara Ohlwiler (Marketing), Heidi Olson (Communications), Shay Pederson (Mathematics Secondary Education), Savana Ramirez (Psychology), Samantha Serex (Master's of Business Administration), Ainsley Shipman (Political Science & Business Management), Audrey Smith (Marketing), Erin Wilde (Business Management), Brooke Zetooney (Business Administration), Emma Zimmerman-Weeden (Integrative Physiology/Athletic Training)