PORTLAND, Ore.  - A total of 80 student-athletes – 32 men and 48 women - have been named to the 2014 Great Northwest Athletic Conference cross country all-academic team.

Heading up the academic squad is Lorenzo Smith of Simon Fraser, who has a 4.22 GPA in the Canadian system that  awards 4.33 points for an A+.

Three athletes have perfect 4.00 GPAs in the American system – the Alaska Nanooks’ Michael Fehrenbach, Jinise Osborne of Montana State Billings and Rachel Crawford of Western Oregon.

Five athletes earned academic honors for the third time – Kevin Rooke and Bryn Haebe of Alaska Anchorage; Kaleb Fleenor of Northwest Nazarene;  Connie Morgan of Central Washington; and Renae Hepfner of Montana State Billings.

An additional 30 athletes – 15 men and 15 women – were named to the team for the second time.

Western Washington placed 13 athletes on the academic team including six men and seven women.  The Alaska Nanooks (5 men, 5 women) and Central Washington (3 men, 7 women) had 10 each.

2014 GNAC Cross Country Academic All-Conference Team

Women|
Nichole Bathe, Alaska (Elementary Education, So., 3.40, Madison, WI)
Sarah Lilly, Alaska (Biological Sciences, So., 3.86, Fairbanks, AK)
Dorothy O'Donnell, Alaska (Biological Sciences, So., 3.66, Fairbanks, AK)
Hannah Stevens,  Alaska (Civil Engineering, So., 3.43, Eagle River, AK)
Kali Striker, Alaska (Biological Sciences, So., 3.34, Midlothian, VA)
**Bryn Haebe, UAA (Nursing/Psychology/ Dietetics, Sr., 3.85, Evergreen, CO)
Haleigh Lloyd, UAA (Nursing/Psychology, Sr., 3.65, Ladysmith, B.C.)
*Jessica Pahkala, UAA (Justice, Jr., 3.44, Wasilla, AK)
*Erin Chinchar, CWU (Elementary Education, Sr., 3.43, Kent, WA)
Anna DeCarteret, CWU (Undeclared,  Jr., 3.55 , Auburn, WA)
*Dani Eggleston, CWU (Clinical Physiology, Jr., 3.38, Longview, WA)
Kaitlyn McKinney , CWU (Undeclared, So., 3.56, Vancouver, WA)
*Danielle Maldonado, CWU (Law & Justice, Jr., 3.63, Spokane, WA)
**Connie Morgan, CWU (Economics, Sr., 3.87, Hoquiam, WA)
*Megan Rogers, CWU (TESL, Jr., 3.60, Covington, WA)
Nocona Frame, MSUB (History, Sr. 3.81, Glendive, MT)
Rio Frame, MSUB (English, So., 3.67, Glendive, MT)
**Renae Hepfner, MSUB (Biology, Sr., 3.96 Belt, MT)
Theresa Lombardi, MSUB (Special Education, Sr., 3.26, Deer Lodge, MT )
*Jinise Osborne, MSUB (Health and Human Performance, Jr., 4.00, Columbia Falls, MT)
Susanna Fleming, NNU (Communication: Communication Science, Sr., 3.99, Boise, ID)
Emily Merioles, NNU (Psychology: Pre-Counseling, So., 3.71, Valdez, AK)
Alexis Carandang, SMU (Civil Engineering, So., 3.52, Lacey, WA)
Kenna Fosnacht, SMU (Biology, So., 3.96, Rochester, WA)
Claire McCloskey, SMU (Elementary Education, So., 3.56, Kenmore, WA)
Megan Teigen, SMU (Biology, So., 3.85, Olympia, WA)
Hannah Calvert, SPU (Business Administration, So., 3.73, Enumclaw, WA)
Lynelle Decker, SPU (Applied Human Biology, Jr., 3.28, Vancouver, WA)
Sarah Macdonald, SPU (Applied Human Biology, So., 3.52, Tucson, AZ)
*Anna Patti, SPU (Special Education, Jr., 3.64,  Renton, WA)
Claire Rachwitz, SPU (Food & Nutrition Sciences, So., 3.44, Colorado Springs, CO)
Kiley Zeitler, SPU (Nursing, Jr., 3.60, Livermore, CA)
Erina Cho, SFU (Kinesiology, Jr., 3.28, Coquitlam, BC)
Brittany  Evans, SFU (Kinesiology, So., 3.40, Revelstoke, BC
*Peggy Noel, SFU (Business Administration, Jr., 3.45, Tsawassen, BC)
*Nicole Anderson, WOU (Exercise Science, Sr., 3.69,, Packwood, WA)
Bethany Balady, WOU (Biology, So., 3.58, Murrieta, CA)
Rachel Crawford, WOU (Gerontology, So., 4.00, Oregon City, OR)
Amanda Ditzhazy, WOU (Communications, Jr., 3.42, Auburn, WA)
*Audrey Hellesto, WOU (Exercise Science, Sr., 3.5, Philomath, OR)
*Stephanie Stuckey, WOU (Interdisciplinary St., Jr., 3.45, Tacoma, WA)
*Taylor Graham, WWU (Kinesiology, Jr., 3.52, Burlington, WA/Burlington-Edison)
Brittany Grant, WWU (Kinesiology, So., 3.48, Port Townsend, WA)
*Taylor Guenther, WWU (Multidisciplinary Studies, Jr., 3.84, Vancouver, WA/Prairie)
*Maddy Jalbert, WWU (Biochemistry, Jr., 3.97, Niwot, CO)
Kali Klotz-Brooks, WWU (Business and Sustainability, Jr., 3.28, Cheney, WA)
Sofia Marikis, WWU (Kinesiology, So., 3.57, Nine Mile Falls,WA/Lakeside)
*Mikhaila Thornton, WWU (Industrial Design, Sr., 3.56, Bend, OR/Mountain View)

*Repeater  **Two-time repeater