PORTLAND, Ore. - A three-year starter for Alaska while maintaining a near-perfect GPA in the classroom, Alaska senior guard Kylie Wallace is among the leaders on the 2019-20 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball All-Academic Team.
Wallace, a social work major, has maintained a 3.96 cumulative GPA and is among 12 three-time selections to the team. A starter in all 21 of the Nanooks’ games this season, Wallace is averaging 9.1 points per game and ranks sixth in the conference with a .528 field goal percentage.
A total of 49 student-athletes were named to the team, which honors excellence in the classroom while committing to the rigor of being part of a collegiate athletic program. Nominees must be of sophomore eligibility or greater, have a minimum cumulative GPA or 3.20 or greater, be a letterwinner on their team and must be in their second season at the nominating institution.
Wallace is one of 15 selections that carries a 3.80 GPA or greater. Montana State Billings sophomore forward Shannon Reny, a health and human performance major, is the only member of the team with a 4.00 GPA.
Joining Wallace as three-time All-Academic Team selections is Alaska Anchorage senior guard Yazmeen Goo, Central Washington senior forwards Kaelie Flores and Taylor Shaw and senior guard Alexis Pana; Montana State Billings senior forwards Taylor Cunningham and Janessa Williams and senior guard Jeanann Lemelin; Northwest Nazarene senior guard Avery Albrecht, Saint Martin’s senior guard Makenna Schultz, Simon Fraser senior guard Tayler Drynan and Western Washington senior guard Lexie Bland.
Saint Martin’s leads conference teams with seven All-Academic selections. Concordia and Simon Fraser follow with six selections.
2019-20 GNAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
ALASKA | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
* Brittany Richards | Business Administration | Sr. | 3.82 | Dunedin, New Zealand |
*# Kylie Wallace | Social Work | Sr. | 3.96 | Petersburg, Alaska |
ALASKA ANCHORAGE | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Kimani Fernandez | Psychology | So. | 3.77 | Wailuku, Hawaii |
*+ Yazmeen Goo | Justice | Sr. | 3.39 | Daly City, Calif. |
Nicole Pickney | Natural Sciences | So. | 3.25 | Chugiak, Alaska |
* Tennae Voliva | Psychology | Jr. | 3.83 | Anchorage, Alaska |
CENTRAL WASHINGTON | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*+ Kaelie Flores | Family & Child Life | Sr. | 3.34 | Keizer, Ore. |
MJ Lancaster | Clinical Physiology | Sr. | 3.47 | Lynden, Wash. |
* Kassidy Malcolm | Public Relations/Arts & Sciences Honors | Jr. | 3.78 | Ellensburg, Wash. |
*+ Alexis Pana | Art | Sr. | 3.58 | Hilo, Hawaii |
*+ Taylor Shaw | Recreation, Tourism & Events | Sr. | 3.55 | Oregon City, Ore. |
CONCORDIA | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
* Abby Aplaca | Biology | Jr. | 3.65 | Waipahu, Hawaii |
* Tamika Etherly | Psychology | Sr. | 3.71 | Tualatin, Ore. |
* Iraide Juez | Elementary Education | Sr. | 3.70 | Mallorca, Spain |
Nakiyah LeSure | Education | Sr. | 3.21 | Sparks, Nev. |
Olivia Vezaldenos | Business | Sr. | 3.88 | Manteca, Calif. |
Abby Zhang | Business | So. | 3.49 | Harbin Heilongjiang, China |
MONTANA STATE BILLINGS | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*+ Taylor Cunningham | Health & Human Performance - Teaching Option | Sr. | 3.66 | Spokane, Wash. |
*+ Jeanann Lemelin | Public Relations | Sr. | 3.89 | Billings, Mont. |
Shannon Reny | Health & Human Performance - Human Performance Option | So. | 4.00 | Libby, Mont. |
Taryn Shelley | Elementary Education | So. | 3.24 | Shoreline, Wash. |
Emily St. John | Psychology | So. | 3.21 | Butte, Mont. |
*+ Janessa Williams | Elementary Education | Sr. | 3.77 | Clancy, Mont. |
NORTHWEST NAZARENE | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*+ Avery Albrecht | Marketing | Sr. | 3.71 | La Grande, Ore. |
* Zoe Wessels | Nutrition | Jr. | 3.66 | Council, Idaho |
SAINT MARTIN’S | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
* Sara Bowen | Accounting | Sr. | 3.83 | Lacey, Wash. |
Claire Dingus | Accounting | So. | 3.25 | Spokane Valley, Wash. |
* Marissa Miller | Criminal Justice & Psychology | Sr. | 3.95 | Tucson, Ariz. |
Megan Nilsson | Business Administration | Sr. | 3.98 | Colbert, Wash. |
*+ Makenna Schultz | Biology | Sr. | 3.24 | Lacey, Wash. |
Bria Thames | Psychology | Sr. | 3.56 | Beaverton, Ore. |
Emma Wrede | Business Administration | So. | 3.80 | Greenwood Village, Colo. |
SEATTLE PACIFIC | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
* Hailee Bennett | Accounting | Sr. | 3.81 | Kalispell, Mont. |
Rachel Berg | Business Administration | So. | 3.75 | Bellevue, Wash. |
* Madi Hingston | Business Administration | Sr. | 3.60 | Keizer, Ore. |
Natalie Hoff | Visual Communications | So. | 3.83 | Beaverton, Ore. |
SIMON FRASER | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Justina Chan | Kinesiology | So. | 3.43 | Markham, Ont. |
*+ Tayler Drynan | Business Administration | Sr. | 3.74 | Spokane, Wash. |
Claudia Hart | Business Administration | Jr. | 3.23 | North Vancouver, Wash. |
* Jessica Jones | Criminology | Jr. | 3.88 | Richmond, B.C. |
Sophia Klassen | Kinesiology | So. | 3.88 | Chilliwack, B.C. |
* Kendal Sands | Kinesiology | Jr. | 3.74 | Coquitlam, B.C. |
WESTERN OREGON | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Shariah Green | Computer Science | Sr. | 3.87 | Hillsboro, Ore. |
Tresai McCarver | Exercise Science | So. | 3.71 | Renton, Wash. |
Rachel Rogers | Business | So. | 3.24 | Los Molinos, Calif. |
WESTERN WASHINGTON | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*+ Lexie Bland | Kinesiology | Sr. | 3.55 | Ellensburg, Wash. |
Avery Dykstra | Business | So. | 3.62 | Everson, Wash. |
* Dani Iwami | Environmental Studies | Jr. | 3.62 | Seal Beach, Calif. |
* Kelsey Rogers | Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies | Jr. | 3.35 | Bothell, Wash. |
* - 2018-19 All-Academic Selection
+ - 2017-18 All-Academic Selection
# - 2016-17 All-Academic Selection