63 Selected To GNAC Academic Basketball Team

Thursday, February 27, 2014

PORTLAND, Ore. - A total of 63 student-athletes, including 44 women and 19 men, have been named to the 2013-14 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Basketball Academic all-conference team.

Among the women, Annie DePuydt of Montana State Billings and Suzanna Ohlsen of Seattle Pacific have the top GPAs with perfect 4.00 marks.   Chelsea Banis has a 4.00 GPA in her graduate studies in health administration after posting a 3.66 in her undergraduate work. Teancum Stafford of Alaska Anchorage leads the men’s team with a perfect 4.00 grade point average.

Montana State Billings placed the most players on the academic team with 11, including nine women. Seattle Pacific earned 10 spots on the academic team (four men and six women). 

Eight players – Kyle Fossman and Kylie Burns of Alaska Anchorage, Bobbi Knudsen of Montana State Billings, Leslie Warwick of Northwest Nazarene, Kyle Karnofski of Saint Martin’s, Katie Benson and David Downs of Seattle Pacific and Melissa Fowler of Western Oregon –  made the team for the third year in a row.  

A total of 21 players - seven men and 14 women - earned their second academic all-conference selection. 

Men

Teancum Stafford, UAA (Psychology, Jr., 4.00, Auburn, WA)
**Kyle Fossman, UAA (Accounting, Sr., 3.63, Haines, AK)
*Travis Thompson, UAA (Civil Engineering, Jr., 3.44, Anchorage, AK)
*Stefan Tica, UAF (Business Administration, Sr., 3.79, Belgrade, Serbia)
*Sergej Pucar, UAF (Business Administration, Sr., 3.68, Belgrade, Serbia)
Dallen Bills, UAF (Psychology, Sr., 3.64, Inkom, Idaho)
Mark McLaughlin, CWU (Sociology, Sr., 3.36, Bothell, WA)
Tyler Nelson, MSUB (Public Relations, Jr., 3.56, Roosevelt, UT)
Danny Desin, MSUB (Psychology, So., 3.64, Billings, MT)
Grayson Moore, NNU (Kinesiology, Jr., 3.59, Logan, UT)
Mario Donaldson, NNU (Kinesiology, Sr., 3.27, Rockton, IL)
*Brad Norman, SMU (Biology, Sr., 3.48, Eatonville, WA)
*Will Bond, SMU (Finance, Jr., 3.44, Troutdale, OR)
**Kyle Karnofski, SMU (English, Sr., 3.41, Castle Rock, WA)
Lucas Shannon, SMU (Political Science, So., 3.35, Sammamish, WA)
*Riley Stockton, SPU (Business Administration, Jr., 3.88, Spokane, WA)
**David Downs, SPU (Accounting, Sr., 3.80, Kirkland, WA)
Brendan Carroll, SPU (Business Administration, So., 3.43, Brisbane, Australia)
*Ryan Todd, SPU (Business Administration, Jr., 3.29, Mill Creek, WA)

Women
Alyssa Hutchins, UAA (Undeclared, So., 3.47, Wasilla, AK)
Jenna Buchanan, UAA (English, So., 3.45, Galena, AK)
Jessica Madison, UAA (Justice, So., 3.32, Port Angeles, WA)
**Kylie Burns, UAA (Dietetics, Sr., 3.29, Kansas City, KS)
Samantha Thornton, UAF (Business Administration, Sr., 3.36, Bremerton, WA)
*Jessica VanDyke, CWU (Clinical Physiology, Sr., 3.90, Chester, MT)
Hannah Shine, CWU (Clinical Physiology, So., 3.87, Lynden, WA)
Melanie Valdez, CWU (Clinical Physiology, So., 3.83, Richland, WA)
Ally Schmitt, CWU (Recreation Tourism, Sr., 3.75, Snohomish, WA)
Daisy Burke, CWU (Law & Justice, Sr., 3.48, Spokane, WA)
Amber Moser, CWU (Business Administration, Sr., 3.41, Willamina, OR)
*Courtney Johnson, CWU (Undeclared, So., 3.36, Kent, WA)
*Annie DePuydt, MSUB (Business Administration, Jr., 4.00, Saco, MT)
Chelsea Banis, MSUB (Health Administration, Sr., 4.00 Grad/3.66 undergrad, Fairfield, MT)
Tenika Capouch, MSUB (Health & Human Performance, So., 3.75, Billings, MT)
*Quinn Peoples, MSUB (Elementary Education, Jr., 3.58, Billings, MT)
*Janiel Olson, MSUB (Business Administration, Jr., 3.57, Billings, MT)
*Kayleen Goggins, MSUB (Elementary Education, Jr., 3.51, Shepherd, MT)
*Austin Hanser, MSUB (History, Sr., 3.50, Billings, MT)
**Bobbi Knudsen, MSUB (Biology, Sr., 3.49, Malta, MT)
Brandy Kumm, MSUB (Health & Human Performance, So., 3.45, Great Falls, MT)
Taylor Simmons, NNU (Biology/Pre-Med, So., 3.98, Middleton, ID)
Katie Swanson, NNU (Graphic Design, So., 3.74, Ridgefield, WA)
Ellen Ferrenburg, NNU (Kinesiology, So., 3.65, Eugene, OR)
**Leslie Warwick, NNU (Kinesiology/Athletic Training, Sr., 3.41, Boise, ID)
*Megan Hingston, NNU (Business Administration, Sr., 3.36, Keizer, OR)
Cierra White, NNU (General Studies, So., 3.29, Modesto, CA)
Krista Stabler, SMU (Civil Engineering, So., 3.56, Silverdale, WA)
*Jori Skorpik, SMU (Math, Sr., 3.26, Kennewick, WA)
Chelsea Haskey, SMU (Biology, Sr., 3.23, Tumwater, WA)
Angela Gelhar, SMU (Education, Jr., 3.20, Vancouver, WA)
*Suzanna Ohlsen, SPU (Biochemistry, Jr., 4.00. Monroe, WA)
**Katie Benson, SPU (Communications, Sr., 3.72, Snohomish, WA)
Maddey Pflaumer, SPU (Psychology, So., 3.62, Issaquah, WA)
Riley Butler, SPU (Physiology, Sr., 3.38, Kent, WA)
Molly Grager, SPU (Applied Human Biology, So., 3.34, Kirkland, WA)
Betsy Kingma, SPU (Accounting, Jr., 3.56, Bellevue, WA)
*Katie Lowen, SFU (Bachelor of Arts, Jr., 3.45, Lethbridge, AB)
Chelsea Reist, SFU (Archaeology, Sr., 3.38, Mission, BC)
*Kia Van Laare, SFU (Kinesiology, Sr., 3.36, New Westminster, BC)
Angie Titus, WOU (Early Childhood Education, So., 3.55, Hood River, OR)
Katie Goddard, WOU (Exercise Science, So., 3.50, Lake Stevens, WA)
**Melissa Fowler, WOU (Biology, Sr., 3.46, Canby, OR)
*Dana Goularte, WOU (Business, Jr., 3.45, Port Orchard, WA)

 **Two-time repeater.  *Repeater (Thompson, Haskey and Kingma from 2011-12).