Friday, April 22, 2016
PORTLAND, Ore. – Central Washington is leading the way both on the softball diamond and in the classroom as their nine selections lead the 2016 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Softball All-Academic Team.
The Wildcats’ nine includes five repeat selections. The group is led by sophomore Laura Steiner, who boasts the highest cumulative grade point average among the 41 honorees with a 3.93. Her major is undecided. The Wildcats, picked to finish fifth in the GNAC coaches’ preseason poll, enter the weekend leading the league with a 16-8 conference record, 32-11 overall.
Saint Martin’s, who is battling with Central Washington for the GNAC regular season championship this weekend, also had nine selections to the All-Academic Team with three repeat selections. Sophomore Lindsay Miller leads the Saints with a 3.84 grade point average as an accounting major. The Saints enter the weekend with a 15-9 GNAC mark. 32-15 overall. Concordia and Montana State Billings each had seven selections to the team.
Steiner and Miller top a list of five selections with a 3.80 grade point average or better. Joining the duo are Concordia’s Meghan Luebbert and Tori Muir and Northwest Nazarene’s Abigail Watkins.
The All-Academic Team includes 12 repeat selections and four three-time selections: Central Washington’s Michaela Hazlett and Alex Olague; Montana State Billings’ Cori Gammon and Saint Martin’s Allie Lovitt. This year’s two-time selections include Central Washington’s Kailyn Campbell, Taylor Ferleman and Haley Fritz; Saint Martin’s Jackie Schmaeling and Alyssa Slate and Western Washington’s Shayna Adelstein, Lynsey Amundson and Kali Patterson.
To earn selection to the GNAC All-Academic Team, student-athletes must have a 3.20 cumulative grade point average or better, be of sophomore standing or better and be in their second season of competition.
2016 GNAC SOFTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM | ||||
CENTRAL WASHINGTON | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
* Kailyn Campbell | Psychology | Jr. | 3.34 | Duvall, Wash. |
Brielle Copodonna | Sociology | Sr. | 3.66 | Issaquah, Wash. |
* Taylor Ferleman | Public Relations | Jr. | 3.64 | Bellevue, Wash. |
* Haley Fritz | Business Administration | Jr. | 3.64 | Marysville, Wash. |
Andrea Hamada | Math/Science | Sr. | 3.45 | Walla Walla, Wash. |
*+ Michaela Hazlett | Nutrition | Sr. | 3.67 | Purcell, Okla. |
*+ Alexa Olague | Public Relations | Sr. | 3.77 | Tacoma, Wash. |
Laura Steiner | Undeclared | So. | 3.94 | Selah, Wash. |
Austin Wilkerson | Physical Education | Sr. | 3.26 | Ferndale, Wash. |
CONCORDIA | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Mattie Boucher | Business Administration | So. | 3.75 | Chehalis, Wash. |
Destinee Chang | Business Administration | Sr. | 3.30 | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Traci Crollard | Exercise & Sports Science | So. | 3.31 | Vancouver, Wash. |
Meghan Luebbert | Nursing | Jr. | 3.86 | Sandy, Ore. |
Jamie Martin | Psychology | Sr. | 3.79 | Portland, Ore. |
Tori Muir | Biology (Pre-Med) | Jr. | 3.84 | Portland, Ore. |
Lauren Warner | Business Administration | So. | 3.23 | Vancouver, Wash. |
MONTANA STATE BILLINGS | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Amanda Barham | Business Administration: Marketing | So. | 3.47 | Sparks, Nev. |
*+ Cori Gammon | Business Administration: Management | Sr. | 3.24 | Sparks, Nev. |
Myrissa Prince | Health & Human Performance | So. | 3.46 | Sparks, Nev. |
Jordyn Roark | Elementary Education | So. | 3.55 | Las Vegas, Nev. |
Haley Rowe | Human Services | Sr. | 3.44 | Billings, Mont. |
Katlyn Stringari | History | So. | 3.42 | Shepherd, Mont. |
Alyssa Yaeger | Business Administration: Accounting | So. | 3.53 | Lewiston, Mont. |
NORTHWEST NAZARENE | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Lily Paschal | Psychology: Scientist/Practitioner | So. | 3.38 | Lake Stevens, Wash. |
Lisa Sylvester | Recreation Sports Management | So. | 3.40 | Bend, Ore. |
Abigail Watkins | Recreation Sports Management | So. | 3.82 | Yakima, Wash. |
SAINT MARTIN’S | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*+ Allie Lovitt | Psychology | Sr. | 3.65 | Reno, Nev. |
Lindsay Miller | Accounting | So. | 3.84 | Damascus, Ore. |
Megan Miller | Business | Sr. | 3.25 | Everett, Wash. |
Paige Miller | Undeclared | So. | 3.66 | Everett, Wash. |
Kim Nelson | Business | So. | 3.55 | Fremont, Calif. |
Claire Palmiter | Mechanical Engineering | So. | 3.34 | Gresham, Ore. |
* Jackie Schmaeling | History | Jr. | 3.76 | El Dorado Hills, Calif. |
* Alyssa Slate | Psychology | Jr. | 3.60 | Antioch, Calif. |
SIMON FRASER | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Rachel Proctor | Health Sciences | Sr. | 3.23 | Surrey, B.C. |
WESTERN OREGON | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Ashlee Lynch | Biology | Sr. | 3.27 | Corona, Calif. |
Ku’ulei Siolo | Business | Sr. | 3.45 | Aberdeen, Wash. |
WESTERN WASHINGTON | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
* Shayna Adelstein | Human Services | Jr. | 3.26 | Tucson, Ariz. |
* Lynsey Amundson | Public Relations | Jr. | 3.27 | Arlington, Wash. |
Emily Benson | Psychology | So. | 3.24 | West Richland, Wash. |
* Kali Patterson | Kinesiology | Jr. | 3.26 | Bonney Lake, Wash. |
* - 2014-15 All-Academic Selection + - 2013-14 All-Academic Selection |