Wednesday, April 23, 2014

PORTLAND, Ore. - Nineteen players – 14 women and five men - have been selected to the 2013-14 GNAC Academic all-conference golf team. 

The women’s academic all-conference team is led by Mackenzie Field of Simon Fraser, who has a 3.94 GPA.  Katie Fish and Cayley Fish of Montana State Billings have 3.93 and 3.92 GPAs, respectively.

Justin McAfee of Northwest Nazarene has the best GPA among the men with a 3.86 average.

Four players – MSUB’s Jacob Letman, Melissa Saken and BreAnna Cameron, and Mandy Wittmier of Saint Martin’s - were all named to the team for the third year in a row. 

Five other players – McAfee; MSUB’s Gage Huft, Katie Fish and Cayley Fish and Anna Bourland of Western Washington - were also repeat selections.

Montana State Billings placed seven players on the academic team.  Northwest Nazarene had five selections.  Saint Martin’s had four, Western Washington had two and Simon Fraser had one.

2013-14 GNAC Academic All-Conference Team

Men
**Jacob Letman, MSUB (Mass Communications, Sr., 3.62, Lander, WY)
*Gage Huft, MSUB (Power Plant Technology, Jr., 3.46 Kimberly, ID)
*Justin McAfee, NNU (Communications, Jr., 3.86, Meridian, ID)
Connor Magnuson, NNU (Accounting/Economics, Jr., 3.69, Albany, OR)
Ryan Pickthorn, SMU (Business Administration, So., 3.70, Damascus, OR)

Women

*Katie Fish, MSUB (Business Administration - Accounting, Jr., 3.93, Great Falls, MT)
*Cayley Fish, MSUB (Business Administration - Accounting, Jr., 3.92, Great Falls, MT)
**Melissa Saken, MSUB (Health & Human Performance, Sr., 3.69, Peers, Alberta)
**BreAnna Cameron, MSUB (Health & Human Performances, Sr., 3.37, Whitefish, MT)
Carlan Campbell, MSUB ( Broadfield Science Teaching, Sr., 3.20, Big Timber, MT)
Jessica Knight, NNU (Computer Science, So., 3.45, Boise, ID)
Carleigh Sturm, NNU (General Studies, So., 3.44, Thorton, CO)
Haley Gochnour, NNU (Accounting, So., 3.23, Boise, ID)
Gracie Dyer, SMU (Business Administration, So., 3.59, Tacoma, WA)
**Mandy Wittmier, SMU (Accounting, Sr., 3.42, Ferndale, WA)
Sarah Salvatori, SMU (Business Administration, So., 3.27, Salem, OR)
Mackenzie Field, SFU (Health Sciences, So., 3.94, Christina Lake, BC)
Emily Koryto, WWU (Environmental Science, So., 3.44, East Lansing, MI)
*Anna Bourland, WWU (Communications, Jr., 3.28, Bainbridge, WA)

*Repeater  **Two-time repeater