Wednesday, April 13, 2022
PORTLAND, Ore. – Led by a key role player on one of the three teams competing for the top spot in the conference standings, six four-time honorees lead a list of 69 student-athletes named to the 2022 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Softball All-Academic Team, presented by Barnes & Noble College.
Western Washington senior Lauren Lo tops the four-time honorees, holding a 4.00 GPA as a student in Western Washington’s Master of Accounting program. Lo has started all 39 games for the Vikings this season, owning a .336 batting average with 44 hits, 28 runs scored, 10 doubles and 16 RBI.
Lo is joined by two other four-time honorees for Western Washington. Senior Kira Doan has a 3.37 GPA as a molecular and cell biology major while senior Rylie Wales has a 3.51 GPA as a kinesiology major.
Montana State Billings has two four-time honorees in senior Brittanee Fisher, who has a 3.82 GPA, and senior Allie Hughes, who has a 3.65 GPA. Both players are health & human performance majors. Northwest Nazarene senior Ivy Hommel, who has a 3.97 GPA as a student of NNU’s Master of Education program, rounds out the four-time list.
Forty-two members of the All-Academic Team are repeat selections, accounting for nearly 61 percent of the total honorees. Eleven earned selection for the third time.
Lo had the only 4.00 GPA on the All-Academic Team and is among 12 student-athletes with a 3.90 GPA or better and 25 with a 3.80 GPA or better.
Northwest Nazarene leads GNAC teams with 14 All-Academic selections. Montana State Billings and Western Washington each had 12 selections.
To qualify for the GNAC All-Academic Teams, presented by Barnes & Noble College, 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 year at the nominating institution.
2022 GNAC SOFTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM Presented by Barnes & Noble College |
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CENTRAL WASHINGTON | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
* Alyssa Benthagen | Sport Management/Accounting | Jr. | 3.69 | Spokane Valley, Wash. |
* Harlee Carpenter | Clinical Physiology | Jr. | 3.83 | Snohomish, Wash. |
Jillian Hampson | Special Education | So. | 3.83 | Mill Creek, Wash. |
* Rhaney Harris | Sport Management | Sr. | 3.94 | Omak, Wash. |
Taylor Kai | Professional Pilot | So. | 3.92 | Kailua, Hawaii |
Makenna King | Undeclared | So. | 3.50 | Puyallup, Wash. |
Ashlee Laver | Biology | Jr. | 3.59 | Irvine, Calif. |
* Myiah Seaton | Exercise Science | Jr. | 3.70 | Tumwater, Wash. |
* Allie Thiessen | Social Services | Jr. | 3.92 | Chilliwack, B.C. |
*+ Keegan Wise | Information Technology & Administrative Mgt. | Sr. | 3.88 | Forest Grove, Ore. |
*+ Isabel Womack | Elementary Education | Sr. | 3.84 | Hillsboro, Ore. |
MONTANA STATE BILLINGS | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Claire Bagnell | English | So. | 3.98 | Frenchtown, Mont. |
*+ Alyssa Etheridge | Health & Human Performance: Performance Option | Jr. | 3.34 | Grants Pass, Ore. |
*+# Brittanee Fisher | Health & Human Performance: Teaching Option | Sr. | 3.82 | Billings, Mont. |
Brie Frazier | Health & Human Performance: Performance Option | So. | 3.49 | Nine Mile Falls, Wash. |
*+# Allie Hughes | Health & Human Performance: Performance Option | Sr. | 3.65 | Sparks, Nev. |
Jenna Kister | Special Education | So. | 3.38 | Junction City, Ore. |
* Shelby Marquardt | Health & Human Performance: Performance Option | Jr. | 3.98 | Sparks, Nev. |
*+ Payton Meyer | Health & Human Performance: Performance Option | So. | 3.32 | Billings, Mont. |
*+ Sydney Norwood | Health & Human Performance: Performance Option | Sr. | 3.55 | Billings, Mont. |
* Marin Penney | Health & Human Performance: Performance Option | So | 3.74 | Lake Oswego, Ore. |
* Julia Qualteri | Business Administration: Management | So. | 3.57 | Parker, Colo. |
*+ Morgan Quimby | Business Administration: Marketing | Sr. | 3.80 | Aurora, Colo. |
NORTHWEST NAZARENE | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*+ Ashley Bliss | Criminal Justice | Jr. | 3.83 | Rocklin, Calif. |
* Sidney Booth | Pre-Physical Therapy | So. | 3.93 | Puyallup, Wash. |
* Madison Felter | Psychology | So. | 3.62 | Reno, Nev. |
* Abigail Gagnon | Criminal Justice | So. | 3.64 | Meridian, Idaho |
* Tori Hensley | Master’s of Business Administration | Jr. | 3.83 | Kirkland, Wash. |
Emilie Hernandez | Recreation & Sport Management | So. | 3.22 | Visalia, Calif. |
*+# Ivy Hommel | Master of Education | Sr. | 3.97 | Kuna, Idaho |
*+ Maia McNicoll | Criminal Justice | Jr. | 3.59 | Kaneohe, Hawaii |
Audree Montmeny | Computer Science | Jr. | 3.28 | Yakima, Wash. |
Emma Mulligan | Social Work | So. | 3.28 | Reedley, Calif. |
*+ McKenzie Oakes | Social Work | Jr. | 3.39 | Redding, Calif. |
*+ Ashlee Schriever | Business Administration | Jr. | 3.32 | Clinton, Utah |
Gina Skinner | Pre-Physical Therapy | So. | 3.94 | Moses Lake, Wash. |
* Nicole Zuvela | Nursing | So. | 3.89 | Loomis, Calif. |
SAINT MARTIN’S | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
* Megan Convery | Psychology | So. | 3.81 | Fairview, Ore. |
Jaeden Ells | Biology | Sr. | 3.51 | Yelm, Wash. |
Britney Patrick | Business Administration | So. | 3.92 | Raymond, Wash. |
Malia Pinder | Business Administration | So. | 3.86 | Bothell, Wash. |
Shaye Pinner | Biology | Jr. | 3.23 | Gladstone, Ore. |
Tia Ridings | Psychology | So. | 3.83 | Tualatin, Ore. |
* Abby Runyon | Biology | So. | 3.74 | Brush Prairie, Wash. |
Vanessa Smoke | Nursing | So. | 3.91 | Troutdale, Ore. |
* Kylee Vanderbout | Business Administration | Jr. | 3.55 | Happy Valley, Ore. |
SIMON FRASER | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Hannah Beram | Political Science | Fr. | 3.27 | Whitby, Ont. |
* Megan Duclos | Engineering Science | So. | 3.69 | Saint-Eustache, Que. |
Chelsea Hotner | Sociology | Jr. | 3.42 | Abbotsford, B.C. |
WESTERN OREGON | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*+ Maddie Brandner | Exercise Science | Sr. | 3.41 | Pasco, Wash. |
*+ Logan Carlos | Communication | Sr. | 3.68 | Mililani, Hawaii |
Sophie Franklin | Social Science | So. | 3.66 | Camas, Wash. |
* Baylie Kahele | Exercise Science | Sr. | 3.37 | Mililani, Hawaii |
* Zoie Recolan | Community Health | Jr. | 3.60 | Ewa Beach, Hawaii |
Hannah Stewart | Community Health | So. | 3.67 | Oregon City, Ore. |
Riley Tidwell | Community Health | Sr. | 3.33 | Marana, Ariz. |
Natalie Willoughby | Business | So. | 3.86 | Junction City, Ore. |
WESTERN WASHINGTON | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Dakota Brooks | Elementary Education - PE | Jr. | 3.37 | Pe Ell, Wash. |
*+ Rachel Christensen | Physical & Health Education | Jr. | 3.40 | Everett, Wash. |
*+# Kira Doan | Molecular & Cell Biology | Sr. | 3.37 | Brier, Wash. |
* Tatum Dow | Elementary Education - PE | Sr. | 3.91 | Issaquah, Wash. |
Brooke Fesenbek | Elementary Education | Jr. | 3.30 | Olympia, Wash. |
* Taylor Khorrami | Business Administration | So. | 3.77 | Snohomish, Wash. |
*+# Lauren Lo | Master’s of Accounting | Sr. | 4.00 | Issaquah, Wash. |
* Megan Marino | Master’s of Business Administration | Sr. | 3.41 | Bothell, Wash. |
Jenna Maxfield | Manufacturing & Supply Chain Mgt. | So. | 3.48 | Lynnwood, Wash. |
Emily Paulson | Journalism | So. | 3.77 | Tigard, Ore. |
* Chantelle Shimabukuro | Kinesiology | Sr. | 3.44 | Aiea, Hawaii |
*+# Rylie Wales | Kinesiology | Sr. | 3.51 | Snohomish, Wash. |
* - 2021 All-Academic Selection + - 2020 All-Academic Selection # - 2019 All-Academic Selection |