COLORADO SPRINGS -- BYU placed a conference-high 178 student-athletes on the Spring 2005 Academic All-Mountain West Conference team, the MWC announced Thursday. In all, the league recognized 672 student-athletes from its eight member schools.
After the Cougars' league-leading 178 honorees, New Mexico placed 98 student-athletes on the list, followed by Utah (83), UNLV (81), Wyoming (72), Colorado State (57), Air Force (55) and San Diego State (45).
To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least one academic term at the member institution while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better, and be a starter or significant contributor on their athletic team.
Women's and men's track led the way for BYU with 45 and 43 Academic All-MWC athletes, respectively. Other BYU teams with Academic All-MWC athletes are women's swimming (21), men's swimming and diving (20), baseball (15), women's basketball (5), men's basketball (5), women's tennis (5), men's tennis (5), men's golf (4), softball (4) and women's golf (4).
2004-05 Academic All-MWC Athletes
Baseball
Joshua Barrett 3.51 Communication
Thomas Bills 3.20 Undeclared
Brandon Christiansen 3.50 Sociology
Casey Cloward 3.28 Construction Management
Tyler Heid 3.84 History
Jeffrey Hiestand 3.06 Health
Seth Iorg 3.23 Biology
Kory Knell 3.90 SOAIS
Blair Lucas 3.01 Bachelors completed
Sean McNaughton 3.07 Undeclared
James Platt 3.63 PE
Brandon Romney 3.32 Spanish
Kevin Sloan 3.51 Pre PE
Justin Su'A 3.02 Communications
Mitchell Woolf 3.92 Pre Mechanical Engineering
Men's Basketball
Sam Burgess 3.27 Pre Management
Jared Jensen 3.33 Construction Management
Garner Meads 3.81 Pre Exercise Science
Terry Nashif 3.49 PE Teaching
Michael Rose 3.56 Pre Management
Men's Golf
Nick Becker 3.27 RMYL
Ronald Harvey 3.28 Communications
Todd Miller 3.24 RMYL
Shaun Wurtz 3.62 Accounting
Men's Swimming
Christian Armstrong 3.58 Integrated Biology
Jorge Azevedo 3.71 International Relations
James Bekker 3.09 History
Dougie Broadbent 3.33 Pre-Mgt.
Kenny Carpenter 3.52 Mgt. Finance
Jeremiah Chai 3.57 Pre-Mechanical Eng.
Mark Chay 3.07 Pre-Communications
Bryce Engstrom 3.11 Pre Management
Jeff Ferrell 3.39 Open
Josh Johnston 3.33 Chemical Eng.
David Larson 3.35 Pre-Elemb
John Malfatt 3.07 Mgt. Finance
Ben McKee 3.63 PE: Exercise Science
Ryan Mullen 4.00 Chemical Eng.
Chris Patience 3.62 Sociology
Scott Randall 3.16 Biology
Saul Stephens 3.00 PE: Exercise Science
Jeffrey Su 3.53 Pre-Management
Nicholas Tobler 3.48 Pre-Management
Adam Ware 3.29 Accounting
Men's Tennis
Dann Battistone 3.72 Accounting
Dominik Kaufhold 3.49 Marketing
Ivan Kokurin 3.05 Business Management
Erik Nyman 3.17 Completed Bachelor
Zachary Warren 3.31 Undeclared
Men's Track
Matthew Adams 3.42 Accounting
Ronald Adams 3.24 Management: Finance
Matthew Anderson 3.81 Accounting
Brett Andrus 3.73 English Teaching
Niklas Arrhenius 3.22 Industrial Design
Bryce Bergen 3.50 Open
Kevin Biesinger 3.85 Neuroscience
Tanner Bushnell 3.53 Civil Engineering
Dustin Bybee 3.34 Open
David Chesser 3.31 Biology
Warren Davis 3.84 Neuroscience
Jason Dorais 3.60 Exercise Science:
Joseph Dredge 3.02 Computer Engineering
Chad Durham 3.46 English/Humanities
John Forsythe 3.59 Management: Finance
Alex Green 3.84 Mechanical Engineering
Bo Gustafsson 3.57 Economics
James Heiner 3.15 Open
Devin Howe 3.62 Information Systems Managemen
Kevin Keys 3.54 Biology
Lars Kjerengtroen 3.37 Facilities Management
Deven Later 3.15 Management
Bryan Lindsay 3.27 Exercise Science
Andrew Martin 3.82 Exercise Science
Joshua McAdams 3.07 Microbiology
Bryce Nielsen 3.68 Mechanical Engineering
Nathan Ogden 3.75 Open
David Pendergrass 3.38 Fitness and Wellness
Robison Pratt 3.49 Exercise Science
Adam Pyne 3.28 BioAgricultural Management
Nathan Rencher 3.62 Biology
Stig Robertson 3.09 Exercise Science
Nathan Robison 3.70 English
Joshua Rohatinsky 3.46 Exercise Science
Nate Soelberg 3.13 Recreation Management
Derek Taylor 3.15 Physics
Jeff Taylor 3.57 Management: Entrepreneurship
Dustin Trail 3.46 Communications: Advertising
David Weiler 3.95 History
Kansas Whitear 3.22 Management
Jon Willison 3.35 Exercise Science
Ryan Witt 3.50 open
David Woodbury 3.19 Chemistry
Women's Basketball
Mary Martha Abell 3.67 Management
Danielle Cheesman 3.13 Community Health
Tiari Goold 3.00 Open
Kristen Kozlowski 3.45 Psychology
Nancy Seljaas 3.32 Health Education
Julie Sullivan 3.04 Sociology
Kali Taylor 3.17 Fitness and Wellness
Women's Golf
Alexis Edwards 3.12 Pre-Communications
Natalie Newren 3.44 RMYL
Rachel Newren 3.52 Pre-Communications
Juli Wightman 3.31 Open Major
Women's Softball
Brooke Boyce 3.02 RMYL: Leisure Services
Krystle Chamberlain 3.05 Exercise Science: Fitness/Wellbe
Deborah Dodds 3.32 Teaching Physical Science
Jen Whiteley 3.66 Math Education
Women's Swimming and Diving
Jaime Bloom 3.08 Open
Tara Bradshaw 3.00 Open
Kiersten Braithwaite 3.32 Biochemistry
U-Nice Chan 3.56 Pre. Mgt.
Brittany Davis 3.46 Pre-Elementary Education
Elizabeth Duffin 3.86 Open
Amy Garrick 3.54 Chemistry
Melanie Grant 3.39 Political Science
Becky Larsen 3.37 PE Teaching
Hiedi Lietz 3.30 MFHD
Aubrey Low 3.54 PE: Exercise Science
Megan Mullen 3.40 Dietetics
Angela Nelson 3.33 Open
Julie Nelson 3.83 Mgt.:Marketing
Wendy Poppleton 3.63 PE: Fitness/Wellness Mgt.
Kimberly Rusk 3.43 Audiology and Speech Pathology
Natasha Schlup 3.40 Home and Family Living
Analyn Skabelund 3.77 English Teaching
Nikki Walsh 3.05 English
Carolyn Wigginton 3.68 Information Systems
Sarah Woodbury 3.17 Communications
Women's Tennis
Sofia Holden 3.42 Marketing
Rebecca Pike 3.24 Early Childhood Education
Anastasia Surkova 3.32 Undeclared
Hanni Wittenbecher 3.50 Undeclared
Barbora Zahnova 3.11 Political Science
Women's Track and Field
Tiffany Arrhenius 3.20 Health: Community Health
Kristina Barrus 3.46 Teaching Social Science
Liis Berendsen 3.63 Communications: Advertising
Julie Cameron 3.88 Teaching Physical Education
Amber Duffin 3.97 Pre-Nursing
Melissa Dyer 3.42 Fitness and Wellness
Brittney Faddis 3.08 Fitness and Wellness
Challis Firl 3.97 Pre-Elementary Education
Chelsea Forsythe 3.49 Elementary Education
Tipaleli Fotu 3.38 Open
Lisa Frischecht 3.04 Family and Consumer Science
Kassandra Froncszyk 3.89 Statistics
Laura Hales 3.83 Communications: Advertising
Mary Hanson 4.00 Open
Anne Heiner 3.62 Biophysics
Kristin Hirst 3.88 Early Childhood Education
Makenzie Hobbs 3.77 Physiology and Developmental
Sarah Ingebretsen 3.88 Exercise Science
Candace Jones 3.92 History Teaching
Amanda Kelly 3.38 Health Education
Maret Komarova 3.45 Management: Finance
Leslie Ann Layton 3.51 Open
Heidi Magill 3.48 Music
Michaela Mannova 3.26 Animal Science
Ashley McAllister 3.21 Exercise Science
Whitney McDonald 3.12 MFHD
Kristen McGregor 3.14 Psychology
Amy Menlove 3.13 Open
Lindsey Metcalf 3.90 Early Childhood Education
Nicole Nevitt 3.32 Open
Allison Passey 3.34 Elementary Education
Lisa Pratt 3.51 Management
Kamila Rywelska 3.83 Russian
Kathryn Sevy 3.64 Open
Chelsea Smith 3.81 Community Health
Lindsey Sommer 3.39 Economics
Jenna Taylor 3.74 Open
Laura Taylor 3.97 History
Suzanne Taylor 3.31 Open
Taylor Teerlink-Law 3.26 Exercise Science
Ann Marie Thomas 3.39 Open
Laura Turner 3.19 Physiology and Developmental B
Jessica Weirich 3.45 History Teaching
Emily Welch 3.01 Communications
Rena Williams 3.13 Health