32 Cougars pick up MPSF All-Academic accolades

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WOODLAND, California – A total of 32 BYU track and field athletes received Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic honors for the 2016 indoor season.

Fourteen men and 18 women were named scholar-athletes. Student-athletes were required to meet the following criteria in order to be selected:

  • Maintain a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average.
  • Must be at least a sophomore academically.
  • Must have competed in 50 percent or more of the institution’s competitions in the student-athlete’s respective event.
  • Must have completed one full academic year at the school prior to the season for which the award is being received.

The following athletes represented BYU on the 2016 MPSF indoor All-Academic team:

2016 Women's All-Academic Team
Student-AthleteGPAYearEvent(s)Hometown/Last School
Marissa Appiah3.93JuniorHigh JumpNorth Salt Lake, UT/Woods Cross HS
Kensey Berry3.37SeniorHurdles/SprintsLucas, TX/Lovejoy HS
Erica Birk3.73SophomoreDistanceHoytsville, UT/North Summit HS
Madelyn Brooks3.76SophomoreDistanceMesa, AZ/Mountain View HS
Natalie Shields-Connolly3.85JuniorDistanceSalt Lake City, UT/East HS
Sierra Hansen3.40JuniorPole VaultDana Point, CA/Dana Hills HS
Cherilyn Bunker-Hawkins3.40JuniorThrowsNewport, OR/Newport HS
Christina Hedgepeth3.14SophomoreJumps/MultisArlington, TX/Lamar HS
Sadie Nielsen3.06JuniorThrowsMoses Lake, WA/Moses Lake HS
Alyssa Monteverde-Dalton3.29SeniorHurdlesFresno, CA/University of Oregon
Erin Merkley3.51SeniorHeptathlonOlathe, KS/Olathe South HS
Maria Morley3.66SophomoreDistanceStillwater, MN/Stillwater Area HS
Nicole Naatjes3.83SophomorePole VaultLakeville, MN/Lakeville North HS
Kaylee Packham3.97SeniorHurdles/SprintsFort Collins, CO/Loveland HS
Sidney Reilly3.52Sophomore800mValley Center, CA/Valley Center HS
Kristi Rush3.84JuniorDistanceGilbert, AZ/Highland HS
Ashleigh Warner3.79SophomoreDistanceOrem, UT/Mountain View HS
Laura Young3.63SophomoreDistanceSouth Jordan, UT/Bingham HS

 

2016 Men's All-Academic Team
Student-AthleteGPAYearEvent(s)Hometown/Last School
Michael Abbott3.31Junior60m/200mMonroe, UT/South Sevier HS
John Glazier3.24SophomoreLJ/60mLakeport, CA/Eagle HS
Jackson Walker3.11JuniorHeptathlonIdaho Falls, ID/Idaho Falls HS
Kevin Nielsen3.19SophomoreHeptathlonGranite Bay, CA/Granite Bay HS
Sean Adams3.12Senior400m/4x400mValley Center, CA/Valley Center HS
Dillon Goodman3.53Senior60mH/200mPima, AZ/Central Arizona College
Mark Carlson3.94Senior400mAustin, TX/McNeil HS
Max Scheible3.46Sophomore400m/60mHGermany/Lise Meitner Gymnasium
Shaquille Walker3.62Junior800m/4x400mRichmond Hill, GA/Richmond Hill HS
Chase Horrocks3.27JuniorMileVancouver, WA/Skyview HS
Karson Fronk3.85SophomoreMileTemecula, CA/Great Oak HS
Zachary Blackham3.66JuniorHigh JumpOrem, UT/Orem HS
Sam Rockwood3.55SeniorHigh JumpDiamond Bar, CA/Diamond Bar HS
Kyle Brown3.94SeniorPole VaultLiberty Lake, WA/Central Valley HS