CHICO, Calif. – Cal State San Marcos Athletics led the way with a school-record 145 student-athletes on the CCAA All-Academic Team, the conference released on Tuesday.
“No obstacle is too large for our student-athletes, and their determination to excel academically,” CSUSM Director of Athletics Jennifer Milo said.
“CSUSM student-athletes are the epitome of excellence through resiliency. We are setting the standard and raising the bar in the CCAA, and I couldn’t be more proud of what our student-athletes stand for.”
Introduced in the 2005-06 season, this year’s All-Academic Award recognizes undergraduate student-athletes who were on a roster in good standing in a Conference-sponsored sport and earned a varsity letter during the academic year while also achieving a 3.40 grade-point average or higher during the 2020-21 school year.
CSUSM broke a school record for the second consecutive year as the Cougars tallied 126 on the 2019-20 All-Academic Team.
“What an amazing accomplishment for our student-athletes,” CSUSM Faculty Athletic Representative Dr. Bennett Cherry said. “The word unprecedented has been used extensively in the past year and a half to describe the times in which we live, but these results earned by our diligent student-athletes are just that… unprecedented results as they shattered our school record! While all the credit goes to our student-athletes for putting forth effort and demonstrating learning in their courses, I think it’s important to also acknowledge the role of our coaches and administrators who worked hand-in-hand to deliver on our CRS team commitment: Care, Resources, and Support for our student-athletes. Our student-athletes have demonstrated a resolute focus on achieving top grades despite the obstacles and challenges of learning remotely during the past academic year. I look forward to continuing to cheer on these student-athletes as they return to campus and begin training and competing with their teammates. We are all so proud of them for pushing through and learning well.”
Since joining the league in the 2015-16 academic year, CSUSM has tallied the most CCAA All-Academic honorees with a combined total of 600.
The conference as a whole also set a record with 1,171 student-athletes being named to the CCAA All-Academic Team.
“CCAA student-athletes had to fight through so many challenges in 2020-21 including no conference athletic competition, little to no in-person instruction and all of the rest of the mental and physical issues that COVID brought,” reflected CCAA commissioner Mitch Cox. “To see a new high in the number of all-academic honorees despite having one less school in the conference is beyond gratifying. The student-athletes should be extremely proud of themselves and an enormous amount of credit goes to the faculty, coaches and staff that helped keep them focused on their studies.”
2020-21 CCAA ALL-ACADEMIC HONOREES BY SCHOOL
1. Cal State San Marcos – 145
2. Sonoma State – 115
3. Cal State Monterey Bay – 112
4. Cal Poly Pomona – 110
San Francisco State – 110
6. Chico State – 109
7. Cal State East Bay – 102
8. Humboldt State – 89
9. Stanislaus State – 83
10. Cal State Dominguez Hills – 71
Cal State LA – 71
12. Cal State San Bernardino – 52
CSUSM 2020-21 CCAA ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS
* – Competed in Track & Field only
^ – Competed in Cross Country only
Baseball (21): Zack Berohn, Jobe Cubillan, Mark Daley, Niko Diaz, Tommy Fermin, Kenny Garcia, Jarod Giacone, Tony Johnson, Preston Kelly, Jesus Lopez, Adam Lovato, Kyle Mandujano, Ryan Navarro, Gabriel Ponce de Leon, Luke Reece, Nate Robinson, Anthony Rodriguez, Trevor Schott, Zach Schuberg, Mark Stanford, Kevin Van Linge
Men’s Basketball (7): Ethan Barnella, Garrett Hall, Jayce McCain, Tre Morgan, Jack Schultz, Blake Seits, Lyle Sutton
Women’s Basketball (7): Kate Carlson, Kelsey Forrester, Kaila Gower, Akayla Hackson, Dominique Hernandez, Kayden Korst, Shasta Parker
Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field (15): Ased Adus, Trevor Boaz, David Bonds, Austin Edwards, Chris Lee*, Nick Leeds*, Mitchell Machuca, Nick Melanese, Byaombe Mloko, Trevor Nakata*, Ruben Piña, Hayden Sumner*, Nick Tangonan*, Walker Welch*
Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field (33): Lauren Allison Aipa, Toni Ayala*, Aylin Beltran-Picos, Daria Bonds, Amanda Cano*, Sarah Davis*, Bianca Encio*, Serena Farrell, Clarissa Garcia, Grace Handler, Makayla Jones, Sierra Julian*, Renee Laurenzana, Brittney Livermore*, Erin MacNeil, Amaya Mahmoud*, Julie Mariano*, Marina McDonough, Ana Mercado, Luz Mercado, Emma Mills, Teigen O’Donnell*, Sierra Roberson, Nadia Salcedo, Mia Salinas*, Jessica Schempp, Natalie Schroeder, Carly Schuerger, Alyse Sibley, Rachel Sjolie*, Kathryn Tamminga*, Morgan Taylor*, Morgann Wilson
Men’s Golf (3): Cutter Ayres, Connor Nelson, Sam Theijs
Women’s Golf (6): Regan Barton, Diana Delgado, Claire Hogle, Breann Horn, Madison Murr, Reagan Staab
Men’s Soccer (10): Cesar Caro-Avila, Justin Carreon, Curtis Collazos, Lucas Donnelly, Tyler Garrard, Jacob Johnston, Jesus Mentado, Oliver Reader, Kevin Reyes, Corbin Thaete
Women’s Soccer (22): Kamaile Aluli, Sarah Aragon, Hannah Arcala, Olivia Berntsson, Yesenia Betancourt, Katie Connor, Emilee Garrett, Elin Hedstroem, Claire Hernandez, Adria Jamieson, Devyn Kelley, Chloe King, Allison Marcure, Sierra Moore, Abby Morgado, Hunter Morton, Ashleigh Peterson, Hannah Ramos, Ashley Roskelly, Chloe Ross, Alyssa Sanchez, Jeryn Young
Softball (12): Marissa Alvarez, Nikki Andelin, Zoe Ballen, Mayca Brown, Raven LeClair, Klarissa Munoz, Emily Paredez, Morgan Salgado, Brittney Scardina, Carly Slack, Ryann Steiner, Madison Waymire
Volleyball (9): Stephanie Adams, Grecia Cordero-Barr, Kayla de los Reyes, Micah Hébert, Fayth Rascon-Ryn, Kelsy Rasmussen, Kiora Ridgeway, Madison Turner, Riley Wilkerson
