Feb. 8, 2012

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NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- The Great West Conference has announced its 2011 Fall Academic All-Conference honors for the sports of football, men's and women's cross country, women's soccer and volleyball and 30 Utah Valley University student-athletes made the cut.

Of the 30 Wolverine student-athletes to be honored 10 of them were from the soccer team, seven were from volleyball, seven from women's cross country and six from men's cross country.

In all, 175 Great West Conference athletes were named to the team based on a minimum cumulative 3.2 grade point average. The athletes also must have participated in at least 50 percent of their respective team's contests. Using the institutions' most recent GPA, the student-athletes are selected by each member institution's sports information director, with approval from the faculty athletic representative and the head coach. First-year students and JC transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award.

Making up the academic team for the entire conference are 48 football players, 26 men's cross country runners, 31 women's cross country runners, 49 women's soccer players and 21 volleyball players.

Leading the honorees are six athletes who have achieved 4.0 grade point averages. Those individuals are NJIT men's cross country runner Jonathan Daudelin, North Dakota volleyball player Ronni Munkeby, South Carolina State women's soccer players Morgan Roesler and Stephanie Searle, South Dakota football player Kevin Robb and Southern Utah football player Brad Meyer.

UVU Student-Athletes on the 2011 GWC Fall Academic All-Conference Team

Sport: Name, Major (Eligibility Year)
Men's Cross Country: Trevor Baker, Ex. Sci. & Outdr. Rec. (Junior)
Men's Cross Country: Macy Butterfield, Ex. Sci. & Outdr. Rec. (Sophomore)
Men's Cross Country: Mike Felix, History Education (Junior)
Men's Cross Country: Spencer Foster, Political Science (Junior)
Men's Cross Country: Byron Palmer, Ex. Sci. & Outdr. Rec. (RS Freshman)
Men's Cross Country: Tim Rowberry, Political Science (Junior)
Women's Cross Country: Sarah Blackburn, Art Visual Commun. (Sophomore)
Women's Cross Country: Ally Deeter, Ex. Sci. & Outdr. Rec. (Sophomore)
Women's Cross Country: JoAnn Nybo, Behavioral Science (Junior)
Women's Cross Country: Stephanie Talbot, P.E. & Recreation (Junior)
Women's Cross Country: Shelise Walker, Behavioral Science (Junior)
Women's Cross Country: Jessica Wilding, Math Education (Sophomore)
Women's cross Country: Kalina Zufelt-Clegg, Ex. Sci. & Outdr. Rec. (Senior)
Women's Soccer: Camille Broderick, Elementary Education (Senior)
Women's Soccer: Regan Clifford, Elementary Education (Junior)
Women's Soccer: Kelsey Kimball Cook, Ex. Sci. & Outdr. Rec. (Junior)
Women's Soccer: Haley Curtis, Undeclared (Sophomore)
Women's Soccer: Lexi Dunn, Business Management (Sophomore)
Women's Soccer: Brianne Larsen Bastian, Social Work (Senior)
Women's Soccer: Jaime Lyons, Ex. Sci. & Outdr. Rec. (Senior)
Women's Soccer: Alexa Pulley, School Health Ed. (RS Freshman)
Women's Soccer: Kim Stratford, Public Relations (RS Freshman)
Women's Soccer: Natalie Young, Psychology (Sophomore)
Women's Volleyball: Rachel Anderson, P.E. Teacher Ed. (Senior)
Women's Volleyball: Lindsay Barker, Sociology (Sophomore)
Women's Volleyball: Brookelyn Campbell, Elementary Ed. (Sophomore)
Women's Volleyball: Sarah Clement, Mathematics (Senior)
Women's Volleyball: Patti Flagg, Elementary Ed. (Sophomore)
Women's Volleyball: Chelsey Heaps, Ex. Sci. & Outdr. Rec. (Senior)
Women's Volleyball: Erica Nish, Art Education (Junior)