COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Mountain West announced its Fall Academic All-Mountain West team on Thursday with a record-breaking 853 selections from the Fall 2024 semester. Fresno State led the conference with 97 total selections. The 97 Bulldogs mark another new department-high.
At the end of the Fall 2024 semester, Fresno State Athletics recorded a department-high 3.44 overall GPA with a total of 389 student-athletes with a 3.0 or above.
Football had a conference-best 53 Academic All-MW selections this semester, tying for its most in a single-season. The Bulldog football team has led the conference in Academic All-MW selections for four-straight seasons.
The women's soccer team had 19 selections, women's cross country had 11, volleyball had nine and men's cross country added five.
Men's cross country had its most selections since 2021 while the women matched their program-best set a season ago.
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 competing in 50 percent of their teams' completed varsity contests. Some latitude was permitted to accommodate injured student-athletes.
To view Fresno State's Mountain West academic award history, click here.
Men's Cross Country (5)
Noah Graffigna - Kinesiology, Sports Administration
Marcus Jauregui - Exercise Science
Enrique Loredo - Criminology
Jaden Tungate - Pre-Psychology
Elijah Williams - Kinesiology, Sports Administration
Women's Cross Country (11)
Molly Bizik - Criminology, Law Enforcement
Gianna Chiaramonte - Liberal Studies
Diana Cortes - Civil engineering
Hannah Garrity - Pre-veterinary
Khushleen Khakh - Biochemistry
Chiara Pedol - Pre-Business
Janae Penner - Pre-Health
Crystal Raya - Exercise Science
Jennifer Recinos - Exercise Science
Corie Smith - Public Administration
Kylie Ward - Pre-Health
Football (53)
Nathan Acevedo - Sociology
Kosi Agina - Biology
Johnathan Arceneaux - Kinesiology, Exercise Science
Auckland Asiata - Mathematics
Kavika Baumgartner - Interdisciplinary studies
Matai Bell - Business administration, management
Jake Boust - MBA
Zeke Branham - Computer science
Devo Bridges - Kinesiology, exercise science
Jordan Brown - MBA
Wesley Brown - Certification of Advances study in educational technology
Jaden Carrillo - Undeclared
Dean Clark - MBA
Mac Dalena - Agriculture communications
Jayden Davis - Advertisement and public relations
Bryson Donelson - Pre-business
Jakari Embry - Africana studies
Edward Fonua - Communication
Korey Foreman - Africana studies
Jacob Holmes - Advertisement and public relations
Jahzon Jacks - Business administration, management
Phoenix Jackson - Sociology
Justin Johnson - Advertisement and public relations
Mikey Keene - Economics
Malachi Langley - Education Curriculum and instruction
Clay Lawrence - Pre-Psychology
Gavriel Lightfoot - Business Administration, finance
Brock Lium - Pre-health
Dylan Lynch - Agriculture Business
Tyler Mello - MBA
RL Miller - Communication
Jalen Moss - Communication
Julian Neal - Business Administration, accountancy
Sione Noa - Pre-business
Tuasivi Nomura - Education Curriculum and instruction
Toreon Penright - Education Curriculum and instruction
Julian Polendo - Education Curriculum and instruction
Lyndon Ravare - Africana Studies
Gus Remlinger - Exercise Science
Jairus Satele - Criminology
Steven Scheidt - Education Curriculum and instruction
Raylen Sharpe - Education Curriculum and instruction
Jake Tarwater - Business Administration, management
Daniel Taumalolo - Kinesiology, sports administration
Tim Thomas - Advertisement and public relations
Makei Thompson - Kinesiology, sports administration
Kingsley Ugwu - Interdisciplinary studies
Mose Vavao - Business administration, management
Osmar Velez - Education Curriculum and instruction
Nick Verdugo - Pre-veterinary admissions
Ryan Wilson - Education Curriculum and instruction
Joshua Wood - Pre-business
Merhauti Xepera - Pre-business
Women's Soccer (19)
Shivani Battaglia - Exercise science
Tiana Beavers - Forensic Behavioral Science
Alexis Campbell - Business administration, finance
Klara Chapeyrout - Kinesiology, exercise science
Zoe Chung - Child and family science
Ashton Conley - Kinesiology, exercise science
Hayden Crotty-Romero - Pre-health
Lizbeth "Yaya" De Loera - Business administration, management
Haley Espinoza - Psychology
Julia Hardwick - MBA
Jordan Lau - Business administration, marketing
Laura Mas Serra - Computer science
Kaelyn Miller - Kinesiology, sports administration
Katie Morris - Pre-business
Sam Paepen - Civil engineering
Tatiana Saunders - Pre-business
Anaya Shelton - Exercise science
Sabrina Welch - Agriculture communication
Ciara Wilson - Kinesiology, exercise science
Volleyball (9)
Brooke Cowie - Business administration, sports marketing
Sydney Gazzaniga - Kinesiology, exercise science
Addison Haluska - Kinesiology, exercise science
Jenna Legault - Mechanical Engineering
Kasey Purry - Kinesiology, exercise science
Ella Rud - Kinesiology, exercise science
Alivia Schneider - Biochemistry
Mya Sellers - Political science
Jayden Xiong - Liberal studies