February 24, 2011

 

Nine Seawolves lead GNAC All-Academic hoops squads

 

SPOKANE, Wash. – Nine Alaska Anchorage players – five women, four men – were among the 50 student-athletes honored Thursday as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference announced its All-Academic teams for men’s and women’s basketball.

UAA’s nine total honorees tied with Saint Martin’s for the most in the 10-team league.

On the women’s side, UAA’s five honorees set a program record for the most named to any all-league academic squad in 27 years of conference affiliations. Senior Kaitlin McBride paced the Seawolves with her 3.73 grade-point average in sociology, while fellow seniors Nikki Aden (3.60, journalism & public communications) and Sarah Herrin (3.47, justice) were among seven women who made the team for the third time in their careers.

 

Junior Hanna Johansson (3.62, journalism & public communications) earned her second career all-academic award, while sophomore Alysa Horn (3.55, physical education) earned the award in her first year of eligibility. Johansson, who leads the 19^th-ranked Seawolves in scoring and rebounding, was also recently voted to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District 8 Team, recognizing her as one of the top players and students among all non-Division I programs in the West Region.

 

On the men’s side, UAA led the league with its four selections, paced by sophomore Liam Gibcus’s 3.83 GPA in civil engineering. Gibcus had the highest GPA among American schools, while Simon Fraser’s Zachary Frehlick posted a 4.15 GPA in the Canadian system, which awards 4.33 points for an A+.

UAA’s other men’s honorees were junior guard/forward Phillip Hearn (3.39, civil engineering), junior point guard Steve White (3.31, physical education) and senior point guard Drew Robinson (3.28, history).

 

To be eligible for the team, a student-athlete must have a minimum grade point average of 3.2 and be in at least his or her second year of competition at a GNAC university.

 

GNAC 2010-11 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

Kaitlin McBride, UAA (Sociology, Sr., 3.73, Bothell, WA)

*Hanna Johansson, UAA (Journalism & Public Communications, Jr., 3.62, Gothenburg, Sweden)

**Nikki Aden, UAA (Journalism & Public Communications, Sr., 3.60, Portland, OR)

Alysa Horn, UAA (Physical Education, So., 3.55, Kodiak, AK)

**Sarah Herrin, UAA (Justice, Sr., 3.47, Nikiski, AK)

Britney Anderson, UAF (Accounting, So., 3.47, Eielson, AK)

*Nicole Bozek, UAF (Accounting, Sr., 3.79, Mukilteo, WA)

Stacy Albrecht, CWU (Undeclared, So., 3.93, Federal Way, WA)

**Kayla Ryan, MSUB (Reading, Sr., 3.94, Big Timber, MT)

*Kalli Stanhope, MSUB (Psychology, Jr., 3.57, Glendive, MT)

Shantell Marquis, MSUB (Elementary Education, Sr., 3.47, Cascade, MT)

Sarah McNamee, MSUB (Mass Communications, Sr., 3.39, Miles City, MT)

Jenny Heringer, MSUB (Business Marketing, Sr., 3.27, Billngs, MT)

Heather Adams, NNU (Biology Education, So., 3.85, Boise, ID)

Katharina Schulte to Buhne, NNU (English, So., 3.83, Hagen aTW, Germany)

*Falissa Smith, NNU (Kinesiology, Jr., 3.46, Tigard, OR)

*Emily Lashua, SMU (Education, Jr., 3.97, Vancouver, WA)

**Roni Jo Mielke, SMU (Biology, Sr., 3.95, Harrington, WA)

**Dara Zack, SMU (Education, Sr., 3.90, Spokane, WA)

**Katie Hawkins, SMU (English, Sr., 3.77, Yakima, WA)

*Kelsey Baker, SMU (Math, Jr., 3.54, Spokane, WA)

*Megan Teade, SMU (Biology, Jr., 3.33, Colfax, WA)

*Caitlyn Rohrbach, SPU (Psychology, Sr., 3.94, Edmonds, WA)

Katie Thralls, SPU (Exercise Science, So., 3.93, Livermore, CA)

Rachel Murray, SPU (Psychology, So., 3.80, Bathurst, Australia)

**Maddie Maloney, SPU (Psychology, Sr., 3.79, Issaquah, WA)

Jordan Harazin, SPU (History, Jr., 3.32, Colfax, WA)

Anna Carolsfeld, SFU (Health Sciences, Jr., 4.11, Esquimalt, BC)

Kristina Collins, SFU (Health Sciences, So., 3.77, Port Coquitlam, BC)

Hannah Whitsett, WOU (Exercise Science & Spanish, So., 3.62, Hermiston, OR)

Corinn Waltrip, WWU (Undeclared, So., 3.70, Tigard, OR)

*Megan Pinske, WWU (Communications, Sr., 3.41, Coquitlam, BC)

 

GNAC 2010-11 MEN’S BASKETBALL ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

Liam Gibcus, UAA (Civil Engineering, So., 3.83, Lysterfield, Australia)

Phillip Hearn, UAA (Civil Engineering, Jr., 3.39, Anchorage, AK)

Steve White, UAA (Physical Education, Jr., 3.31, Manly, Australia)

Drew Robinson, UAA (History, Sr., 3.28, Lehi, UT)

Drew Harris, CWU (Sociology, Sr., 3.68, Yakima, WA)

*C.J. Shula, NNU (Pre-Physical Therapy, Jr., 3.50, Puyallup, WA)

Lateef Williams, NNU (Kinesiology, Sr., 3.28, Annapolis, MD)

Brady Bomber, SMU (Business, So., 3.63, Lynden, WA)

Roger O’Neill, SMU (Math, So., 3,38, Edmonds, WA)

Ryan Votaw, SMU (Criminal Justice, Jr., 3.38, Toledo, WA)

Scott Morse, SPU (Biology, So., 3.51, Central Point, OR)

Jeff Downs, SPU (Communications, Sr., 3.32, Kirkland, WA)

*Jake Anderson, SPU (Communications, Jr., 3.29, Burlington, WA)

Zachary Frehlick, SFU (Engineering Science, Jr., 4.15, Kelowna, BC)

Christopher Paredes, SFU (Business Administration, So., 3.47, North Vancouver, BC)

*Rory Blanche, WWU (Engineering Tech, Jr., 3.73, Ashland, OR)

Chris Mitchell, WWU (PE – Pre-Heathcare, So., 3.36, Everson, WA)

*Anthony Wiederkehr, WWU (Humanities & Social Sciences, Gr., 3.30/Undergad 3.36, Lakewood, WA)

 

*Repeater

 **Two-time repeater

+Herrin (repeater from 2007-08 at UAF)

 

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