Nevada Lands 61 to Academic All-Mountain West list

University of Nevada, Reno had 61 student-athletes named to the Fall 2021 Academic All-Mountain West List

Impact & Student Success | March 02, 2022
Wolf Pack mascots Wolfie and Alphie in Mackay Stadium

Nevada Lands 61 to Academic All-Mountain West list

University of Nevada, Reno had 61 student-athletes named to the Fall 2021 Academic All-Mountain West List

Impact & Student Success | March 02, 2022
Wolf Pack mascots Wolfie and Alphie in Mackay Stadium

Nevada had 61 student-athletes named to the Fall 2021 Academic All-Mountain West List, the conference announced Wednesday.

To be eligible for 2021 Fall Academic All-Conference honors, 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 must have competed in 50 percent of the team's completed varsity contests. The full list of Nevada student-athletes honored is below.

Fall 2021 Nevada Academic All-Mountain West Student-Athletes

Men's Cross Country

  • Celime Garcia
  • Carson Leavitt
  • Jared Marchegger
  • Alex Mendoza
  • Daniel Sayo
  • Adam Sjolund

Women's Cross Country

  • Alison Graf
  • Carley Legenbauer
  • Marena Middleton
  • Claire Nelson
  • Kalia Pfeffer
  • Kate Rye
  • Madelyn Shipman
  • Tabatha Walford
  • Tierney Wolfgram

Football

  • JoJuan Claiborne
  • Gray Davis
  • Isaiah Essissima
  • Jacob Gardner
  • Daniel Grzesiak
  • Lawson Hall
  • Sam Hammond
  • Tory Horton
  • Amir Johnson
  • Jermaine Ledbetter
  • Jordan Lee
  • Zak Mahannah
  • Peter Montini
  • Avery Morrow
  • Tyler Orsini
  • Austin Ortega
  • Jack Powers
  • Bentlee Sanders
  • Melquan Stovall
  • Christian Swint
  • Lamin Touray
  • Tyson Williams
  • Maurice Wilmer

Women's Soccer

  • Caly Ah Soon
  • Brooklyn Blake
  • Gabby Brown
  • Olivia Carter
  • Lizzy Hairston
  • Mariah Jackson
  • Hana Law
  • Ally Little
  • Madison Marr
  • Lauren Muff
  • Penny Murphy
  • Taylor O'Neill
  • Emily Rich
  • Kendall Riley
  • Trinity Sandridge
  • Hannah Souza

Women's Volleyball

  • Andrea Alcaraz
  • Lexi Applebach
  • Sia Liilii
  • Sydney Petersen
  • Kaila Spevak
  • Chelsea Vaughan
  • Sydney Wyman
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