Conference all-academic awards 29 BYU swimmers and divers
PROVO, Utah – Twenty-nine BYU swimmers and divers were awarded 2017 All-Academic Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Scholar-Athletes on Friday.
“I am very proud of our team’s athletic and academic achievements,” BYU head swim coach John Brooks said. “We have the most athletes out of all teams in our conference that received this all-academic award.”
To receive this all-conference award, an athlete must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher and must have completed one full academic year at the institution prior to the season in which the award is given. In addition, each student-athlete must have competed in fifty percent or more of the institution’s competition.
Listed below are the BYU swim and dive athletes that achieved the award for the 2016-2017 season:
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Student- Athlete |
GPA |
Year |
Events |
Hometown/Last School |
3.92 |
Junior |
Free, Fly |
Madison, Alabama/ Bob Jones High School |
|
3.91 |
Junior |
Diving |
Fishers, Indiana/Fishers High School |
|
3.88 |
Diving |
Diving |
Sandy, Utah/ Jordan High School |
|
3.78 |
Senior |
Breast, Fly |
Plano, Texas/ Plano Senior High School |
|
3.71 |
Senior |
Free, Back, Fly |
Singapore/ Raffles Institution Singapore |
|
3.66 |
Sophomore |
Breast, Fly, IM |
Evans, Georgia/ Evans High School |
|
3.63 |
Junior |
Free, IM, Back |
Jacksonville, Florida/ The Bolles School |
|
3.52 |
Senior |
Diving |
El Cajon, California/ Granite Hills School |
|
3.40 |
Junior |
Free, Breast |
Colorado Springs, CO/ Taylor High School |
|
3.31 |
Junior |
Free, Fly |
Leon, Mexico/ Tecnologico de Monterrey |
|
3.14 |
Junior |
Diving |
Sandy, Utah/ Jordan High School |
|
3.10 |
Sophomore |
Back, IM, Breast |
Phoenix, Arizona/ Auburn Mountainview HS |
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Student- Athlete |
GPA |
Year |
Events |
Hometown/Last School |
Allison McCormick |
3.76 |
Senior |
Free |
Newport Beach, CA/ Corona Del Mar HS |
Samantha Palmer |
3.75 |
Junior |
Free, Back |
Silverdale, WA/ Central Kitsap High School |
Riley Merrill |
3.71 |
Senior |
Breast, IM |
Westerville, OH/ Westerville South HS |
Natalie Bennion |
3.68 |
Junior |
Free, Fly |
Salt Lake City, Utah/ Skyline High School |
Lillian Moore |
3.67 |
Junior |
Fly, IM |
Salt Lake City, Utah/ Skyline High School |
Ellie Thornbrue |
3.56 |
Sophomore |
Free, Fly |
Hillsboro, Oregon/ Century High School |
Hanna Skaggs |
3.55 |
Senior |
Breast, IM |
Corona, CA/ Centennial High School |
Anna Dahl |
3.54 |
Junior |
Free, Breast |
Heber City, Utah/ Mountain Crest HS |
Ashlee Spindler |
3.38 |
Senior |
Free, IM, Back |
Nibley, Utah/ Wasatch High School |
Emma Richards |
3.34 |
Junior |
Free, Back |
Scottsdale, Arizona/ Horizon High School |
Keyka Lienhard |
3.33 |
Senior |
Diving |
Escondido, CA/ Escondido High School |
Kelly Hatanaka |
3.30 |
Sophomore |
Free, Back, IM |
Loveland, CO/ Loveland High School |
Shelby Johnson |
3.30 |
Junior |
Diving |
Colorado Springs, CO/ Air Academy |
Kenzie Heffernan |
3.28 |
Sophomore |
Free, Back, Fly, IM |
Kinnelon, NJ/ Bingham High School |
Vanessa Moffatt |
3.27 |
Junior |
Free, Fly |
Lakewood, WA/ John F. Kennedy Catholic |
Alora Foliaki |
3.26 |
Junior |
Free |
Mesa, AZ/ Desert Ridge High School |
Emily To'o |
3.02 |
Junior |
Fly, IM |
Oakley, CA/ Freedom High School |
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