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:

MEN
Student- Athlete	GPA	Year	Events	Hometown/Last School
Kent Fellows	3.92	Junior	Free, Fly	Madison, Alabama/ Bob Jones High School
Matt Denkers	3.91	Junior	Diving	Fishers, Indiana/Fishers High School
Jordan Tuckfield	3.88	Diving	Diving	Sandy, Utah/ Jordan High School
Seth Russell	3.78	Senior	Breast, Fly	Plano, Texas/ Plano Senior High School
Rainer Ng	3.71	Senior	Free, Back, Fly	Singapore/ Raffles Institution Singapore
Nathan Rogers	3.66	Sophomore	Breast, Fly, IM	Evans, Georgia/ Evans High School
Preston Jenkins	3.63	Junior	Free, IM, Back	Jacksonville, Florida/ The Bolles School
Kevin Dreesen	3.52	Senior	Diving	El Cajon, California/ Granite Hills School
David Harlan	3.40	Junior	Free, Breast	Colorado Springs, CO/ Taylor High School
Luis Ventura	3.31	Junior	Free, Fly	Leon, Mexico/ Tecnologico de Monterrey
Trayton Speth	3.14	Junior	Diving	Sandy, Utah/ Jordan High School
Cameron Lindsay	3.10	Sophomore	Back, IM, Breast	Phoenix, Arizona/ Auburn Mountainview HS

WOMEN
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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