43 Named MWC Scholar Athletes

PROVO -- The men and women’s track and field teams had 43 athletes named Mountain West Conference Scholar Athletes, the most of any track and field program in the conference.

Those awarded included 30 athletes from Craig Poole’s women’s track and field team and 13 from Mark Robison’s men’s track and field team. The highest GPA from the women’s team went to sophomore Natalie Stewart, who has maintained a 4.00 GPA in School Health Education. On the men’s side, sophomore Jonathon Nelson took the top spot with a 3.94 GPA in Applied Statistics and Analytics.

Also on the list included MWC Champions Kari Clark (pole vault) from the women’s team and Trevor Heiner (high jump) from the men’s team.

To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least two academic terms at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better, and have participated in varsity competition in an NCAA-sponsored sport.

Men's Track and Field
Name                  Year      Major
Bahr, Alden           Senior    Spanish
Barber, Colby         Junior    Exercise Science
Beisinger, Kevin      Senior    Neuroscience
Ghormley, James       Senior    Economics 
Heiner, James         Senior    Advertising
Heiner, Trevor        Senior    Strategy
Kotter, Jonathan      Graduate  Student Law
Merriman, Ryan        Senior    Political Science
Nelson, Jonathan      Sophomore Applied Statistics and Analytics
Ogden, Nathan         Senior    Tax
Robinson, Collin      Senior    Finance
Speirs, Joshua        Junior    Biology
Walker, Lance         Senior    Strategy 
Women's Track and Field
Name                  Year      Major
Allen, Carly          Sophomore Special Education Premajor
Andrews, Katy         Junior    Exercise and Wellness
Blauer, Diana         Junior    Elementary Education
Brown, Carolyn        Sophomore Sociology
Botteron, Christen    Sophomore Exercise Science 
Bushman, Shanie       Senior    Mathematics
Chipman, Megan        Freshman  Mathematics Education
Clark, Karin          Senior    Exercise Science
Cox, Katie            Junior    Civil Engineering
Eddy, Candace         Sophomore Special Education Premajor
Edwards, Sarah        Junior    Elementary Education Premajor
Fisher, Rachel        Freshman  Pre-Management Core
Forester, Krystel     Junior    Spanish
Frey, Sarah           Senior    Dietetics
Kussee, Tayla         Freshman  Undeclared
Lowder, Jenna         Senior    Advertising
Manwill, Melissa      Sophomore Illustration
Mazan, Sandra         Graduate  Student Law
Measom, Kylie         Sophomore Biology
Nielsen, Nicole       Sophomore Music Premajor Program
Norberg, Shayna       Sophomore Undeclared
Page, Emily           Senior    Marriage, Family, and Human Development
Rapp, Amelia          Senior    Chemical Engineering
Rencher, Ashley       Freshman  Athletic Training
Stewart, Nachelle     Sophomore Elementary Education
Stewart, Natalie      Junior    School Health Education
Swanson, Katherine    Sophomore Pre-Management Core
Thomas, Ashlee        Sophomore Statistical Science
Winston, Kira         Sophomore Early Childhood Education
Yingling, Sarah       Junior    Exercise and Wellness