Seven Cougars earn WCC All-Academic awards

PROVO, Utah – Senior Sarah Chambers Gardner and sophomore Bizzy Phillips were two of seven Cougars honored for their academic and on-field performance by the West Coast Conference on Friday.

Gardner and Phillips were each named to the 2015 WCC All-Academic team, while Paige Hunt, Elena Medeiros, Michele Murphy Vasconcelos, Stephanie Ringwood and Ashley Hatch received All-Academic Honorable Mention.

This is the third WCC All-Academic honor for Gardner and is the first for Phillips. Gardner is one of three WCC All-Academic Team members who were also named to the Academic All-District Team. Phillips is just one of two sophomores on the team along with Pepperdine’s Bri Visalia.

This is the second WCC All-Academic award for Hunt, Medeiros, Vasconcelos and Hatch and is the first for Ringwood.

At the conclusion of each athletic season, the WCC selects an all-academic team. To be considered, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.20 cumulative grade point average, while also being a significant contributor to her team. This season 62 WCC student-athletes met the criteria for selection.

2015 WCC All-Academic Team

Name	School	Class	GPA	Major
Sarah Chambers Gardner	BYU	Senior	3.88	Chemical Engineering
Bizzy Phillips	BYU	Soph.	3.98	Chemistry Education
Michelle Craft	San Diego	Senior	3.80	Biology
Heather Johnson	Gonzaga	Senior	3.77	Business Administration
Parkes Kendrick	Portland	Junior	4.00	Mathematics
Jessica Nakae	San Francisco	Junior	3.86	Kinesiology
Julia Sherwood	San Diego	Junior	3.96	English
Andi Tostanoski	Santa Clara	Senior	3.58	Biology
Julie Vass	Santa Clara	Junior	3.98	Economics
Bri Visalli	Pepperdine	Soph.	3.75	Economics
Amanda Whittle	San Francisco	Junior	3.83	Kinesiology

2015 WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention

Shayda Ansari, Pacific; Hailai Arghandiwal, Santa Clara; Courtney Assumma, Pepperdine; Karley Baggerly, Gonzaga; Julia Beck, Pacific; Jocelyn Blankenship, Loyola Marymount; Ellie Boon, Portland; Sarah Carter, Gonzaga; Megan Crosson, Santa Clara; Flannery Davis, Saint Mary’s; Haylee DeGrood, Portland; Hannah Diaz, Saint Mary’s; Samantha Dion, Saint Mary’s; Alyssa Edenstrom, Portland; Ebony Ezeji, Pacific; Jill Farley, Loyola Marymount; Sonja Giraud, San Francisco; Eliza Hard, Pacific; Kristin Hayman, Gonzaga; Ashley Hatch, BYU; Jenna Holtz, Santa Clara; Paige Hunt, BYU; Jessica Imbrie, Saint Mary’s; Megan Keeth, Santa Clara; Caitlyn Kretzschmar, San Diego; Noelle La Prevotte, Portland; Valerie Laforge, Saint Mary’s; Amanda LeCave, Pepperdine; Sophia Leksan, Loyola Marymount; Cassidee Lynch, Saint Mary’s; Julia McDonald, Saint Mary’s; Elena Medeiros, BYU; Michele Murphy Vasconcelos, BYU; Cassidy Nicks, Loyola Marymount; Kellie Peay, Santa Clara; Lena Perry, Pacific; Stephanie Ringwood, BYU; Kristen Rodriguez, Pepperdine; Ali Schaffer, San Francisco; Madalyn Schiffel, San Francisco; Meghan Schoen, Pepperdine; Hannah Seabert, Pepperdine; Heather Seybert, Saint Mary’s; Cheyenne Somers, Pacific; Callie Taylor, Loyola Marymount; Hannah Terry, Pacific; Jaime Turrentine, Saint Mary’s; Kat Uhl, Santa Clara; Ariel Viera, Portland; Dani Weatherholt, Santa Clara; Anne Whipple, Saint Mary’s