31 Bears honored for spring academics :: Women's track and field has 16 student-athletes honored

June 25, 2008

OGDEN, Utah -- The Big Sky Conference announced today members of its 2008 Spring All-Academic teams, and Northern Colorado student-athletes were well-represented.

In all, 31 members of the Bears' men's and women's tennis, men's and women's outdoor track and field and women's golf teams were honored for the excellence this spring in the classroom.

To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have participated in at least half of their team's competitions this spring, achieved a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale) and have completed at least one academic term at their current institution.

Northern Colorado's women's track and field team, with 16 selections, had more student-athletes honored this team than any other of the Bears' spring programs.

A list of all of the honored Northern Colorado student-athletes and their majors is below:

MEN'S TENNIS:
Ryan Dunn, So., sociology
Vinnie Fallico, Sr., finance
Austin Nunn, Sr., marketing

WOMEN'S TENNIS:
Jodi Ciarvella, Fr., undeclared
Karen Groll, Sr., mathematics teaching
Luiza Xavier, Jr., biomedical sciences

MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD:
Cody Harper, So., sport and exercise science
Tyler Hoerner, Jr., marketing
Joseph Pummer, So., sport and exercise science
Travis Stanford, So., sport and exercise science
Martin Wittmer, So., history teaching

WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD:
Kellie Callahan, So., psychology
Kelly Coomes, Fr., sport and exercise science
Jillian Hoblitt, Fr., interdisciplinary studies
Lauren Iseman, So., mathematics teaching
Jacqueline Lomax, So., pre-journalism
Katie McConnell, Jr., sport and exercise science
Brianna Plombom, So., special education
Colleen Sanderlin, Jr., sport and exercise science
Justine Sandersfeld, Jr., mathematics teaching
Talitha Slafter, Sr., human communication, sport and exercise science
Brianna Spletstoser, Sr., human services
Ashley Stec, Sr., human communication
Rachael Stevens, Sr., audiology/speech-language science
KeiLyn Tanimoto, Jr., mathematics teaching
Lilly Vanek, So., dietetics
Abigail Weedor, Fr., sport and exercise science

WOMEN'S GOLF:
Heather Daviner, Sr., marketing
Shayna Godfrey, Sr., accounting
Jenny Henderson, Sr., human communication
Gina Rodriguez, Sr., human communication