Mountain West Conference Announces Academic Honorees
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The Mountain West Conference has announced the Academic All-Mountain West Conference honorees in the sport of men's cross country. To be eligible for the honor the student-athlete must have completed at least one academic term at the member institution, maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and be a significant contributor on the team.
Twenty-nine student-athletes qualified for the academic all-conference team in men's cross country, up from 27 last year. BYU had the most honorees with eight, followed by Utah and New Mexico with five each, Colorado State and Wyoming had four each and Air Force had three.
Nineteen of the academic honorees are in action this Friday and Saturday, February 23-24 at the MWC Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Air Force Academy. They are specified by an (*) below.
Following is a list of Academic All-Conference selections in men's cross country, grouped alphabetically by school.
Academic All-Mountain West Conference
(listed as name, class, gpa, major)
Air Force Academy
*Jim Blech, Sophomore, 3.47, Biology
*Brian Carpenter, Junior, 3.18, Computer Science
*Shane Rogers, Senior, 3.59, Physics
BYU
Tyler Bushnell, Junior, 3.49, RMYL
Andrew Carman, Sophomore, 3.44, International Studies
*Scott Cummings, Senior, 3.53, English
*Nathan Harrison, Senior, 3.14, Civil Engineering
John Hedengren, Junior, 3.96, Chemical Engineering
*Lewis Jones, Sophomore, 3.80, English
*J. Ammon Larsen, Sophomore, 3.66, Psychology
*Dula Parkinson, Senior, 3.89, Chemistry
Colorado State University
*Bryan Berryhill, Senior, 3.12, Forestry
Dana Carne, Junior, 3.93, Business Management
*Dylan Olchin, Sophomore, 3.32, Finance & Real Estate
*Gabriel Olchin, Junior, 3.41, Natural Sciences
University of New Mexico
Travis Clark, Sophomore, 3.15, University Studies
Scott Connors, Junior, 4.00, Electrical/Computer Engineering
Christopher Orrell, Freshman, 3.66, Undeclared
*Ben Ortega, Freshman, 3.73, Undeclared
*Christopher Rogers, Freshman, 3.16, Undeclared
University of Utah
*B. J. Christenson, Senior, 3.27, Chemistry
*Colby Frazier, Freshman, 3.25, Undeclared
*Teren Jameson, Junior, 3.97, Electrical Engineering
*Adam Stark, Senior, 3.03, Business
*Erik Vernon, Master's, 3.54, Meteorology
University of Wyoming
Joe Hall, Senior, 3.94, Architectural Engineering
*Kyle Johnson, Sophomore, 3.93, Civil Engineering
Chris Jons, Senior, 3.77, Zoology & Physiology
Nicholas Schabron, Freshman, 3.53, Architectural Engineering
