June 30, 2011

18 Tigers Earn Spring Big West All-Academic Team Honors

Irvine, Calif. - The 2010-11 Big West Spring Sports Academic All-Conference honors were announced today and Pacific placed 18 student-athletes from six fall sports on the academic teams. Pacific student-athletes from baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis, golf and women's water polo team's made up part of the conference's all-academic teams.

To be eligible for the All-Academic team, student-athletes have to maintain a 3.2 cumulative grade point average, have attained a sophomore standing academically and competed in at least 50 percent of their team's contests.

The following are the Pacific Tiger student-athletes that earned honors:

Baseball
John Prato-Matthews (Davis, Calif.)
Robbie Richardson (Lodi, Calif.

Softball
Megan Allen (Yucaipa, Calif.)
Shaina Brock (Derby, Kan.)
Megan Hom (Irvine, Calif.)
Gabby McDaniel (Sacramento, Calif.)

Men's Tennis
Artem Gramma (Krivoj Roj, Ukraine)

Women's Tennis
Julia Hansen (Hamburg, Germany)
Sarah Irvine (Brisbane, Australia)
Kateryna Nezhura (Kiev, Ukraine)
Jenifer Widjaja (Sa Roque, Brazil)

Golf
Alex Edfort (Somerset, N.J.)
Alex Johnson (Tucson, Ariz.)

Women's Water Polo
Siobhan Larsen (Mundelein, Ill.)
Melissa Loper (Napa, Calif.)
Meara McCarthy (Simsbury, Conn.)
Bethany Quertermous (Humble, Texas)
Dara Tawarahara (Honolulu, Hawaii) 

For the full Academic All-Big West list Click Here