[Complete PacWest All-Academic Team] [PLNU's PacWest All-Academic Selections]
SAN DIEGO - Point Loma Athletics placed 131 student-athletes on the Pacific West Conference All-Academic team for the 2015-16 academic year. Each of PLNU's 11 intercollegiate teams had at least four PacWest All-Academic selections, including the women's track & field team which led the Sea Lions with 28 award recipients.
Senior
Stephanie Beaulieu (Nursing) and junior
Hayley Richardson (Mathematics) helped pace the track & field team academically 3.9 and 3.96 grade point averages, respectively. These were just two of the 27 Sea Lion student-athletes to post a GPA of 3.80 or better. Three Sea Lions,
Kaiti Freeberg,
Mackenzie Popp and
Ashley Julio, also have a perfect 4.0 gpa.
Nineteen PLNU student-athletes received PacWest academic honors in more than one sport. This list included
Marissa Dotter,
Josie Frye,
Alex Hernandez,
Jessica Kroeckel,
Hayley Richardson,
Briana Swendener and
Hallie Swenson.
As a whole the PacWest Conference named 1,595 student-athletes to the all-academic team. To view the complete PacWest All-Academic list click here.
To qualify for the PacWest All-Academic team student-athletes must have a 3.0 cumulative gpa at their university and participate in a conference-sponsored sport.