COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The University of New Mexico had 60 student-athletes honored as Mountain West All-Academic honorees for the Fall, tying for the second-most in school history. Overall, UNM was third in the Mountain West for the Fall, behind Utah State and Boise State.
UNM has led the Mountain West in total All-Academic student-athletes in each of the last three academic years, starting in 2012-13. UNM has finished in the top-three of the conference for every Fall semester since 2006, a span of 10 seasons.
UNM’s 60 helped the conference set a record with 571 student-athletes honored. To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least one academic term at the member institution while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better, and be a starter or significant contributor on their athletic team.
The 60 marks the first time in school history that UNM has had 60 Fall honorees in back-to-back years after a school record 61 were honored last year. UNM also had 60 Fall honorees in the 2010-11 academic year.
The program totals for UNM went as such: football had 19 on the team, women’s soccer 18, women’s cross country nine, men’s cross country seven and women’s volleyball seven.
For football, the 19 is the second-most in program history, behind the 20 that the program had named last season. It gives UNM 69 Mountain West All-Academic honorees in Bob Davie’s four seasons with the program, easily the best four-year period in program history. The previous best mark was 53 from the 2007-10 seasons. UNM’s 19 tied for the fourth-most among all Mountain West football teams.
The program that did set a record and lead the conference was women’s soccer, as the 18 honorees picked up in coach Heather Dyche’s first season bested the previous program high of 17, set in both 2012 and 2013. UNM’s 18 tied with Utah State for the most in the Mountain West.
Women’s cross country under Joe Franklin, which won the NCAA National Championship in November, tied for its second-most honorees with nine, behind only the 12 it got in 2010. The nine this season was third in the Mountain West behind Wyoming and Nevada.
On the men’s side, the Lobos picked up seven honorees, again finishing third in the conference, behind only Air Force and Utah State. The seven tied for the fifth-most in program history. Women’s volleyball under Jeff Nelson also had seven honorees to round out UNM’s total of 60 for the semester.
Lobos Have 60 named Mountain West All-Academic
