Composite Mountain West Scholar-Athlete List
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Mountain West offices have released it’s 2015-16 Scholar-Athlete teams, and for the fifth consecutive year, The University of New Mexico leads the conference, this time with a program record 145 MW Scholar-Athletes.
The MW Scholar-Athlete award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the conference. To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least two academic terms at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better, and have participated in varsity competition in a Mountain West-sponsored sport.
Eight different programs either led the league or tied for the league lead within their respective sports: baseball, men’s cross country, men’s golf, men’s track and field, softball, women’s basketball (tied), women’s golf and women’s soccer.
Sport-By-Sport Breakdown (# of Scholar-Athletes)
Women’s Soccer (19)
Swimming and Diving (13)
Women’s Track and Field (24)
Women’s Cross Country (11)
Men’s Cross Country (7)
Men’s Track and Field (17)
Baseball (12)
Women’s Tennis (3)
Volleyball (5)
Women’s Basketball (6)
Women’s Golf (5)
Football (5)
Men’s Golf (6)
Men’s Tennis (3)
Softball (6)
Men’s Basketball (1)
UNM has now had 603 Mountain West Scholar-Athletes in the last five academic years. UNM had 112 in 2014-15, 117 in 2013-14, 132 in 2012-13, and 97 in 2011-12.