Chen, Irwin Earn Google Cloud Academic All-District

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Yue Lin “Polly” Chen of women’s tennis and Katharine Irwin of skiing were both named to Google Cloud Academic All-District for District VII for the at-large teams.  They are the eighth and ninth Lobos to be named Google Cloud Academic All-District, and both now advance to the national ballot.  This is the first honor for Chen, and Irwin was named First Team Google Cloud Academic All-America last year.

The At-Large team is considered the toughest team to get on, as it encompasses the following sports:

• Women’s Beach Volleyball
• Women’s Bowling
• Women’s Crew/Rowing
• Men’s and Women’s Fencing
• Women’s Field Hockey
• Men’s and Women’s Golf
• Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics
• Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey
• Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse
• Men’s and Women’s Rifle
• Men’s and Women’s Skiing
• Men’s and Women’s Swimming
• Men’s and Women’s Tennis
• Men’s Volleyball
• Men’s and Women’s Water Polo
• Men’s Wrestling

.  District 7 consists of all Division I teams from Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.
Chen, who has a 4.04 GPA as a sophomore in business administration, went 22-7 while playing No. 6 singles for New Mexico.  She also went 20-12 in doubles, making her the only player on the women’s tennis team to win 20 matches in both singles and doubles.  Irwin has a 4.12 GPA in biology as a senior, she bounced back from off-season surgery to help UNM skiing to a sixth place finish at NCAAs.  Irwin, who was the national runner-up in the giant slalom last year, had three top-20 finishes on the season, and he finished her career with 28 top-20 finishes.

Irwin was one of two women’s skiers in Division I to be named to the Google Cloud At Large team, joining Julie Mohagen from District 8.