Lobos Get 136 on MW All-Academic Spring Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The University of New Mexico’s Winter/Spring sports programs of men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s track and field (indoor and outdoor), men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf, baseball, softball and swimming & diving combined for 136 honorees on the Mountain West All-Academic Squad.
Overall, UNM totaled 184 Mountain West All-Academic selections. It marked the ninth straight year that UNM has had at least 180 honorees, and that is the longest current streak in the Mountain West. No other school has a streak longer than five straight.
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 competed in 50 percent of the teams completed varsity contests. Some latitude was permitted to accommodate injured student-athletes.
The Lobos had 24 student-athletes honored in baseball, two in men’s basketball, five in women’s basketball, four in men’s golf, five in women’s golf, 12 in softball, 24 in swimming & diving, seven in men’s tennis, six in women’s tennis, 16 in men’s track & field and 31 in women’s track & field. Baseball tied a program record (set in 2020-21) with its 24 honorees. Swimming & Diving’s 24 honorees and women’s track & field’s 31 honorees were both the second-most in their respective histories.
Mountain West All-Academic teams began in the 2002-03 season.
Baseball: Will Armbruester, Ben Baker-Livingston, Jeffrey David, Matt Haley, Cody Holtz, Terrell Hudson, Adolfo Iturralde, Tristin Lively, Aaron Makil, Brian McBroom, Justin Olson, Johnnie Podsednik, Cole Posey, Miguel Reyes, Braydon Runion, Brett Russell, Lance Russell, Adam Schneider, Kyle Smith, Arthur Steinkamp, Sean Stephens, Justin Still, Jacob Strmeska, Kamron Willman.
Men’s Basketball: Jay Allen Tovar, Jaelen House
Women’s Basketball: Antonia Anderson, Viane Cumber, Mackenzie Curtis, Paula Reus, Kath van Bennekom
Men’s Golf: Bastien Amat, Sam Choi, Carson Herron, Brandon Shong
Women’s Golf: Caroline Jansson, Chloe Lauer, Lauren Lehigh, Napat Lertsadwattana, Myah McDonald
Softball: Ashley Archuleta, Sydney Broderick, Janae Cameron, Emma Guidon, Andrea Howard, Amber Linton, Briana Martinez, Ashlyn Roberts, Peyton Robinson, Diamond Sandoval, Reyan Tuck, Taryn Young
Swimming & Diving: Layni Andrle, Mari Aoki, Caitlin Beery, Laura Benkova, Grace Carey, Camila Batista, Maddie Deucher, Jordan Foster, Jocelyn Gallais, Raine Gavino, Jordan Hartley, Kristen Hepfer, Andrea Mariscal, Katy McCarter, Emily Moylan, Marina Olmstead, Kiana Raagas, Alex Robertson, Daphne Scheck, Hannah Tiendas, Borka Tomanova, Aleksandra Tomaszek, Kailey Turner, Marin Wilson
Men’s Tennis: Arda Azkara, Daniil Kakhniuk, Alex Maggs, Aram Noroozian, Nicolas Prieto, Jan Pucalka, Georgio Samaha
Women’s Tennis: Yue Lin “Polly” Chen, Hsaing-Wen “Albie” Huang, Hsuan Huang, Myu Kageyama, Sarah O’Connor, Satoho Toriumi
Men’s Track and Field: Victor Akhalu, Ethan Brouw, Gannon Christman, Nehemiah Cionelo, Camillo Dunninger, Adam Giron, Abdirizak Ibrahim, Matthew Larkin, Rivaldo Leacock, Kevin Mulcaire, Jevon O’Bryant, Aidan Quinn, Gavin Sleeter, Harrison Smith III, Jovahn Williamson, Awet Yohannes
Women’s Track & Field: Lauren Chafins, Adva Cohen, Samrawit Dishon, Sarah Eckel, Isabella Fauria, Semira Mebrahtu Firezghi, Lauren Fowler, Abigail Goldstein, Mikyla Harkley, Emma Heckel, Emily Ho, Tianna Holmes, Leigh James, Juanita Johnson, Gracelyn Larkin, Celesta Martinez, Amelia Mazza-Downie, Isabela Nellos, Stefanie Parsons, Victoria Plummer, Kiara Quezada-Arzate, Alicia Quintana, Marthe Roee, Alix Rule, Lydia Russell, Alexandria Ruth, Elisa Thorner, Ali Upshaw, Samantha Valentine, Carmen Villanueva Perez