Lobos Pick Up 159 MW Scholar-Athletes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— For the 10th consecutive year, The University of New Mexico recorded over 100 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete honorees as UNM had 159 honorees for the 2021-22 academic year. Further, the 159 student-athletes is the second-most for Lobo Student-Athletes, behind last year’s 187.
Lobo baseball had a program record 18 honorees while swimming & diving had its second-best year in program history with 18 as did women’s track & field with 26. Men’s Basketball equaled their combined total of honorees from the part six seasons.
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.
Baseball, men’s golf, men’s tennis, women’s golf and women’s tennis all led the league in honorees, and women’s track & field and volleyball both finished among the top three in their respective sports.
Sport-By-Sport Breakdown (# of Scholar-Athletes)
Baseball (18)
Football (11)
Men’s Basketball (2)
Men’s Cross Country (1)
Men’s Golf (6)
Men’s Tennis (7)
Men’s Track and Field (10)
Softball (8)
Women’s Basketball (4)
Women’s Cross Country (4)
Women’s Golf (11)
Soccer (14)
Swimming and Diving (18)
Women’s Tennis (8)
Women’s Track and Field (26)
Volleyball (11)
Baseball: Will Armbruester, Ben Baker-Livingston, Justin Flebbe, Matt Haley, Terrell Hudson, Tristin Lively, Aaron Makil, Daniel Martin, Justin Olson, Cole Posey, Braydon Runion, Brett Russell, Lance Russell, Kyle Smith, Arthur Steinkamp, Justin Still, Jacob Strmiska, Kamron Willman.
Men’s Basketball: Jay Allen Tovar, Jaelen House
Women’s Basketball: Viane Cumber, Rebeka Renczes, Zeyno Seren, Kath van Bennekom
Men’s Cross County: Reece Donihi
Women’s Cross Country: Juanita Johnson, Annamaria Kostarellis, Hannah Miller, Isabella Nellos
Football: Bryson Carroll, Tavian Combs, Ben Davis, Andrew Erickson, Adam Gay, Connor Genal, Jared Long, Aaron Rodriguez, Bryce Santana, George Steinkamp, Connor Witthoft.
Men’s Golf: Bastien Amat, Jack Anderson, Ignacio Arcaya, Albert Boneta, Carson Herron, Brandon Shong
Women’s Golf: Tiana Cruz, Kamie Hamada, Caroline Jansson, Chloe Lauer, Lauren Lehigh, Napat Lertsadwattana, Myah McDonald, Lisa Marie Pagliano, Alice Rindestig Sjoberg, Anita Saechueng, Sophia Zamarripa
Women’s Soccer: Brynn Boeyink, Dalis Bruce, Natalie Degagne, Jadyn Edwards, Courtney Fernau, Gabi Franco, Alix Hailey, Mackenna Havenor, Myah Isais, Zaria Katesigwa, Paris Dalton, Kylie Russell, Paige Satterlee, Malia Vanisi
Softball: Janae Cameron, Samantha Fohrman, Emma Guidon, Andrea Howard, Amber Linton, Peyton Robinson, Reyan Tuck, Alexis Vigil
Swimming & Diving: Layni Andrle, Mari Aoki, Caitlin Beery, Laura Benkova, Camila Batista, Jocelyn Gallais, Raine Gavino, Jordan Hartley, Kristen Hepfer, Andrea Mariscal, Katy McCarter, Marina Olmstead, Kiana Raagas, Alex Robertson, Daphne Scheck, Borka Tomanova, Aleksandra Tomaszek, 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, Maria Sodre, Sofia Taborga, Satoho Toriumi
Men’s Track and Field: Victor Akhalu, Ethan Brouw, Gannon Christman, Nehemiah Cionelo, Camillo Dunninger, Kevin Mulcaire, Aidan Quinn, Gavin Sleeter, Harrison Smith III, Jovahn Williamson
Women’s Track & Field: Lauren Chafins, Larkin Chapman, Preslie Coffey, Samrawit Dishon, Sarah Eckel, Isabella Fauria, Kyla Fugate, Abigail Goldstein, Mikyla Harkley, Emma Heckel, Emily Ho, Leigh James, Gracelyn Larkin, Ryan Little, Celeste Martinez, Amelia Mazza-Downie, Stefanie Parsons, Alicia Quintana, Marthe Roee, Alix Rule, Samantha Singer, Ali Upshaw, Samantha Valentine, Madeleine Velasquez, Carmen Villanueva Perez, Baylor Walton
Women’s Volleyball: Kaitlynn Biassou, Chloe Clark, Uxue Guereca, Avital Jaloba, Kassandra McGill, Alena Moldan, Emma Smith, Hayley Torres, Melissa Walden, Kali Wolf, Elizabeth Woods