161 Lobos Named MW Scholar-Athletes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— For an 11th consecutive year, The University of New Mexico recorded over 100 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete honorees as UNM had 161 honorees for the 2022-23 academic year. The 11 in program history, behind the 187 during the 2020-21 COVID season when the eligibility rules were different.
Lobo baseball had a program record 19 honorees as did women’s track & field with 33 and men’s track & field with 20. Softball was a fourth team to establish a program record, recording 12 honorees.
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, women’s golf and women’s tennis all led the league or tied for the repective sports’ lead in honorees.Men’s tennis, men’s track & field, women’s soccer and women’s track & field all finished in the top three in their respective sports.
Sport-By-Sport Breakdown (# of Scholar-Athletes)
Baseball (19)
Football (6)
Men’s Basketball (2)
Men’s Cross Country (1)
Men’s Golf (6)
Men’s Tennis (5)
Men’s Track and Field (20)
Softball (12)
Women’s Basketball (3)
Women’s Cross Country (1)
Women’s Golf (8)
Soccer (19)
Swimming and Diving (12)
Women’s Tennis (6)
Women’s Track and Field (33)
Volleyball (8)
Baseball: Ben Baker-Livingston, Will Bannister, Akili Carris, Trent Dewyer, Dylan DItzenberger, Devon Dixon, Caleb Herd, Jake Holland, Terrell Hudson, Adolfo Iturralde, Konner Kinkade, Tristin Lively, Jordan Martinez, Deylan Pigford, Braydon Runion, Brett Russell, Kyle Smith, Reed Spenrath, Arthur Steinkamp.
Men’s Basketball: Josiah Allick, Jaelen House.
Women’s Basketball: Viane Cumber, Nia Johnson, Kath van Bennekom.
Men’s Cross County: Awet Yohannes.
Women’s Cross Country: Juanita Johnson.
Football: Tavian Combs, Andrew Erickson, Austin Erickson, Tavian Ford, Bryce Santana, Connor Witthoft.
Men’s Golf: Connor Adams, Bastien Amat, Albert Boneta, Carson Herron, Jacob King, Alvaro Portillo Navas.
Women’s Golf: Maria Caparros Levin, Chloe Lauer, Lauren Lehigh, Napat Lertsadwattana, Myah McDonald, Lisa Marie Pagliano, Anita Saechueng, Sophia Zamarripa.
Women’s Soccer: Brynn Boeyink, Sariah Brady, Brae Cole, Natalie Degagne, Presley Devey, Callie Droitsch, Alix Hailey, Myah Isais, Zaria Katesigwa, Karlee Maes, Eliza Mariner, Paris Dalton, Marcedes Morris, Sophia Roberts, Ellie Robinson, Taryn Robles, Paige Satterlee, Sakura Yoshida.
Softball: Maddie Boldt, Janae Cameron, Keyannah Chavez, Samantha Fohrman, Rachael Hathoot, Amber Linton, Grace Rana, Peyton Robinson, Taylor Snow, Jenna Trim, Reyan Tuck, Chloe Yeatts.
Swimming & Diving: Layni Andrle, Maya Clise, Maddie Deucher, Kristen Hepfer, Asiana Lee,Katy McCarter, Amaya Oliphant, Marina Olmstead, Kiana Raagas, Ashley Sterchele, Aleksandra Tomaszek, Marin Wilson.
Men’s Tennis: Arda Azkara, Alex Maggs, Ryoma Matsushita, Jan Pucalka, Nikolay Syseov.
Women’s Tennis: Leonie Hoppe, Hsuan Huang, Katherine Jhang, Sarah O’Connor, Sofia Taborga, Maud Vandeputte.
Men’s Track and Field: Abdinajib Abade, Victor Akhalu, Gal Arad, Ethan Brouw, Jake Burkey, Jonathan Carmin, Gannon Christman, Nehemiah Cionelo, Osaze Demund, Camillo Dunninger, Yehonatan Haim, Timothy Harris, Matthew Larkin, Rivaldo Leacock, Aidan Quinn, Lokesh Sathyanathan, Harrison Smith III, Jovahn Williamson, Awet Yohannes, Brodie Young.
Women’s Track & Field: Alexandra Adams, Maria Cisneros Llamazares, Preslie Coffey, Samrawit Dishon, Klara Dess, Sarah Eckel, Isabella Fauria, Lauren Fowler, Abigail Goldstein, Alyssa Gregory, Maisie Grice, Rebecca Grieve, Mikyla Harkley, Emma Heckel, Emily Ho, Analisa Ibarra, Leigh James, Juanita Johnson, Kilee Kaasch, Gracelyn Larkin, Kailey Ludwig, Logan Neely, Christian Nisoli, Rosalinda Pacheco, Stefanie Parsons, Lindsay Peters, Alix Rule, Abbie Schwieder, Ali Upshaw, Samantha Valentine, Baylor Walton, Mckenna Watson, Elizabeth White.
Women’s Volleyball: Kaitlynn Biassou, Madison Blanco, Uxue Guereca, Alena Moldan, Lauryn Payne, Melissa Walden, Kali Wolf, Elizabeth Woods.