Lobos Get 219 Named MW All-Academic

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The University of New Mexico had 144 honorees to the Spring 2024 Academic All-Mountain West team as the Lobos had the second-most for the spring in the league to give UNM 219 for the academic year.  Overall, 1,241 student-athletes were named to the Spring 2024 Academic All-Mountain West team across the sports of swimming and diving, men’s and women’s basketball, gymnastics, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, softball and baseball.

Over the past seven years, UNM has led the league with 1,517 total honorees, 79 more than the next closest school.

Baseball and men’s tennis each led their respective sports, with baseball’s 23 honorees leading the way and men’s tennis’s eight doing likewise. Women’s tennis tied for the second-most in the league for that sport, and men’s golf and women’s golf each tied for third respectively.

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.