Fresno State has 74 earn Mountain West Scholar-Athlete honors

For the third straight year since joining the conference, Fresno State’s number of Mountain West Scholar-Athletes has increased.

The Bulldogs had 74 student-athletes recognized during the 2014-15 year, up from 50 in 2013-14 and 71 in 2012-13.

Women’s swimming and diving led the way with 12, the most ever by a Fresno State team.

Women’s soccer and women’s track and field were second with seven each, followed by men’s track and field (six), football (five), softball (five), women’s basketball (five), women’s tennis (five), women’s volleyball (five), baseball (four), men’s golf (four), men’s tennis (four), women’s cross country (two), women’s golf (two) and men’s cross country (one).

Of those 15 Bulldogs teams, 10 ranked in the top four in the Mountain West for their respective sport. The Fresno State women’s basketball and men’s tennis teams each ranked first for most recipients in their sport.

To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least two academic terms while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better while participating in a Mountain West-sponsored sport.

Additionally, seven Fresno State equestrian (NCEA) and 13 Fresno State women’s lacrosse (MPSF) student-athletes would have met the minimum requirements for the MW’s scholar-athlete award had those sports been sponsored by the conference.

• Austin Guibor, Sophomore, CommunicationWilliam Munro, Kinesiology – Sport Administration
• Rickey Ramirez, Freshman, Mathematics
• Mark Reece, Sophomore, Health Science

• Cooper Gill, Sophomore, Kinesiology – Sport Administration

• Adam DeCosta, Senior, Kinesiology – Sport Administration
• Brandon Hughes, Sophomore, Business Administration – Finance
• Justin Northern, Junior, Mechanical Engineering
• Kyrian Obidiegwu, Junior, Health Science
• Jacob Vazquez, Sophomore, Agricultural Business

• Neil Bautista, Senior, Communications
• Cody Neal, Sophomore, Philosophy
• Keenan Nelson, Senior, Electrical Engineering
• Russell Takeuchi, Sophomore, Business Administration – Finance

• Adam Glynn, Freshman, Pre-Business
• Jakob Keppelmann, Freshman, Communications
• Eric Komati, Sophomore, Pre-Business
• Sai Kartik Nakireddi, Senior, Business Administration – Finance

• Peter Breceda, Sophomore, Business Administration – Accountancy
• Austin Dean, Sophomore, Biology
• Jayjoel Fernandez, Junior, Biology
• Cooper Gill, Sophomore, Kinesiology – Sport Administration
• Brice Sandri, Senior, Preliminary Education
• Jacob Schwarm, Junior, Kinesiology – Exercise Science

• Wendy Cardinali, Freshman, Kinesiology – Sport Administration
• Hannah Harris, Junior, Communications
• Chase LeeHong, Freshman, Kinesiology – Exercise Science
• Kelly Megee, Senior, Criminology
• Victoria Trevino, Junior, Health Science

• Brittany Aikens, Junior, Liberal Studies
• Robin Draper, Senior, Pre-Business
• Bego Faz Davalos, Freshman, Pre-Business
• Alex Furr, Senior, Kinesiology – Sport Psychology
• Emilie Volk, Sophomore, Kinesiology – Physical Education

• Meagan Paracholski, Senior, Liberal Studies
• Annemarie Schwanz, Junior, Civil Engineering

• Mimi Ho, Freshman, Pre-Psychology
• Kayla Luis, Junior, Kinesiology – Physical Education

• Domenique Banta, Freshman, Mathematics
• Peyton Cline, Kinesiology – Exercise Science
• Kacy Dunn, Freshman, Kinesiology – Exercise Science
• Alyssa Holsworth, Sophomore, Business Administration – Sports Marketing
• Fanny Johansson, Junior, Business Administration – International Business
• Amanda Nunes, Sophomore, Kinesiology – Sport Administration
• Angie Weiner, Sophomore, Liberal Studies

• Hailee Baldwin, Sophomore, Speech Pathology
• Katelin Britton, Freshman, Food & Nutrition Sciences
• Kali Conlon, Sophomore, Communications
• Karissa DeRousseau, Junior, Kinesiology – Exercise Science
• Shelbie Holden, Sophomore, Pre-Nursing
• Dana Jones, Junior, Nursing
• Casey Kennemann, Freshman, Interior Design
• Hannah Nabors, Freshman, Liberal Studies
• Tarryn Rennie, Sophomore, Communications
• Rachel Rosenthal, Sophomore, Kinesiology – Exercise Science
• Lacie Ruth, Junior, Liberal Studies
• Allison Short, Freshman, Pre-Business

• Rana Sherif Ahmed, Junior, Economics
• Sofya Malysheva, Junior, Psychology
• Tanya Murtagh, Senior, Communications
• Anneka Watts, Junior, Biology
• Sophie Watts, Junior, Biology

• Saylah Barserian, Senior, Child Development
• Kayley Braucher, Senior, Speech Pathology
• Manpreet Grewal, Freshman, Pre-Business
• Melanee McBath, Junior, Communications
• Meagan Paracholski, Senior, Multiple Subject Preliminary (Teaching Credential)
• Annemarie Schwanz, Junior, Civil Engineering
• Samantha Una'Dia, Sophomore, Animal Science

• Maggie Eppright, Sophomore, Interior Design
• Katie Pearson, Senior, Psychology
• Molly Pearson, Junior, Liberal Studies
• Haylee Roberts, Freshman, Undeclared
• Carly Scarbrough, Freshman, Biology

This story was originally published July 23, 2015 at 2:51 PM with the headline "Fresno State has 74 earn Mountain West Scholar-Athlete honors."