STANFORD, Calif. – Fifty-one Stanford track and field athletes – 27 women and 24 men – received Pac-12 All-Academic recognition.
The Stanford women placed five on the first team, including NCAA 1,500 runner-up Elise Cranny. There were three first-team Stanford men.
Women’s honorees included 11 women’s All-Americas. Among them were Olivia Baker, the NCAA 800 runner-up and Pac-12 400 champ; Valarie Allman, third in the NCAA discus and Pac-12 champ; Claudia Saunders, fourth in the NCAA 800; and Aisling Cuffe, an eight-time All-America and two-time Pac-12 cross country champ.
Men’s honorees included four All-Americas, including NCAA 5,000 runner-up Sean McGorty.
To receive All-Academic consideration, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA, be at least a sophomore academically and be a significant contributor.
Here is the list, with cumulative GPA's through the winter.
Men
First team
Justin Brinkley: Sr., communication, 3.83
Tai Dinger: So., undeclared, 3.92
Dan Emery: Sr., geophysics, 3.79
Second team
Tom Coyle: Jr., management science and engineering, 3.50
Colin Dolese: So., undeclared, 3.79
Steven Fahy: Fr., undeclared, 3.53
Jack Keelan: Jr., product design, 3.58
Sean McGorty: Jr., management science and engineering, 3.47
Tristen Newman: So., undeclared, 3.60
Patrick Perrier: So., undeclared, 3.60
Jackson Shumway: Sr., economics, 3.50
Ryan Silva: Jr., computer science/symbolic systems, 3.65
Adam Thorne: Sr., engineering, 3.60
Honorable mention
Jack Bordoni: Sr, product design, 3.38
Isaiah Brandt-Sims: So., undeclared, 3.02
Nick Budincich: Sr., science, technology, and society, 3.48
Patrick Gibson: Jr., psychology, 3.19
Charles Kerr: Sr., science, technology, and society, 3.23
Miguel Shaw: Sr., psychology, 3.19
Garrett Starkey: Sr., human biology, 3.05
Garrett Sweatt: Sr., biology, 3.33
Sam Wharton: Jr., management science and engineering, 3.10
Christian White: So., undeclared, 3.25
Harrison Williams: So., undeclared, 3.35
Women
First team
Sophie Chase: Jr., history, 3.82
Elise Cranny: So., undeclared, 3.99
Emma Fisher: Jr., earth systems, 4.00
Daryth Gayles: So., undeclared, 3.88
Gaby Gayles: So., undeclared, 3.81
Second team
Danielle Katz: Jr., product design, 3.71
Marisa Kwiatkowski: So., undeclared, 3.75
Kaitlyn Williams: Sr., public policy, 3.67
Honorable mention
Valarie Allman: Jr., product design, 3.35
Olivia Baker: So., undeclared, 3.09
Maddy Berkson: So., undeclared, 3.18
Michaela Crunkleton Wilson: So., undeclared, 3.66
Aisling Cuffe: 5th Sr., biology, 3.55
Carla Forbes: Jr., African and African-American studies, 3.01
Vanessa Fraser: Jr., symbolic systems, 3.33
Lena Giger: So., undeclared, 3.48
Taylore Jaques: So., undeclared, 3.60
Megan Lacy: Sr., product design, 3.51
Amber Lewis: So., undeclared, 3.66
Julia Maxwell: So., undeclared, 3.22
Molly McNamara: 5th Sr., human biology, 3.44
Abbie McNulty: So., undeclared, 3.00
Rebecca Mehra: Sr., international relations, 3.45
Rachel Reichenbach: So., undeclared, 3.56
Claudia Saunders: Sr., international relations/Iberian and Latin-American cultures, 3.22
Karina Shepard: So., undeclared, 3.40
Kristyn Williams: Sr., human biology, 3.57