STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford earned a program-record 11 Pac-12 All-Academic honors, as announced by the conference Friday.
The Cardinal led the Pac-12 in total all-academic awards and led the conference with three first-team recipients. Stanford players also claimed three second-team awards, and its six first- and second-team honors are the most in the conference for the second straight season.
Stanford surpassed the previous program-high set in 2010 with 10 academic honors.
Lauren Bertoy (biomechanical engineering), Victoria Molina (psychology) and Bessie Noll (mechanical engineering) earned first-team honors, while Kayla Bonstrom (international relations), Kylie Sorenson (psychology) and Lauren Wegner (biology) earned second-team recognition.
Whitney Burks, Arden Pettit, Jessica Plaza (human biology), Kaitlin Schaberg (management science and engineering) and Savannah Schulze were named to the honorable mention team.
Bonstrom and Schaberg claimed the third Pac-12 All-Academic honors of their careers, while Bertoy, Noll and Sorenson earned their second awards.
Stanford continues to rack up academic accolades after being the only Pac-12 softball program to earn an NCAA Academic Progress Rate Public Recognition Award and register a perfect 1,000 multi-year APR score earlier this season.
The Cardinal earned a program-best nine National Fastpitch Coaches Association honors during the fall. Eight of the nine players who earned NFCA recognition, also claimed Pac-12 All-Academic honors this season.
To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average, completed at least one full academic year and be either a starter or significant contributor, playing in at least 50 percent of the team’s games.