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Forty Earn All-Academic

STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford placed 40 on the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic team for indoor track and field – the most of any of the 22 schools in the conference.

Stanford's 19 was the most for any men's team, and the Cardinal women tied for the most, with 21.

Among Stanford's honorees were 16 All-Americans. Among those were Harrison Williams, Stanford's first individual NCAA indoor champion since 2011. Williams, the heptathlon winner, earned his third MPSF All-Academic honor.

Also, Lena Giger earned her fourth MPSF All-Academic award. Giger was the NCAA indoor runner-up in the shot put. Both Williams and Giger broke their own school records at the NCAA Championships in their final collegiate indoor meets.

Here is a list of Stanford's MPSF All-Academic honorees, with their academic years listed (not necessarily their indoor athletic years of eligibility:

Women:
Ashlan Best, So., Sprints (Guelph, Ontario, Canada/Centennial Collegiate Institute).
Ella Donaghu, RS So., Mid. distance (Portand, Ore./Grant HS).
Giana Gayles, RS Fr., Multis (Merritt Island, Fla./Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy).
Lena Giger, 5th Sr., Shot put, Highland, Ill./Highland HS).
Julia Heymach, So., So., Mid. distance (Houston, Texas/Lamar HS).
Jessica Lawson, RS Fr., Distance (Addison, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post HS).
Erika Malaspina, RS So., Pole vault (Santa Cruz, Calif./Pacific Collegiate School).
Abbie McNulty, 5th Sr., Distance (Cumberland, R.I./Bishop Feehan HS).
Kaitlyn Merritt, RS Jr., Pole vault (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic HS).
Missy Mongiovi, RS Jr., Sprints (Santee, Calif./West Hills HS).
Fiona O'Keeffe, RS So., Distance (Davis, Calif./Davis Senior HS).
Jordan Oakes, RS Fr., Distance (Seattle, Wash./Holy Names HS).
Catherine Pagano, RS Jr., Mid. distance (Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands HS).
Rachel Reichenbach, RS Sr., High jump (Pleasanton, Calif./Foothill HS).
Kaitlyn Ryan, RS Fr., Mid. distance (Tuckahoe, N.Y./Bronxville HS).
Jaimi Salone, RS So., Shot put (Minneapolis, Minn./The Blake School).
Samantha Seaton, RS Fr., Multis (Simi Valley, Calif./Westlake HS).
Aria Small, So., Triple jump (Bridgetown, Barbados/Northfield Mt. Herman School).
Nicole Summersett, RS Jr., Pole vault (Austin, Texas/Westlake HS).
Sarah Walker, RS So., Mid. distance (Lower Gwynedd Township, Pa./Germantown Friends School).
Carolyn Wilson, So., 400/800 (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Oaks Christian School).

Men:
Julian Body, jr., Sprints/Hurdles (Portland, Ore./Jesuit HS).
Isaac Cortes, Jr., Mid. distance (Temecula, Calif./Great Oak HS).
Landon Ellingson, RS So., Wt. throw (Jefferson, Wis./Jefferson HS).
Steven Fahy, RS Sr., Distance (Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon HS).
Grant Fisher, RS Jr., Distance (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grant Blanc HS).
Jake Koffman, RS Fr., Wt. throw (Orono, Maine/Orono HS).
Nathaniel Kucera, RS Sr., Mid. distance (Elburn, Ill./Kaneland HS).
Connor Lane, RS Fr., Distance (Raleigh, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons HS).
Fisayo Omilana, RS So., Triple jump (Palm Desert, Calif./Xavier Prep).
Alex Ostberg, RS Jr., Distance (Darien, Conn./Darien HS).
Alek Parsons, RS So., Distance (Ogden, Utah/Ogden HS).
DJ Principe, RS Fr., Distance (Johnston, R.I./La Salle Academy).
Brian Smith, RS Jr., Mid. distance (Amstelveen, Netherlands/International School of Amsterdam).
Louis Stenmark, So., 400 (Mosman, NSW, Australia/St. Ignatius' College, Riverview).
Michael Vernau, RS Fr., Distance (Davis, Calif./Davis Senior HS).
Isaac Westlund, RS Jr., Sprints (Snohomish, Wash./Archbishop Murphy HS).
Harrison Williams, 5th Sr., Multis (Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University HS).
Tai Dinger, Grad., Mid. distance (Washington, D.C./St. Albans School).
Isaiah Brandt-Sims, Grad., Sprints (Wenatchee, Wash./Wenatchee HS).