STANFORD, Calif. - Boosted by a league-high three first-team selections, Stanford women's lacrosse led the conference with 19 Pac-12 All-Academic honorees, as announced by the conference office on Wednesday.
Every eligible Cardinal made the team. Junior Kira Lopes (management science and engineering), junior Mikaela Watson (product design) and sophomore Katherine Gjertsen (undeclared) earned first team recognition. This is the second career honor for Watson who was a second-team honoree last year.
Stanford also led the league with five second-team recipients, including sophomore Ali Baiocco (undeclared), senior Areta Buness (biology), sophomore Emma Knaus (undeclared), junior Jacie Lemos (human biology) and senior Julia Massaro (management science and engineering).
Among the honorable mention honorees were Hannah Dudley, Trudie Grattan, Galen Lew, Genesis Lucero, Daniella McMahon, Libby Muir, Gabby Noto, Kyra Pelton, Julia Persche, Monika Sivilli and Chelsea Trattner.
Student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA and play in at least half of the team's games. Freshmen are not eligible.
This is the second straight year Stanford has led the conference with the most academic honorees. The Cardinal also had 18 selected in the league's inaugural year in 2018.
Stanford finished the 2019 campaign at 13-6 overall and 7-3 in the Pac-12 play. The Cardinal, which reached the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time in 10 seasons, has now won at least 12 games in all but one of the 11 years under head coach Amy Bokker.
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