October 31, 2007
 
17 Yellowjackets Earn Academic Honors

BILLINGS, Mont. – Seventeen Montana State Billings soccer players were named to the 2007 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Soccer Academic all-star teams on Wednesday. A total of 73 student-athletes – 45 women and 28 men – were named to the academic teams.

Heading up the women’s academic team is Northwest Nazarene goalkeeper Amanda Peters who has a perfect 4.00 GPA during her collegiate career. Four other players – NNU’s Katie McNutt (3.99), Seattle’s Kate Edstrom (3.97), Seattle Pacific’s Claire Grubbs (3.95) and Melissa Carlson of Montana State Billings (3.90) – have GPAs of 3.90 or better.

Montana State Billings, Northwest Nazarene, Seattle Pacific and Seattle University each placed eight players on the women’s team, while Western Washington earned seven spots.

Justin Abel of Seattle Pacific has the top GPA (3.95) on the men’s academic team. Tom Milroy and Justin Hoskins of Montana State Billings have composite GPAs of 3.94 and 3.93, respectively. MSU Billings led the men’s selections with nine, while Seattle University and Seattle Pacific each placed eight on the team.

Twenty-one student-athletes were named to the soccer academic team for the third time, while 17 others were selected for the second time.

To be eligible for the academic team, student-athletes must have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 and be in at least their second year of competition at their university.

GNAC Soccer Academic All-Conference Team

Women
**Stacey Bankston, Central Washington (Construction Management, Sr., 3.89, Bellevue, WA)
**Lindsay Mitchell, Central Washington (Elementary Education, Sr., 3.65, Federal Way, WA)
Amber Easterbrook, Central Washington (Undeclared, So., 3.29, Kent, WA)
*Lynde Clarke, Central Washington (Mathematics, So., 3.23, Albuquerque, NM)
Melissa Carlson, MSU Billings (Biology, Jr., 3.90, Renton, WA)
Micah Merrill-Johnson, MSU Billings (Biology, Jr., 3.82, Salt Lake City, UT)
Sara Gress, MSU Billings (Environmental Studies, Jr., 3.69, Boise, ID)
Janica Larsen, MSU Billings (Elementary Education, Sr., 3.62, Salt Lake City, UT)
Jelisa Guy, MSU Billings (Elementary Education, So., 3.61, Kalispell, MT)
Abby Bennett, MSU Billings (Health & Human Performance, Sr., 3.61, Livingston, MT)
Mandy Ploskonka, MSU Billings (Health & Human Performance, Jr., 3.30, Federal Way, WA)
Chelsea Libby, MSU Billings (Health & Human Performance, So., 3.24, Puyallup, WA)
**Amanda (Merrell) Peters, Northwest Nazarene (Biology/Chemistry, Sr., 4.00, Spokane, WA)
**Katie McNutt, Northwest Nazarene (Elementary Education, Jr., 3.99, Vancouver, WA)
**Morgan Ingersoll, Northwest Nazarene (Business Administration, Sr., 3.71, Richland, WA)
**Hilary Hughes, Northwest Nazarene (Recreation & Sports Management, Sr., 3.63, Prosser, WA)
*Kristi Rice, Northwest Nazarene (Biology & Pre-Physical Therapy, So., 3.58, Union, WA)
*Hannah Mohs, Northwest Nazarene (Elementary Education, Jr., 3.56, Othello, WA)
*Jenna Johnson, Northwest Nazarene (Recreation & Sports Management, Jr., 3.46, Gresham, OR)
*Angie Duryea, Northwest Nazarene (Recreation & Sports Management, Jr., 3.45, Silverdale, WA)
Kate Edstrom, Seattle (Nursing, So., 3.97, Portland, OR)
**Mickey Pelland, Seattle (Spanish, Sr., 3.87, Seattle, WA)
**Ashley Porter, Seattle (Marketing, Sr., 3.81, Redmond, WA)
*Jennifer Hamann, Seattle (Cultural Anthropology, Sr., 3.67, Colorado Springs, CO)
*Kaitlyn Jackson, Seattle (Criminal Justice & Humanities, Sr., 3.57, Kent, WA)
**Maryann Boddy, Seattle (Humanities & Spanish, Jr., 3.52, Bellevue, WA)
Megan Fogarty, Seattle (Psychology, So., 3.48, San Diego, CA)
*Madison Collins, Seattle (Psychology, Jr., 3.37, Boise, ID)
*Claire Grubbs, Seattle Pacific (Psychology, Jr., 3.95, Sterling, VA)
**Jeanne Webster, Seattle Pacific (Business Administration, Sr., 3.59, Bothell, WA)
*Katie Taylor, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Jr., 3.56, Vancouver, WA)
Jesslyn Rahm, Seattle Pacific (Undeclared, So., 3.44, Eugene, OR)
*Shannon Oakes, Seattle Pacific (Nursing, Jr., 3.42, Boise, ID)
**Kara Hamby, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Sr., 3.41, Spokane, WA)
*Jessica Gertsmann, Seattle Pacific (History, Sr., 3.34, Puyallup, WA)
*Meredith Teague, Seattle Pacific (Visual Communications, Jr., 3.22, Redmond, WA)
**Ally Meyer, Western Oregon (Psychology, Sr., 3.84, Portland, OR)
Maggie Kuzmer, Western Oregon (Speech Communication/ASL, Jr., 3.32, Vancouver, WA)
**Amanda Font, Western Washington (Computer Science, Sr., 3.89, Federal Way, WA)
Kasey Hostetler, Western Washington (Biochemistry, So., 3.59, Richland, WA)
**Alyssa Kessler, Western Washington (Communications, Sr., 3.45, Portland, OR)
Teresa Fish, Western Washington (Biology, Sr., 3.35, Snohomish, WA)
Jenny Barton, Western Washington (Art Design, So., 3.24, Boise, ID)
Rosie Zadra, Western Washington (General Studies, Sr., 3.24, Poulsbo, WA)
Katie Warner, Western Washington (Spanish, Jr., 3.20, Burlington, WA)

Men
Tom Milroy, MSU Billings (Health & Human Performance, So., 3.94, Aberdeen, Scotland)
Justin Hoskins, MSU Billings (Accounting, Jr., 3.93, Billings, MT)
Sam Charles, MSU Billings (Health & Human Performance, So., 3.81, Chiswell, England)
Chris Cornish, MSU Billings (MS Athletic Training, Sr., 3.65, Surrey, England)
Dylan Barnard, MSU Billings (History, Sr., 3.60, Bozeman, MT)
Matt D’Hont, MSU Billings (History/Political Science, Sr., 3.40, Rapid City, SD)
Josh Hernandez, MSU Billings (Biology/Pre-Med, Sr., 3.38, Palmdale, CA)
Jarred Weisen, MSU Billings (Undecided, So., 3.27, Great Falls, MT)
Jurell Linford, MSU Billings (Elementary Education, Jr., 3.22, Missoula, MT)
Sean Rawson, Seattle (International Studies, Jr., 3.85, Hood River, OR)
**Eric Forner, Seattle (Marketing, Sr., 3.62, Carmichael, CA)
Chris Hodges, Seattle (Finance, Jr., 3.55, Redmond, WA)
Mutanda Kwesele, Seattle (Psychology, Jr., 3.49, Seattle, WA)
**John Fishbaugher, Seattle (Biology, Jr., 3.45, Redmond, WA)
Andrew Kreiter, Seattle (Marketing, Jr., 3.41, Billings, MT)
*Peter Mullenbach, Seattle (Communications, Jr., 3.37, Lodi, CA)
Cameron Mertens, Seattle (Management, Jr., 3.22, Kennewick, WA)
Justin Abel, Seattle Pacific (Business Administration, Sr., 3.95, Snohomish, WA)
**Drew Macha, Seattle Pacific (Business Administration, Sr., 3.82, Eugene, OR)
*Jonathan Henness, Seattle Pacific (Business Administration, Jr., 3.60, Casa Grande, AZ)
**James Coggan, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Sr., 3.70, San Jose, CA)
**Jeff Hallenbeck, Seattle Pacific (Business Administration, Sr., 3.71, Redmond, WA)
Alec Nelson, Seattle Pacific (Engineering Science, So., 3.53, Lynnwood, WA)
Corey Sinser, Seattle Pacific (Exercise Science, So., 3.53, Bellevue, WA)
**Matt Kemper, Seattle Pacific (Business Administration, Sr., 3.48, Colorado Springs, CO)
**Zachary Bauling, Western Washington (Pre-Physical Therapy, Sr., 3.68, Albuquerque, NM)
Michael Ricci, Western Washington (Business, So., 3.38, Bellevue, WA)
Michael Lockwood, Western Washington (Economics/Accounting, Sr., 3.36, Canby, OR)

*Repeater **Two-time repeater