SSU Academic Distinction List
All-Academic Teams:  CCAA  |  WWPA

ROHNERT PARK -- With another successful year in the books for the student-athletes at Sonoma State University, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is proud to announce that, in addition to 61 postseason awards for efforts in competition, 43 Seawolves earned All-Academic honors by their respective conferences for the 2011-12 school year.

In addition, 15 other student-athletes that were not eligible for conference awards and/or compete on a team not affiliated with a conference, earned Academic Distinction by SSU for having a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.

The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) placed 38 Seawolves on its All-Academic list and the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) recognized five women's water polo members for academic excellence.

In order to earn All-Academic status by the CCAA, student-athletes must have maintained a grade point average of 3.40 or higher over a course load of at least 24 units. They also must be a letterwinner on one of the Seawolves' nine intercollegiate athletic teams sponsored by the CCAA.  To be eligible for All-Academic status by the WWPA, student-athletes must have carried a 3.00 GPA or higher, played in at least 50 percent of the team's contests and was classified as a full-time student, who completed a minimum of one semester at SSU.

Below are schools in the CCAA, ranked in order of student-athletes named to the CCAA All-Academic Team in 2011-12:

1. UC San Diego (86), 2. Cal State Monterey Bay (48), 3. Cal State East Bay (43), 4. Chico State (42), t-5. Cal Poly Pomona (41), t-5. Cal State San Bernardino (41), 7. SONOMA STATE (38), 8. San Francisco State (37), 9. Humboldt State (33), 10. Cal State Stanislaus (32), 11. Cal State Dominguez Hills (26), 12. Cal State L.A. (23).

2011-2012 SONOMA STATE ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD RECIPIENTS

BASEBALL (4)
Thomas Lee
Joshua Nervis
Harmen Sidhu
Glen Wallace

MEN'S BASKETBALL (4)
Brian Crow
Steven Pratt
Andy Shannon
+Kristian Grobecker

MEN'S GOLF (1)
Daniel Slovis

MEN'S SOCCER (5)
Brian Angel
Andrew Ball
Sean Callahan
Anders Perez
Taylor Varnadore

MEN'S TENNIS (5)
+Reid Patterson
+Greg Eckstedt
+David Hutton
+Patrick Maloney
+Vincent Paganetti

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (3)
Aly Henington
Travis Newman
Taylor Vigil

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (6)
Debra Daubenspeck
Alicia Lueth
Carly McCready
Meaghan O'Day
Laura Paneno
Sammy Thomas

WOMEN'S GOLF (3)
+Spencer Heller
+McKayla Kennedy
+Samantha Balanon

WOMEN'S SOCCER (8)
Megan Cunningham
Allie Maduell
Ashley Martin
Kate McFarland
J.J. McFarlin
Shayla Mellenthin
Sara Studer
+Marissa LaFranchi

SOFTBALL (2)
Samantha Beauchamp
Shannon Kehr

WOMEN'S TENNIS (2)
+Krista Cole
+Spencer Trotta

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL (10)
+Madelyn Densberger
+Annelise Dohrer
Nicole Gragnola
Lindsay Lytle
Brooke Moore
+Shannon Oga
Keala Peterson
Regan Richert
Ally Sather
Devin Shaver

WOMEN'S WATER POLO (5)
Cari Albers
^Adrienne Bisharat
^Caitlin Risden
Colette Reid
^Malina Lorring

+ SSU Academic Distinction only
^ Also an Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) honoree