2012-13 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 51 Seawolves earned All-Academic honors by their respective conferences for the 2012-13 school year.

In addition, 13 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.  With an overall total of 64 Seawolves earning academic honors, it is an increase from last year's tally of 58.

The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) placed 46 Seawolves on its All-Academic list and the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) recognized five women's water polo members for academic excellence, three of which were also named to the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-Academic squad.

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 at their current institution. 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 2012-13.  A total of 512 student-athletes were named to the CCAA's scholar list, which is an increase from last year when 480 were honored.

1. UC San Diego (74), 2. Cal State Monterey Bay (52), 3. Chico State (47), 4. SONOMA STATE (46), 5. Cal Poly Pomona (45), 6. Cal State Stanislaus (41), 7. Humboldt State (39), 8. San Francisco State (38), 9. Cal State East Bay (37), 10. Cal State San Bernardino (36), 11. Cal State Dominguez Hills (29), 12. Cal State L.A. (28).

2012-2013 SONOMA STATE ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD RECIPIENTS

BASEBALL (7)
Nathan Bernstein
Wade Berryhill
Jayson Richards
Harmen Sidhu
Wesley Wallace
Glenn Wallace
Shawn Walters

MEN'S BASKETBALL (2)
Andre Mattson
BJ Smith

MEN'S GOLF (2)
Alex Ramsey
Steven Warne

MEN'S SOCCER (5)
Brian Angel
Sean Callahan
Anders Perez
Chris Pihl
Taylor Varnadore

MEN'S TENNIS (1)
+David Hutton

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (5)
Brianna Burgos
Elizabeth Day
Molly Kommer
Travis Newman
+Kaci Scantling

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (4)
Debra Daubenspeck
Alicia Lueth
Hayley Sa
Savannah Silacci-Rodriguez

WOMEN'S GOLF (5)
+Samantha Balanon
+Spencer Heller
+McKayla Kennedy
+Elisse Van Deusen
+Sara Yarmer

WOMEN'S SOCCER (7)
Tara Funk
Carolyn Greco
+Marissa Marable
Ashley Martin
Kate McFarland
JJ McFarlin
Sara Studer

SOFTBALL (8)
Nicole Arevalo
Samantha Beauchamp
Holli Brown
Ally Bryant
Megan Konieczka
Olivia Lucchese
Aubrie Tolliver
Ashley Vignola

WOMEN'S TENNIS (3)
+Lauren Ha
+Sheena Johnson
+Spencer Trotta

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL (8)
Nicole Gragnola
Kelsey Hull
Brooke Moore
Shannon Oga
Regan Richert
Ally Sather
Devin Shaver
Kelly Shaver

WOMEN'S WATER POLO (7)
Cari Albers
+Shannon Baer
Jessica Becker
^Adrienne Bisharat
^Noelle Herrera
+Ariel Lockshaw
^Colette Reid


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