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Toros Place 26 Student-Athletes on CCAA's All-Academic List
7/23/2010 8:40:24 AM
Ashley Clark (No. 10) has plenty of reason to smile after being selected to the All-CCAA Academic team for the third year in a row (PHOTO: MICHAEL FOO)
WALNUT CREEK -- Just one year removed from placing a record number of student-athletes on the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) All-Academic team, Cal State Dominguez Hills was represented by 26 students on this year's list, just missing last year's total by one.
Of the 26, 11 were repeat honorees led by volleyball's Ashley Clark, who made her third-consecutive list in three years, with men's basketball's Robert Willhite, volleyball's Marissa Anderson and Heather Rushton, women's soccer's Jasmin O'Brien, Amanda Murray, Karina Jahn and Alyssa Congdon, track's Dora Baldwin and Judith Fisher and softball's Jessica Marlow enjoyed their second-straight selection.
“This just goes to show that our student-athletes are students first, and that academics is the reason why we are here and our first priority," begins CSUDH Director of Athletics Patrick Guillen.
"I am extremely proud of our students' work in the classroom and the positive results that have come from their diligence to their studies. My congratulations go to all of them for this academic achievement and the great recognition and pride it brings to all of us here at CSUDH.”
For the second third-straight year and fourth time in five years, women's soccer fielded the most recipients with six honorees while volleyball came in a close second with four.
Women's track & field, men's soccer and softball followed with three apiece while baseball, cross country and women's basketball came in with two each. Men's basketball finished up the list with one selection.
Following is a complete list of all CSUDH award winners, listed by sport:
- Baseball - Brian Sturgis, Max Anderson
- Men's Basketball - Robert Willhite
- Men's Soccer - Scott Locken, Greg Piechota, Greg Altounian
- Volleyball - Marissa Anderson, Ashley Clark, Heather Rushton, Samantha Maxwell
- Women's Soccer - Amanda Murray, Brooke Thompson, Jasmin O'Brien, Karina Jahn, Lexi Ford, Alyssa Congdon
- Women's Track & Field - Judith Fisher, Dora Baldwin, Chanel Parker
- Women's Cross Country - Janette Morfin, Ines Mendoza
- Softball - Lauren Harper, Jessica Hall, Jessica Marlow
- Women's Basketball - Gillian Griffin, Kala Amico
To be eligible, student-athletes must have a grade point average of 3.40 or higher in a minimum of 24 semester units or 36 quarter units completed at the certifying institution, with non-graded units able to count towards the 24/36 total.
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