Twenty-nine BYU swimmers and divers were awarded 2017 All-Academic Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Scholar-Athletes on Friday.
“I am very proud of our team’s athletic and academic achievements,” BYU head swim coach John Brooks said. “We have the most athletes out of all teams in our conference that received this all-academic award.”
To receive this all-conference award, an athlete must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA or better and must have completed one full academic year at the institution prior to the season in which the award is given. In addition, each student-athlete must have competed in 50 percent or more of the institution’s competition.
Listed below are the BYU swim and dive athletes that achieved the award for the 2016-2017 season:
Men
Kent Fellows, 3.92, junior, free and fly
Matt Denkers, 3.91, junior, diving
Jordan Tuckfield, 3.88, senior, diving
Seth Russell, 3.78, senior, breast and fly
Rainer Ng, 3.71, senior, free, back and fly
Nathan Rogers, 3.66, sophomore, breast, fly and IM
Preston Jenkins, 3.63, junior, free, IM and back
Kevin Dreesen, 3.52, senior, diving
David Harlan, 3.40, junior, free and breast
Luis Ventura, 3.31, junior, free and fly
Trayton Speth, 3.14, junior, diving
Cameron Lindsay, 3.10, sophomore, back, IM and breast
Women
Allison McCormick, 3.76, senior, free
Samantha Palmer, 3.75, junior, free and back
Riley Merrill, 3.71, senior, breast and IM
Natalie Bennion, 3.68, junior, free and fly
Lillian Moore, 3.67, junior, fly and IM
Ellie Thornbrue, 3.56, sophomore, free and fly
Hanna Skaggs, 3.55, senior, breast and IM
Anna Dahl, 3.54, junior, free and breast
Ashlee Spindler, 3.38, senior, free, IM and back
Emma Richards, 3.34, junior, free and back
Keyka Lienhard, 3.33, senior, diving
Kelly Hatanaka, 3.30, sophomore, free, back and IM
Shelby Johnson, 3.30, junior, diving
Kenzie Heffernan, 3.28, sophomore, free, back, fly and IM
Vanessa Moffatt, 3.27, junior, free and fly
Alora Foliaki, 3.26, junior, free
Emily To'o, 3.02, junior, fly and IM
Courtney Lovelace is a current student at Brigham Young University who works in sports communications. She may be contacted by using her email at swimming_sid@byu.edu.