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WSOC | Saint Mary’s Scores 11 on WCC All-Academic Team
6/14/2021 1:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer
SAN MATEO, Calif. — With one of the best seasons of Saint Mary's Women's Soccer on the pitch during the 2021 spring season, the Gaels proved their success spanned much further than just in their sport. Just announced by the West Coast Conference, 11 Gaels have earned Honorable Mention selections for this year's All-Academic Team, with just one team in the conference landing more student-athletes on this year's team.
Two of the 11 Gaels earning honors from the WCC – Malia Allison and AnnaMaria DiGeronimo – are two of the best student-athletes at Saint Mary's. Members of the AD Honor Roll for the top-ten GPAs on campus, DiGeronimo owns a 3.91 GPA as a Biology major while Allison sports a 3.96 GPA as a History and JCL double-major. They were also some of the leaders on the pitch, where they scored the second and fourth most points on the Gaels this season.
Nine other Gaels found their way on the list, with all them qualifying for the first times in their SMC careers:
2020-21 WCC WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM
Two of the 11 Gaels earning honors from the WCC – Malia Allison and AnnaMaria DiGeronimo – are two of the best student-athletes at Saint Mary's. Members of the AD Honor Roll for the top-ten GPAs on campus, DiGeronimo owns a 3.91 GPA as a Biology major while Allison sports a 3.96 GPA as a History and JCL double-major. They were also some of the leaders on the pitch, where they scored the second and fourth most points on the Gaels this season.
Nine other Gaels found their way on the list, with all them qualifying for the first times in their SMC careers:
- Maya Alcantara holds a 3.51 GPA as an Economics major
- Lydia Buggs has a 3.30 GPA as an Allied Health Science major
- Nayeli Diaz owns a 3.45 GPA and studies Exercise Science
- Vanessa Gaitan is also an Allied Health Science major, and has a 3.37 GPA
- Carly Hittenmiller has a 3.83 GPA and is a double major: Politics and Theology & Religious Studies
- Emily Jensen sports a 3.97 GPA and is an Allied Health Science major
- Taylour Mendoza features a 3.42 GPA and studies Business Administration
- Isabella Santavicca studies Psychology/Biology and has a 3.82 GPA
- Laura Trapero Sanz has a 3.82 GPA and is a Math Computer Science Track major
2020-21 WCC WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM
| Name | School | Class | GPA | Major |
| Mikayla Colohan | BYU | Sr. | 3.63 | Exercise and Wellness |
| Madi Cook* | Pepperdine | Sr. | 3.98 | Biology |
| Sami Fairweather* | San Diego | Sr. | 3.98 | Biology |
| Bella Folino | BYU | So. | 4 | Business |
| Ellie Glenn | Santa Clara | So. | 3.67 | Bioengineering |
| Catherine Hill | San Francisco | So. | 3.99 | Kinesiology |
| Sofia Jones | Santa Clara | Sr. | 3.95 | Management Information |
| Nikki Lee | Pacific | Jr. | 3.7 | Business Administration |
| Rachel McCarthy | BYU | So. | 3.42 | Psychology |
| Erin Sinai | Pepperdine | Sr. | 3.92 | Sports Medicine |
| Kelsey Turnbow | Santa Clara | Gr. | 3.91 | Finance |
| *Previous first team selections | ||||
| Honorable Mention | ||||
| BYU | ||||
| Ashton Brockbank Johnson | ||||
| Josie Gelalich | ||||
| Grace Johnson | ||||
| Makaylie Moore Call | ||||
| Brecken Mozingo | ||||
| Jamie Shepherd | ||||
| Cassidy Smith | ||||
| Cameron Tucker | ||||
| Gonzaga | ||||
| Haley Archuleta | ||||
| Lyza Bosselmann | ||||
| Sophia Braun | ||||
| Maggie Conners | ||||
| Maddie Cooley | ||||
| Lauren Elwer | ||||
| Erin Healy | ||||
| Jordan Thompson | ||||
| LMU | ||||
| Siarfo Abekah | ||||
| Sierra Dunphy | ||||
| Gabriella Marchal | ||||
| Skylar Robledo | ||||
| Emma Rohleder | ||||
| Sydney Schultz | ||||
| Abby Stewart | ||||
| Sarai Zedingil | ||||
| Pacific | ||||
| Erin Brown | ||||
| Brenna Crump | ||||
| Lauren Frohan | ||||
| Ryann Martinez | ||||
| Ryan Molenaar | ||||
| Hunter More | ||||
| Jaida Nyby | ||||
| Kelsey Oen | ||||
| Jenae Packard | ||||
| Hana Rosenblatt | ||||
| Camryn Scully | ||||
| Abigail Wolf | ||||
| Nikki Leishman | ||||
| Pepperdine | ||||
| Joelle Anderson | ||||
| Zoe Clevely | ||||
| Kinsey Ehmann | ||||
| Kelsey Hill | ||||
| Alex Hobbs | ||||
| Laura Ishikawa | ||||
| Emily Sample | ||||
| Trinity Watson | ||||
| Portland | ||||
| Gabi Brummett | ||||
| Emily Collier | ||||
| Taryn Ries | ||||
| Jamie Rita | ||||
| MJ Roe | ||||
| Ellie Walker | ||||
| Elliott Winkelmann | ||||
| Madison Zamora | ||||
| Saint Mary's | ||||
| Maya Alcantara | ||||
| Malia Allison | ||||
| Lydia Buggs | ||||
| Nayeli Diaz | ||||
| AnnaMaria DiGeronimo | ||||
| Vanessa Gaitan | ||||
| Carly Hittenmiller | ||||
| Emily Jensen | ||||
| Taylour Mendoza | ||||
| Isabella Santavicca | ||||
| Laura Trapero Sanz | ||||
| San Diego | ||||
| Ellyn Casto | ||||
| Michayla Herr | ||||
| Sydney Hopkins | ||||
| Delaney Jannone | ||||
| San Francisco | ||||
| Bianca Coad | ||||
| Sydney Cooper | ||||
| Samantha Curwood-Wagner | ||||
| Molly Eby | ||||
| Cassidy George | ||||
| Jamesen Ward | ||||
| Santa Clara | ||||
| Keren Goor | ||||
| Marika Guay | ||||
| Kaile Halvorsen | ||||
| Emma Reeves | ||||
| Skylar Smith | ||||
| Eden White |
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