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SMU Equestrian: Three Mustangs Named Academic All-America
Mustangs open National Championship on Thursday
April 9, 2012
DALLAS (SMU) - SMU equestrian rider Julianna Fischer has been named to the National Collegiate Equestrian Association's inaugural Academic All-America first team. Jordyn Pettersen and Renick Townsend were each named Honorable Mention All-America.
Fischer, a sophomore from Wellington, Fla., is 7-3 in equitation over fences, earning MVP honors in the season-opening win against crosstown rival TCU. She also holds a 4-2 mark on the flat.
Pettersen, a senior and team captain from Fallbrook, Calif., holds an 8-4 record over fences, netting two MVP distinctions.
Townsend, a sophomore from Wellington, Fla., is 5-5 on the flat with an MVP win. She is also 1-1 over fences.
The No. 5-seeded Mustangs face No. 12 Tennessee-Martin in the opening round of competition of the National Collegiate Equestrian Championship on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. at the Extraco Events Center in Waco, Texas.
Julianna Fischer
SMU W-Swim: Konicke, Vavourakis Named Academic All-Conference
Feb. 15, 2012
IRVING, Texas - SMU senior swimmers Genny Konicke and Emily Vavourakis were named to the 2012 Conference USA All-Academic Team on Wednesday.
Konicke, a C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member with a 3.565 GPA in biological sciences, has posted NCAA "B" qualification times in four events - 50- and 100-free, 100-back and 100-fly -- and boasts one of the top two C-USA times in each event.
Vavourakis, an environmental engineering major with a 3.799 GPA, is an Academic Medalist and a three-time Honor Roll selection. She is a member of the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relay teams that have met the NCAA "B" standard.
Emily Vavourakis
SMU XC: Mustangs Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Award
Feb. 13, 2012
DALLAS (USTFCCCA/SMU) – The SMU cross country squad added another honor to this season’s accomplishments, earning the All-Academic Team award from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Through the fall, the team combined for a 3.56 cumulative GPA.
A total of 205 institutions represent 30 conferences that compose this year’s group. To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team, the team must have had a cumulative team GPA of 3.00 or better and have started at least five runners at their respective NCAA regional championship.
Last week, recent graduate Silje Fjortoft was named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team for earning a 3.856 cumulative GPA.
SMU XC: Fjortoft Earns USTFCCCA All-Academic Selection
Feb. 9, 2012
DALLAS (SMU) – Former SMU cross country runner, Silje Fjortoft, earned All-Academic status per the USTFCCCA’s announcement today. Fjortoft graduated in December with a 3.856 GPA in Applied Physiology & Sport Management.
The Orsta, Norway native earned her third selection to the USTFCCCA’s All-Academic team. A total of 104 student-athletes represent the 67 institutions that compose this year’s USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. To qualify, student-athletes must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have either earned USTFCCCA All-America status or finished in the NCAA region’s top 15 (or top 10 percent) in 2011.
This year, Fjortoft was named Conference USA Cross Country Athlete of the Year for the third time after capping off her SMU cross country career in November by earning All-America status with a program-best 13th-place finish at the 2011 NCAA Championship.
Fjortoft also captured her third South Central Regional title which earned her South Central Region Athlete of the Year merits by USTFCCA. Prior to that, she won her second C-USA Championship. She was named C-USA Athlete of the Week three times during the season, leading SMU to three first-place finishes, while winning six of the seven races she competed in.
Kelvin Beachum named to C-USA All-Academic Team
December 2, 2011
DALLAS (SMU) — SMU senior tackle Kelvin Beachum has been named to the 2011 Conference USA All-Academic Team, as selected by the league's Sports Information Directors, the league office announced today.
The All-Academic team consists of just 12 individuals chosen from all C-USA football student-athletes who have earned a 3.2 cumulative grade point average or better and are a starter or key reserve on their team.
Beachum received his undergraduate degree in economics at SMU last year and is currently working on a master's in liberal studies. He has started every game for the Mustangs since his arrival in 2008 and is a two-time All-Conference USA selection.
Beachum entered the 2011 season on watch lists for both the Outland and Lombardi Awards. He serves as president of SMU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and will lead the Mustangs to their third-straight bowl appearance.
Powell Named To C-USA All-Academic Team
Senior one of six repeat selections
Nov. 22, 2011
IRVING, Texas (SMU) - Senior Dana Powell was named to the Conference USA Volleyball All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year, conference officials announced Tuesday. The outside hitter from Tulsa, Okla., earned a 3.63 GPA during her career at SMU as a double-major in accounting and advertising.
Powell, a two-time All-America Honorable Mention, leads the team in kills for the third-straight season with 365, averaging 2.97 per set. She became the first player at SMU with at least 1,500 kills and digs and is second in school history in both categories with 1,529 kills and 1,622 digs. She has also been selected to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll all three years.
She posted career highs in both categories this season with 25 kills at Houston on Nov. 11 and 31 digs against Alabama on Sept. 3. Powell has 453 digs this season, the most she's had in a season and ninth most at SMU, and has blocked 72 attacks to push her career total to 265, ninth all-time at SMU.
SMU will play its final match of the regular season Saturday against Tulsa in Moody Coliseum at 1 p.m. The Mustangs handed Tulsa its only conference loss this season, ending the Golden Hurricane’s 26-match conference win-streak with a 3-1 win on Oct. 5. Powell is one of four seniors who will be honored during a ceremony before the match.
SMU M-Soccer: de Almeida, Still Named Academic All-Conference
Nov. 9, 2011
IRVING, Texas (SMU) - SMU men's soccer players Diogo de Almeida and Adam Still were named to the 2011 Conference USA All-Academic Team, the league announced today.
de Almeida earned All-Academic team honors while holding a 3.52 GPA as he works toward degrees in Markets and Cultures, and Spanish. Yesterday, de Almeida was named the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year and was also selected First Team All-C-USA. The defender has started 16 games for the Mustangs this season, netting four goals and averaging over 93 minutes per game. He had a three-game goal-scoring streak from Oct. 12-21, including back-to-back game-winning goals against FIU and Missouri State. de Almeida was a First Team Academic All-America District VI selection in 2010.
Still received his second Academic All-Conference nod with his 3.91 GPA in business administration. The Mustang captain has started 14 games this season, averaging 92 minutes per game, and recorded an assist on the overtime game-winning goal against Dartmouth. Last week, the defender was named First Team Academic All-America District VII. He is also finalist for the 2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. In 2010, Still was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America third team, was a District VI All-America and was named to the Conference USA All-Academic team. He was also a 2009 District VI All-America honoree. Still is a three-time C-USA Academic Medal recipient and a three-time member of the C-USA Commissioner's honor roll.
SMU plays Marshall in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Championship tonight, Nov. 9, at 5 p.m. in Tulsa, Okla.
2011 CONFERENCE USA MEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Anthony Hobbs - FIU - Junior - 3.66 - Recreation & Sport Management
Tyler Riggs - Kentucky - Sophomore - 3.91 - Mechanical Engineering
Jordan Hilgefort - Marshall - Senior - 3.86 - Biochemistry
Parker Duncan - Memphis - Senior - 3.88 - Biology
Andreas Guentner - Memphis - Junior - 3.89 - International Business & German
Mark Sherrod - Memphis - Sophomore - 3.59 - Civil Engineering
Diogo de Almeida - SMU - Senior - 3.52 - Markets & Culture, Spanish
Adam Still - SMU - Senior - 3.91 - Business Administration
Eric Martinez - South Carolina - Junior - 3.72 - Economics
Stephen Morrissey - South Carolina - Senior - 3.72 - Accounting
Jake Dobkins - Tulsa - Junior - 3.95 - Management
Carl Woszczynski - UAB - Senior - 3.40 - Mechanical Engineering (Business Administration)
A.J. Nelson - UCF - Junior - 3.63 - Finance
Diogo de Almeida
Adam Still
SMU W-Soccer: Senior Pair Earns Academic All-Conference Selection
Nov. 3, 2011
IRVING, Texas (C-USA/SMU) - Seniors Kaitlyn Eidson and Courtney Webb were selected to the Academic All-Conference USA Second Team by the league office today.
Webb, a civil engineering major with a 3.77 GPA, earned her second-consecutive Academic All-Conference selection after she was named to the first team a year ago. The senior goalkeeper started 19 of
the team's 20 games, earning recording four shutouts and earning a 1.03 goals against average, while also stopping 66 shots.
Eidson, a history major with a 3.47 GPA, earned her first Academic All-Conference selection in her final season as a Mustang. The senior co-captain is a three-time All-Conference honoree and finished the regular season with three goals and an assist, moving her career totals up to nine and eight respectively. Over the past two seasons, she has played every minute for a team that has had back-to-back seasons with 11-plus wins.
Courtney Webb
Kaitlyn Eidson
SMU M-Soccer: Adam Still Named Academic All-District
Nov. 4, 2011
DALLAS (SMU) - SMU men's soccer player Adam Still has been named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-America District VII Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced. This is Still's third district honor.
Still, a senior from Colleyville, Texas, holds a 3.91 GPA in business administration with a concentration in accounting. The Mustang captain has started 13 games this season, averaging 92 minutes per game, and recorded an assist on the overtime game-winning goal against Dartmouth.
The defender is a finalist for the 2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, a national honor based on excellence in the community, classroom, character and competition. In 2010, Still was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America third team, was a District VI All-America and was named to the Conference USA All-Academic team. He was also a 2009 District VI All-America honoree. Still is a three-time C-USA Academic Medal recipient and a three-time member of the C-USA Commissioner's honor roll.
SMU closes out the regular season with Senior Night against Memphis tonight, Nov. 4, at Westcott Field at 7 p.m. Seniors Joe Cooper, Diogo de Almeida, Payton Hickey, Arthur Ivo, Ian Kalis, Ryan Rosenbaum and Still will all be honored in a pregame ceremony.
Adam Still
SMU W-SWIM: Former Diver Egenolf One Of 30 NCAA Woman Of The Year Honorees
Aug. 24, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS (SMU) - Former SMU diver Audra Egenolf is one of the top 30 honorees for the 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year award as chosen by a selection committee of representatives from various NCAA schools and conferences.
Egenolf is a four-time All-American, earning honors in both three-meter and platform diving. She was named the Conference USA Diver of the Meet at this year's conference championships, winning the one-meter event, and taking runner-up honors in three-meter and platform diving. The seven-time C-USA Diver of the Week was also a member of the USA Diving National Team, competing in 2009 World University Games where the team won a bronze medal.
Egenolf graduated in May with a degree in accounting while holding a 3.984 GPA. She received both the C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship as well as the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. With her scholarships, the Indianapolis native will pursue a Master's of Science in Accounting from the University of Indiana. Last month, Egenolf was one of 18 recipients of the 2010-11 C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year Award. Egenolf was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Women's At-Large District VI First Team in May. In April, Egenolf was one of three SMU students to receive the Presidential Award of Excellence. She was also selected as the Cox School of Business's Outstanding Accounting Major for 2011 and was honored with the Meyer Brothers' Award in 2010. She is a four-time C-USA Academic Medalist as well as a four-time C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll selection.
The Woman of the Year Award, now in its 21st year, honors female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in academic achievement, athletic excellence, community service and leadership.
This year a record 471 nominations were submitted for the award. The national winner will be chosen by the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics and will be announced in an Oct. 16 ceremony in Indianapolis.
Diver Audra Egenolf
Track and Field Earns All-Academic Team Award
USTFCCCA honors Mustangs for fourth-consecutive year
Aug. 12, 2011
NEW ORLEANS (SMU/USTFCCCA) – The SMU track and field team was honored by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as a recipient of the All-Academic team award for 2010-2011. SMU shared this distinction with 164 other institutions.
The Mustangs combined for a 3.24 cumulative GPA during the past academic year. It was the fourth-straight year that the track and field team has earned the honor.
To be nominated, teams must carry a 3.00 or better during the previous academic year. SMU was one of four Conference USA teams to earn the distinction.
Four Track Athletes Earn All-Academic Honors
Aug. 4, 2011
NEW ORLEANS (SMU) – Four SMU track and field athletes were honored as All-Academic by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the 2010-2011 season.
Senior Silje Fjortoft earned her fourth-consecutive selection by the USTFCCCA, while juniors Mary Allenbratt and Klara Bodinson were honored for the second-consecutive year. Sophomore high jumper Lisa Egarter earned her first selection.
Student-athletes had to accumulate a 3.25 GPA or better on a 4.0 scale to be named to the team.
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