OGDEN, Utah (July 5, 2018) - Volleyball star
Tasha Bojanic and starting football offensive lineman
Justin Outslay have been named the Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete Award winners for Portland State in 2017-18.
Bojanic wrapped up her Viking career on the court as the Big Sky's Libero of the Year. Meanwhile, Outslay completed his career on the gridiron as an Academic All-American. Both were Academic All-Big Sky Conference honorees as well.
The tandem appears on an impressive list of student-athletes from every Big Sky Conference school. The 2018 list includes an NCAA Team Champion, an NCAA Individual Runner-Up, two Big Sky Offensive Players of the Year, an Individual Player and Libero of the Year, four CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, seven All-Americans, 17 First Team All-Conference performers, two Second Team honorees, and four honorable mention.
The following student-athletes were selected by their respective institutions, based upon athletic and academic performances during the past academic year.
To qualify for the award, a student-athlete must have a minimum grade-point-average of 3.2 (on a 4.0 scale), be a member of the graduating class and/or have completed their last year of intercollegiate athletic eligibility, have completed at least two years of intercollegiate competition and be a letterwinner in their respective sport.
Cal Poly
Jared Mohamed, Football, Brawley, Calif., Business Administration
Hartford
Lucas Sapin, Men's Golf, Poitiers, France, Engineering
Eastern Washington
Bogdan Bliznyuk, Men's Basketball, Lutsk, Ukraine, Management
Chloe Williams, Soccer, Spokane, Wash., Exercise Science
Idaho
Mark Kovacs, Tennis, Budapest, Hungary, Business Economics & Finance
Nejra Solo, Women's Basketball, Zenica, Bosnia, Molecular Biology
Idaho State
William Edin, Tennis, Sigtuna, Sweden, Business Administration
Ashley Sondag, Track & Field, Casper, Wyo., Political Science
Montana
Hailey Hoagland, Women's Golf, Butte, Mont., Finance
Fabijan Krslovic, Men's Basketball, Sydney, Australia, Finance
Montana State
Mitchell Herbert, Football, Eugene, Ore., Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Angelina Philippova, Women's Tennis, Astrakhan, Russia, Business Finance
North Dakota
Mat Cox, Football, Civil Engineering, Olympia, Wash.
Taylor Nadler, Softball, Kinesiology, New Haven, Mo.
Northern Arizona
Matt Baxter, Track & Field/Cross Country, New Plymouth, New Zealand, Master of Applied Criminology
Brooke Andersen, Track & Field, Vista, Calif., Environmental Sciences
Northern Colorado
Andrew Romano, Men's Golf, Lone Tree, Colo., Sociology
Lauren Paige, Softball, Highlands Ranch, Colo., Sports Coaching
Portland State
Justin Outslay, Football, Salem, Ore., Business Finance
Tasha Bojanic, Volleyball, Belgrade, Serbia, Computer Science
Sacramento State
Max Jette, Track & Field, Happy Valley, Ore., Biology
Astha Madan, Women's Golf, Gurgaon, India, Psychology
Southern Utah
Matthew Wright, Track & Field/Cross Country, Enoch, Utah, Psychology
MaCail Evans, Volleyball, Minersville, Utah, Master of Public Administration
UC Davis
Derek Baljeu, Football, Huntington Beach, Calif., Master of Viticulture & Enology
Weber State
Andrew Vollert, Football, San Mateo, Calif., Communication
Kirtlyn Bohling, Softball, Salem, Utah, Health Promotion
