The Big Sky Conference released the Academic All-Conference list for 2023-24 spring sports and Portland State had 45 student-athletes earn honors. The sports included men's and women's tennis, women's golf, softball, and men's and women's outdoor track & field.
The women's golf and women's tennis teams had every player on their 2023-24 rosters receive the award. Additionally, the men's tennis team had five of its nine members make the academic all-conference teams. Softball held the most total honorees of any spring sport with 10, ahead of men's and women's outdoor track & field with eight and nine, respectively.
Adding the spring total to the Vikings' totals in the fall and winter, PSU had a total of 123 Academic All-Big Sky Conference honorees during the 2023-24 academic year. The overall student-athlete grade point average for Viking student-athletes during spring was 3.34. All 15 varsity sports within the Portland State Athletic Department had a GPA of 3.0 or above over the entire 2023-24 academic year.
To be eligible for academic all-conference honors, a student-athlete must have met and/or exceeded the following minimum requirements: 1) Participated in at least half of the team's competitions; 2) Achieved a 3.2 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at the conclusion of the most recently completed term; 3) Completed at least one academic term at his/her current Big Sky institution. For track & field student-athletes, they must have participated in at least half of the team's competitions or competed at the conference championship.
Academic All-Big Sky Conference honorees, including academic year and major
Women's Golf (6)
Mariana Garcia Rosette, SR, Business Administration
Tannica Porter, JR, Communication Studies
Payten Shimizu, SO, Computer Science
Bayler Brundage, SO, Psychology
Momo Udom, FR, Chemistry
Cynthia Valerie Ong, FR, Business Administration: Marketing
Men's Tennis (5)
Andrea Brignacca, GR, Business Administration
Hayden Elliott, FR, Business Administration: Finance
Simon Kuszynski, SO, Business Administration: Finance
Jonas Hembo Mathiasen, SR, Business Administration
Jan Semerak, SR, Science
Women's Tennis (7)
Nika Beukers, JR, Business Administration: Marketing
Maddie Egan, GR, Education: Curriculum & Instruction
Makoto Ohara, SR, Business Administration: Advertising Management
Scarlett Perkins, FR, Business Administration: Management & Leadership
Capu Sanoner, SR, Applied Health and Fitness
Elizabeth Strongina, SO, Business Administration: Human Resource Management
Momoko Yoshimura, SR, Arts and Letters
Softball (10)
Lorraine Alo, FR, Business Administration: Accounting
Alexa Cepeda, SR, English
Allicitie Frost, SR, Psychology
Grace Johnson, JR, Public Health Studies
Grace Kimball, SR, Applied Health and Fitness
Paetynn Lopez, SR, Social Science
Natalia Martinez, JR, Social Science
Logan Riggenbach, SR, Business Administration
Neveah Smith, JR, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Brooke Subia, FR, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Men's Outdoor Track & Field (8)
Amir Ahmed, FR, Business Administration: Technology and Analytics
Eman Kargbo, FR, Business Administration: Marketing
Karch Kipp, FR, Applied Health and Fitness
Mikey LaGris, FR, Art: Graphic Design
Noah Meucci, JR, Environmental Studies
Lyness Ota, FR, Business Administration: Finance
Ian Parks, FR, Business Administration: Marketing
Travis West, SR, Athletic Outdoor Industry
Women's Outdoor Track & Field (9)
Laura Beghin, SR, Environmental Studies
Alison Calvin-Stupfel, FR, Psychology
Campbell Faust, JR, Business Administration: Marketing
Wendy Hare, SO, Mathematics
Ania Kapustka, SO, Applied Health and Fitness
Dyllan Newville, SR, Public Health Studies
Taylor Nichols, SO, Public Health Studies
Ashley Peterson, FR, Business Administration: Marketing
Carley Strand, FR, Business Administration: Management and Leadership
