The Portland State Women's Tennis Team has won the Big Sky Conference Team Academic Championship for its sport for 2023-24. The Vikings had a team GPA of 3.86 over the academic year, bettering all other tennis teams in the league.
All seven members of the Viking team earned Academic All-Big Sky Conference honors and were named to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Scholar team. Four of the members were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team for maintaining GPAs above 3.50 (
Elizabeth Strongina,
Nika Beukers,
Momoko Yoshimura and
Makoto Ohara).
In addition, Beukers and Yoshimura were first team All-Big Sky Conference as a doubles team.
The 2023-24 Portland State Women's Tennis Team
(all were named Academic All-Big Sky Conference and to the ITA All-Scholar team)
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
Portland State's average team GPA (among 13 teams) was 3.48 for the 2023-24 academic year.
Last year, PSU's Women's Golf Team and Women's Track and Field Team each won a team academic championship.
2023-24 Big Sky Conference Team Academic Champions
Men's Basketball: Weber State (3.45)
Women's Basketball: Idaho & Northern Arizona (3.63)
Men's Cross Country: Idaho (3.80)
Women's Cross Country: Montana State (3.95)
Football: Eastern Washington (3.33)
Men's Golf: Idaho (3.68)
Women's Golf: Northern Colorado (3.89)
Soccer: Weber State (3.75)
Softball: Weber State (3.66)
Men's Tennis: Montana (3.76)
Women's Tennis: Portland State (3.86)
Men's Track & Field: Idaho (3.61)
Women's Track & Field: Idaho State (3.74)
Volleyball: Eastern Washington (3.83)
Previous Big Sky Academic Honors
2023-24 Scholar Athletes
2024 Spring All-Academic
2023-24 Winter All-Academic
2023 Fall All-Academic
