Portland State's Emma Stolte and Mathias Uribe excelled throughout their Viking careers as athletes and students. For their efforts, they have been recognized as PSU's Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year for 2025-26.
 
Stolte rounded out a brilliant career on the track winning a Big Sky Championship while Uribe became one of PSU's all-time great marksmen as a kicker for the football team.

Stolte, from Townsend, MT, capped a decorated senior season with the program's first-ever Big Sky title in the 5k in front of home fans as the Vikings hosted the Big Sky Outdoor Championships for the first time in 13 years. Stolte also made the podium in the 1,500 meters, placing second to Northern Arizona's Hayley Burns. Her 18 points at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships were the most by a Viking since Genna Settle scored 20 in 2017.
 
The championship performance came after Stolte had already broken three school records between the indoor and outdoor seasons. The first school record came in the indoor 800 meters, which she set by three seconds with a finish in 2:08.51 at the Inland Northwest Invitational on Jan. 31. She then broke the records in the outdoor 1,500 and 5,000 meters multiple times later in the season. She broke them a final time on back-to-back days at the Bryan Clay Invitational in April, finishing in 4:20.17 and 15:59.87, respectively. Her record in the 1,500 meters qualified her for the NCAA West First Round, making her just the third Viking ever to qualify in the 1,500 meters.
 
Stolte showed promise early in her senior season, earning All-Big Sky honors in cross country with a ninth-place finish at the Big Sky Championships. It was one of five top 10 finishes for Stolte during the cross country season, tying a program record.
 
An eight-time Academic All-Big Sky Conference selection, she graduated from Portland State with a degree in Public Health Studies: Pre-Clinical Sciences and a perfect 4.00 GPA.

Uribe, a native of San Dimas, CA, was the Vikings starting kicker for the past two seasons. As a junior, he made 11-12 field goals and 37-38 extra points. He was named honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference and was one of 10 finalists for the Fred Mitchell Award, given to the top placekicker at the FCS, Division II, III, NAIA or JC level. As a senior Uribe made 14-18 field goals, including a school-record 13 in a row at one point, and 19-20 extra points.

His .917 field goal percentage in 2024 (11-12) is a PSU record for a season. At 25-30 successful field goals in his career, Uribe set a school record with an .833 percentage. He ranks eighth in career field goals in only two seasons.

Uribe earned his degree in Applied Health and Fitness with a 3.92 GPA, twice earning Academic All-Big Sky Conference honors.

Portland State's Past Scholar-Athletes of the Year
2025-26: Emma Stolte (track and field/cross country), Mathias Uribe (football)
2024-25: Abdi Ibrahim (track and field/cross country), Nika Beukers (women's tennis)
2023-24: Jamie Zamrin (track and field/cross country), Isaiah Henry (football)
2022-23: Olivia Dean (softball), Mataio Talalemotu (football)
2021-22: Tyson Pauling (football), Windy Huang (women's golf)
2020-21: Anthony Adams (football), Kaila Gibson (track and field/cross country)
2019-20: Eszter Zador (women's tennis), Kenton Bartlett (football)
2017-18: Justin Outslay (football), Tasha Bojanic (volleyball)
2018-19: Donte Robinson (track and field), Courtney West (women's basketball)
2016-17: Xavier Coleman (football), Genna Settle (track and field)
2015-16: Sheldon Prince (track and field), Cori Bianchini (soccer)
2014-15: Joe Lopez (football), Caitlin Plese (soccer)
2013-14: Garyn Schlatter (volleyball), Mitch Gaulke (football)
2012-13: Anna Bertrand (softball), Zach Lubek (men's tennis)
2011-12: Eryn Jones (women's basketball), Drew Hubel (football)
2010-11: Frankie Ross (soccer), Tygue Howland (football)
2009-10: Ryan Pederson (football), Dolly Enneking (soccer)
 
 
2025-26 Big Sky Conference Scholar Athletes 
 
Eastern Washington
Riley Arribas, Soccer, Nursing (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) 
Marcus Lemon, Men's XC/Track & Field, MED Elementary Education (Spokane, Wash.)
 
Idaho
Madu Fontes, Volleyball, Food & Nutrition (Palmas Tocantins, Brazil)
Isaiah Brickner, Men's Basketball, Psychology (San Diego, Calif.)
 
Idaho State
Mary Za, Soccer, Honors Bachelor of Business Finance (Fairfax, Va.)
Michael Shulikov, Football, Master's of Business Administration (Boise, Idaho)
 
Montana
Erin Wilde, Women's Track and Field, Business Management (Whitefish, Mont.)
Tom Bittner, Men's Tennis, Management Information Systems (Neusaessess, Germany)
 
Montana State
Caroline Hawkes, Women's Track & Field, Food and Nutrition Science (San Clemente, Calif.) 
Jed Miller, Men's Basketball, Business - Marketing (Agoura Hills, Calif.)
 
Northern Arizona
Lizzie Neale, Women's Golf, University Studies (Nelson, New Zealand)
Cael Grotenhuis, Men's XC/Track & Field, Educational Leadership (Slinger, Wis.)
 
Northern Colorado
Timbre Shehee, Women's Golf, Business Economics (Mead, Colo.)
Quinn Denker, Men's Basketball, Sport Coaching (San José, Calif.)
 
Portland State
Emma Stolte, Women's XC/Track & Field, Public Health Studies: Pre-Clinical Sciences (Townsend, Mont.)
Mathias Uribe, Football, Applied Health and Fitness (San Dimas, Calif)
 
Sacramento State
Greta Davis, Volleyball, Mathematics (Sisters, Ore.)
Nathan Rider, Men's Track & Field, Kinesiology (Medford, Ore.)
 
Weber State
Alyssa Hansen Freestone, Women's Track & Field, Nursing (Pleasant View, Utah)
Peter Visser, Men's XC/Track & Field, Masters of English (Afton, Wyo.)
 
Franics Marion
Pake June, Men's Golf, Management (Florence, S.C.)
 
Cal Poly
Richie Watts, Football, Political Science (Rocklin, Calif.)
 
UC Davis
Grant Harper, Football, Master of Management (Moraga, Calif.)