OFFICIAL CCAA RELEASE

POMONA -- The 2018-19 academic year was not only a successful one in competition with nine of the ten Cal Poly Pomona teams reaching the postseason, but the Broncos also excelled in the classroom.  A total of 59 student-athletes from CPP were named to the 2018-19 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) All-Academic Award Team, it was announced by the conference office Tuesday.

Leading the way for the Broncos was women's soccer, which placed 16 student-athletes on the CCAA All-Academic Team.  Men's cross country/track and field placed 12 on the All-Academic Team, followed by women's cross country/track and field (9), baseball (9), men's soccer (6), volleyball (5) and women's basketball (2).

Women's soccer led the entire department in 2018-19 with team-wide 3.29 grade point average, followed by women's basketball (3.15) and men's track and field (3.10).  Seven of the ten teams at CPP compiled a team GPA of 3.0 or higher in 2018-19 alone.

Collectively as a department for the 2018-19 academic year, the Broncos posted an overall GPA of 3.04 which is mostly attributed to the spring semester in which 64 percent of CPP's student-athletes earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Individually, three Broncos were placed on the CCAA All-Academic Team for the fourth straight year -- Andrea Bosnic (volleyball), Christian Rodriguez (men's cross country/men's track and field) and Taylor Otto (women's cross country/women's track and field).  Eight other Broncos made their third-career appearance on the CCAA All-Academic list -- Alex Kline (baseball), Cade Kirkemo (baseball), Kyle Lawson (men's track and field), Natalie Di Angelo (women's soccer), Ori Kenett (men's soccer), Parker Johnson (men's track and field), Skyler Gibbons-Stovall (men's soccer) and Sophia Le (women's track and field).

To be eligible for the annual CCAA All-Academic Awards:

1. Student-athletes must have earned a varsity letter per institutional criteria (e.g., no redshirt student-athletes are eligible for this award).
2. Must be a student-athlete in one of the 13 CCAA-sponsored sports (men's cross country, women's cross country, men's soccer, women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's golf, women's golf, men's outdoor track & field, women's outdoor track & field, baseball, and softball). 
3. Undergraduate student-athletes must earn a grade point average for the 2018-19 academic year of 3.40 or higher in a minimum of 24 semester units completed at the certifying institution. Non-graded units may be included in the 24 unit total. Undergraduate student-athletes who are graduating mid-year must earn a 3.4 grade point average or higher in all units taken the final academic year of attendance.
4. Graduate students are not eligible for CCAA All-Academic Awards.

Overall in the CCAA, 897 student-athletes were named to the conference's All-Academic Team this past year, including a CCAA-best 96 from Cal State Monterey Bay.  Cal State San Marcos had 92 and Chico State had 91 to round out the top three in the conference.

The CCAA and NCAA Division II supports the educational mission of college athletics by fostering a balanced and inclusive approach in which student-athletes learn and develop through their desired academic pursuits, in civic engagement with their communities and in athletics competition, creating a life in the balance.

In addition to the announcement by the CCAA, the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) also announced its All-Academic Awards for the year, honoring both Cal Poly Pomona men's and women's teams for posting cumulative grade point averages above a 3.0; the men had a 3.07 while the women had a 3.14.  Kyle Lawson (3.62, Civil Engineering), Chris Uzoma (3.25, Business Marketing), Ayana Fields (3.42, Kinesiology) and Hannah Stueve (3.41, Kinesiology) all earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors for earning a NCAA provisional-qualifying mark in addition to garnering a cumulative CPP GPA over 3.25.


2018-19 CCAA ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD HONOREES FROM CAL POLY POMONA

Women's Basketball (2)
Mylah Andrada
Jayda Villareal

Baseball (9)
Jeremy Conant
Shane Gipson
Logan Gopperton
Cade Kirkemo
Alex Kline
Ryon Knowles
Angel Ortiz
Nick Peifer
Connor Todd

Men's Soccer (6)
Angel Cova
Skyler Gibbons-Stovall
Alon Grod
Ori Kenett
Sergio Martinez
Patricio Yrizar

Women's Soccer (16)
Emily Connor
Jaela Cruz
Natalie Di Angelo
Jazmin Duran
Amanda Faber
Elise Garcia
Allyssa Larkin
Kasie Larson
Shayna Larson
Cassidy Overstreet
Ambria Pogue
Samantha Putnam
Clarissa Sanchez
Katie Stein
Sydney Williams
Sydney Yates

Volleyball (5)
Alex Bollier
Andrea Bosnic
Jenna Goldsberry
Kaitlin Powell
Kira Zimmerman

Men's Cross Country (4)
Vincent Sarino
Jeremiah Suzara
Richard Szutu
Jonathan Woolf

Women's Cross Country (1)
Taylor Otto

Men's Track and Field (8)
Kenneth Hamel
Parker Johnson
Kyle Johnston
Kyle Lawson
William Pritchard
Christian Rodriguez
Rahmie Sharif
Chris Uzoma

Women's Track and Field (8)
Avia Bateman
Alyssa Carrillo
J'ley Fagalar
Ayana Fields
Claire Giacalone
Sophia Le
Ashley McBean
Imani Williams