SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference is pleased to announce the 2019-20 West Coast Conference Women’s Basketball All-Academic Team. This season, 18 student-athletes posted a GPA of 3.50 or better and six posted a 3.75 GPA or better.
Three student-athletes are making their second appearances in Sara Hamson of BYU, Maddie Muhlheim or Portland and Lauren Yearwood of Santa Clara.
At the conclusion of each athletic season, the WCC selects an all-academic squad for each WCC-sponsored sport. To be considered, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average while also being a significant contributor to her team.
2019-20 WCC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Name |
School |
Class |
GPA |
Major |
| Katie Campbell |
Gonzaga |
Sr. |
3.36 |
Psychology |
| Emily Codding |
Saint Mary's |
Jr. |
3.53 |
Business Administration |
| Paige Fecske |
Pepperdine |
R-Sr. |
4.00 |
Clinical Psychology |
| Sara Hamson |
BYU |
Jr. |
3.83 |
Bioinformatics |
| Ashlyn Herlihy |
Santa Clara |
R-Jr. |
3.61 |
MBA |
| Maddie Muhlheim |
Portland |
Jr. |
3.93 |
Accounting |
| Myah Pace |
San Diego |
Jr. |
3.67 |
Architecture |
| Sofie Tryggedsson |
Pacific |
Gr. |
3.65 |
Health, Exercise and Sport Science |
| Kia Vaalavirta |
San Francisco |
Soph. |
3.92 |
Biology |
| Lauren Yearwood |
Santa Clara |
R-Sr. |
3.86 |
Biology |
2019-20 WCC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
BYU: Maria Albiero
GONZAGA: Louise Forsyth, Anamaria Virjoghe, Jill Townsend, Jenn Wirth, LeeAnne Wirth
LMU: Brittney Reed
PACIFIC: Jessica Blakeslee, Callie Kaiser, Josephine Millard, Kaylin Randhawa
PEPPERDINE: Deezha Battle, Jayla Ruffus-Milner, Jayda Ruffus-Milner
PORTLAND: Lauren Walker
SAINT MARY’S: Claire Ferguson, Sam Simons
SAN DIEGO: Nicole Blakes, Sydney Hunter, Ana Ramos
SAN FRANCISCO: Abby Rathbun, Rojeen Sharifi
SANTA CLARA: Tia Hay, LindseyVanAllen, Emily Wolph