LA JOLLA, Calif. – The University of California San Diego had 26 scholar-athletes earn a spot on the 2019 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Fall All-Academic Team. The conference announced its honorees Thursday morning.
The CCAA recognizes individuals academically each season (fall, winter and spring) for all conference-sponsored sports. In order to earn CCAA All-Academic team honors, a scholar-athlete must be of sophomore athletic standing or higher, and own a 3.3 cumulative GPA or better while competing in a conference-sponsored sport for that season. The CCAA Fall All-Academic Team consists of eligible student-athletes who compete in the sports of men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer and women's volleyball.
A total of 351 men and women from across the CCAA's 13 member institutions were acknowledged for their efforts in the classroom.
For the Tritons, women's soccer garnered the most selections with 10, followed by cross country and men's soccer with six apiece and women's volleyball with four. Of the 26 UC San Diego recipients, six Tritons are two-time honorees.
Sam Blake (men's cross country),
Natalie Saddic (women's soccer), and
Alyson Penrose (women's volleyball) are all three-time award-winners.
| Men's Soccer (6) |
| Matt Davis |
Redshirt Junior |
Communication |
| Max Gonda |
Redshirt Sophomore |
Economics |
| Jón Veigar Kristjánsson |
Redshirt Junior |
International Studies |
| Oliver Nelson |
Redshirt Sophomore |
International Studies |
| Kelvin Uribe |
Senior |
International Studies |
| Collin Wagstaff |
Sophomore |
Real Estate and Development |
About UC San Diego Athletics
With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country. The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, in summer 2020, will transition into full Division I status as a member of the Big West Conference. UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent. A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. In competition, more than 1,300 UC San Diego student-athletes have earned All-America honors.
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