The Big West Recognizes 771 Student-Athletes as Spring Academic All-Conference

2024 Big West Spring Academic All-Conference
A total of 771 student-athletes who compete in the spring sports of baseball, beach volleyball, men's and women's golf, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track & field, men's volleyball, and women's water polo across The Big West were honored for their work in the classroom and in athletic competition as members of the 2024 Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team. The 771 student-athletes honored is an improvement from last year’s number of 751 and 739 of two years ago. 
 
In order to qualify for the Academic All-Conference honor, a student-athlete must carry a minimum 3.00 cumulative institutional grade point average (GPA), must have completed one full academic year at the member institution prior to the season for which the award is being received, and must have competed in at least 50 percent of the institution's contests in the student-athlete's respective sport, with the exception of cross country student-athletes. In the sport of cross country, a student-athlete must have competed in either 50 percent of the institution’s events or participated in the Conference Championship.
 
17 of the 771 student-athletes honored have a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA in Cal Poly's Fernando Fonseca (men's tennis), Shelby Daniele (women's track & field) and Jadyn Snaer (women's track & field), Cal State Bakersfield's Michael Pollard (baseball) and Miranda Miller (women's track & field), CSUN's Abbey Sweeting (beach volleyball), Hawai'i's Maya Nakamura (softball), Nikola Homolkova (women's tennis) and Tania Tan (women's track & field), Long Beach State's Lilyanna Martinez (softball) and Mo Quinlan (softball), UC San Diego's Emma Dunmire (women's track & field), Jenna Satovsky (women's track & field) and Isabelle Shepherd (women's track & field), and UC Santa Barbara's Amir Rehman (men's track & field), Jessica Swalve (women's track & field) and Drew Halvorson (women's water polo). 

By sport, women’s track & field had by far the most honorees with 165 student-athletes named to the team. Baseball had 115, followed by softball (103), men's track & field had (102), women's water polo (72), women's tennis (50), beach volleyball (48), men's volleyball (35), men's golf (29), women's golf (27) and men's tennis (25). 
 
By school UC Davis had the most student-athletes honored with 94, followed by UC San Diego with 93. CSUN (79), UC Irvine (74), Hawai'i (73), Long Beach State (72) and Cal Poly (71) also had over 70 names on the list. 
 
The Big West recognizes individuals academically per season – fall, winter, and spring – for all conference-sponsored sports. The Fall Academic All-Conference Team honored student-athletes from men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball and the Winter Academic All-Conference Team consisted of men's and women's basketball student-athletes.
 
2024 Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team
School Honorees
Cal Poly 71
Cal State Bakersfield 42
Cal State Fullerton 49
CSUN 79
Hawai'i 73
Long Beach State 72
Sacramento State (beach volleyball only) 10
UC Davis 94
UC Irvine 74
UC Riverside 48
UC San Diego 93
UC Santa Barbara 66

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