2025 Big West Spring Academic All-Conference
A total of 756 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 2025 Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team. The 756 student-athletes honored is down from 771 last year, but up from 751 in 2023 and 739 of three 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 track & field student-athletes. In the sport of track & field, a student-athlete must have competed in either 50 percent of the institution’s events or participated in the Conference Championship.
13 of the 756 student-athletes honored have a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA in Cal Poly's
Corban Payne (men's track & field), Cal State Bakersfield's
Jared Bujanda (baseball) and
Michael Pollard (baseball), CSUN's
Sakura Divecchio (women's track & field), Hawai'i's
Carys Murakami (softball),
Nikola Homolkova (women's tennis) and
Bernadette Doyle (women's water polo), Long Beach State's
Kyle Jankans (men's track & field),
Marikay Schwab (women's track & field),
Connor Bloom (men's volleyball),
Dane Hillis (men's volleyball) and
Jamie Oberman (women's water polo) and UC San Diego's
Jeremy Frank (men's track & field).
By sport, women’s track & field had by far the most honorees with 162 student-athletes named to the team. Men's track & field had 120, followed by softball (90), baseball (89), women's water polo (80), beach volleyball (48), women's tennis (43), men's golf (36), men's volleyball (31), women's golf (29) and men's tennis (27).
By school UC San Diego had the most student-athletes honored with 93, followed by Long Beach State and UC Davis with 80. Hawai'i had 79, and the trio of CSUN, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara each had 71 honorees.
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.
2025 Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team |
School |
Honorees |
Cal Poly |
61 |
Cal State Bakersfield |
30 |
Cal State Fullerton |
65 |
CSUN |
71 |
Hawai'i |
79 |
Idaho (men's golf only) |
4 |
Long Beach State |
80 |
Sacramento State (beach volleyball and men's golf only) |
13 |
UC Davis |
82 |
UC Irvine |
71 |
UC Riverside |
39 |
UC San Diego |
93 |
UC Santa Barbara |
71 |