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WAC honors 130 spring/transfer Lopes' academics
6/27/2025 12:00:00 PM | General, S-A Development
Each GCU student-athlete earned cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher
Winners of its fifth consecutive WAC Commissioner's Cup, Grand Canyon excelled outside of sports competition as well with 130 spring and freshman/transfer student-athletes honored on the Academic All-WAC list.Â
This announcement follows the winter release, where 56 GCU student-athletes earned Academic All-WAC honors. That brings the university's 2024-25 total to 275 recipients of academic honors, topping GCU's 2023-24 mark of 230 for a 20% increase.
The spring sport All-WAC Academic list includes Lopes from baseball, softball, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's outdoor track and field, women's outdoor track and field, men's golf and women's golf. The freshman/transfer Academic All-WAC report includes all sports throughout the academic year.Â
To qualify for the Academic All-WAC Team, student-athletes must have posted a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher, completed at least one academic year at the institution and participated in at least 50% of their teams' competitions.
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This announcement follows the winter release, where 56 GCU student-athletes earned Academic All-WAC honors. That brings the university's 2024-25 total to 275 recipients of academic honors, topping GCU's 2023-24 mark of 230 for a 20% increase.
The spring sport All-WAC Academic list includes Lopes from baseball, softball, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's outdoor track and field, women's outdoor track and field, men's golf and women's golf. The freshman/transfer Academic All-WAC report includes all sports throughout the academic year.Â
To qualify for the Academic All-WAC Team, student-athletes must have posted a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher, completed at least one academic year at the institution and participated in at least 50% of their teams' competitions.
GCU's spring Academic All-WAC honorees
Baseball (7)- Emilio Barreras, junior
- Elijah Higginbottom, junior
- Chance Key, junior
- Isaac Lyon, junior
- Eli Paton, graduate
- Cannon Peery, sophomore
- Walter Quinn, senior
- Taryn Batterton, junior
- Emily Darwin, senior
- Willa Ford, freshman
- Meghan Golden, senior
- Emily Gonzalez, junior
- Lovey Kepa'a, senior
- Savannah Kirk, sophomore
- Tinley Lucas, sophomore
- Sydney McCray, junior
- Mackenzie Nolan, sophomore
- Maggie Place, sophomore
- Alina Satcher, sophomore
- Macie Selfors, freshman
- Oakley Vickers, freshman
- Mia Weckel, graduate
- Briah Williams, freshman
- Haley Wolsky, sophomore
- Arianna Wright, junior
- Andreas Loizas, freshman
- Paolo Rosati, junior
- Gala Arangio, sophomore
- Dania Deaifi, junior
- Valentina Del Marco, senior
- Strider Aston, freshman
- Rayan Belkheir, freshman
- Michael Conley, freshman
- Tristen Coyle, sophomore
- Michael Cunningham, junior
- Joshua Gittens, graduate
- Grant Hagaman, senior
- Matthew Hamilton, freshman
- Blayk Kelton, sophomore
- Conner Kittleson, junior
- Germaine Lemaitre, senior
- Francisco Marques, sophomore
- Daviciea McCartney, graduate
- Ben Moffett, junior
- Ryan Norton, junior
- Alex Rafferty, senior
- Miguel Rosario III, junior
- Jack Sindt, freshman
- Casey Tow, senior
- Cam Wilmington, graduate
- Selah Akers, freshman
- Kennedy Benjamins, freshman
- Taliyah Booker, senior
- Camdyn Bruner, graduate
- Madison Gawthorp, graduate
- Madyson Goodman, freshman
- Taylor Hansen, freshman
- Eva Johnson, freshman
- Michaela Lewis, graduate
- Elli Ochoa, sophomore
- Madelyn Palmer, freshman
- Regan Parnell, sophomore
- Atena Rayson, senior
- Aaliya Rifort-Delem, graduate
- Treasure Rinaldi, junior
- Jazmine Scott, graduate
- Amanda Thrue, senior
- Hannah Watson, senior
- Jade Williams, freshman
- Megan Williams, junior
- Kiko Coelho, senior
- Matthew Diehl, freshman
- Gavin O'Neill, sophomore
- Tommaso Zorzetto, graduate
- Anci Dy, senior
- Jess Haines, sophomore
- Brenna Preap, sophomore
- Calynne Rosholt, senior
- Lena Tremouille, junior
GCU's freshman/transfer Academic All-WAC honorees Â
Women's basketball (1)- Ale'jah Douglas, graduate
- Rayan Belkheir, freshman
- Michael Conley, freshman
- Joshua Gittens, graduate
- Matthew Hamilton, freshman
- Justin Raines, senior
- Miguel Rosario III, junior
- Cam Wilmington, graduate
- Kennedy Benjamins, freshman
- Taliyah Booker, senior
- Taylor Hanson, freshman
- Michaela Lewis, graduate
- Aaliyah Rifort-Delem, graduate
- Maliyah Ross, junior
- Maria Sartin, graduate
- Hannah Watson, senior
- Jade Williams, freshman
- Alexander Edquid, freshman
- Omar El Sayed, freshman
- Dakota Kinder, sophomore
- Jasu Ovaskainen, sophomore
- Mario Perez Torrado, junior
- Hailey Bull, freshman
- Lauryn Caster, freshman
- Olivia Dolan, freshman
- Kaitlyn Logue, freshman
- Lacey Neighbor, sophomore
- Kate Van Zee, freshman
- Brooke Woeslaw, freshman
- Ben Assane, graduate
- Nelson Gomez Rodriguez, junior
- Alan Hermitte, sophomore
- Hendrix Mota, freshman
- Bright Nutornutsi, junior
- Lalo Serrano, graduate
- Samantha Amato, freshman
- Alex Sampson, graduate
- Mayu Yamamoto, senior
- Aubrey Goodere, freshman
- Magdalena Juric, graduate
- Taylor Kubacak, freshman
- Tristen Coyle, sophomore
- Matthew Hamilton, freshman
- Alex Saldamando, freshman
- Jack Sindt, freshman
- Selah Akers, freshman
- Taylor Hansen, freshman
- Eva Johnson, freshman
- Madelyn Palmer, freshman
- Adria Wuerth, freshman
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