Falcons Place 12 on Academic All-Conference Team
3/9/2017 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Twelve members of the Air Force cross country team earned Academic All-Mountain West honors, the league office recently announced. Represented by seven men and five women, the cross country squad collected the second-most honors of any sport at the Academy during the 2016 fall season.
Senior Matt Dorsey became the 14th Falcon in program history to earn academic all-conference honors all four years, while junior Katie Burnham held the highest GPA (3.94) of the Academy's 36 total selections
Name, Class, Major * (times honored)
Jordan Armstrong, Freshman, Physics*
Lindsey Blanks, Freshman, Undeclared*
Katie Burnham, Junior, Mathematics***
Matt Dorsey, Senior, Biology****
Jason Engel, Senior, Geospatial Sciences***
Andrew Johnston, Junior, Management***
Noah Riley, Sophomore, Political Science**
Swathi Samuel, Freshman, Undeclared*
Samantha Skold, Senior, Biology***
Jaci Smith, Sophomore, Astronautical Engineering**
Andrew Tankersley, Sophomore, Behavioral Science**
Tim Ward, Sophomore, Legal Studies*
A conference-record 614 student-athletes were named to the fall's academic all-conference team. Fall sports include men's and women's cross country, football, women's soccer and volleyball.
To be eligible for the conference's academic all-conference award, student-athletes must have completed at least one academic term at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better, and be a significant contributor on their athletic team.
Players Mentioned
