2011-12 Pacific West Academic All-Conference Team
San Francisco, CA – A total of 70 Academy of Art University student-athletes were named to the 2011-12 Pacific West Conference Academic All-Conference Team in an announcement by the conference media relations office on Thursday, August 16. Based on performances in the classroom during this past academic school year,
967 athletes from the conference's 10 member institutions earned the distinction.
For student-athletes to be chosen for the honor, they must meet a set of specific criteria. The requirement to be named to the Academic All-Conference Team is a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Student-athletes who are eligible to practice or compete with their respective teams are eligible to receive the honor.
The winners of the award represented each of the Academy of Art University's 11 sports which are sponsored by the PacWest Conference. Men's soccer dominated the Academy of Art classrooms as 13 athletes captured Academic All-Conference Team honors. Women's tennis was right behind them with 11 team members making the cut, and softball also had 10 athletes on the team.
"The performance by our athletes in the classroom this past season is truly a testament to their dedication on and off the field," said Sondra Stilwell, compliance assistant and former Urban Knights women's basketball student-athlete. "We have set a standard in our early years as a program that students at Academy of Art University are here to excel in both athletics and academics and this year is a continuation of that success."
Below is an alphabetical list of the Urban Knights named to the 2011-12 PacWest Academic All-Conference Team:
The PacWest is now scheduled to choose a Scholar-Athlete of the Year for each of its 11 sports. Institutions have been presented with an opportunity to nominate one student-athlete from each of its athletic programs.
The winners will be announced later in August with a PacWest Men's and Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year selected from the top vote-getters in each sport.
The PacWest Conference press release is available on its website here!
