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DAVIS, Calif. – Senior psychology major Emily Allen and junior global disease biology major Wallis Lapsley are UC Davis' Big West Scholar-Athletes of the Year, as announced by conference officials on Wednesday. The pair are keynote student-athlete speakers for next Thursday's (March 14) Scholar-Athlete Banquet, which will take place at the Wyndham Hotel in Garden Grove, Calif.
 
An outside hitter from Santa Barbara, Calif., Allen captured first-team All-Big West Conference distinction in her final season. She ranked fourth in the league in kills per set (3.58), while leading the Aggies in sets played (106), kills (379), total hitting attempts (1,125), and points scored (423.5).
 
Allen enjoyed 15 "double-double" matches with at least 10 kills and 10 digs, helping her become just the fourth player in school history to break the 1,000 barrier in both categories.

In the classroom, Allen holds a 3.59 grade-point average, having garnered Big West Academic All-Conference for three straight years. Her academic abilities also landed her a position as a research assistant in UC Davis' Mind-Emotion Development Lab under the tutelage of Dr. Kristin Lagattuta.
 
Allen plans to pursue a graduate degree in organizational psychology or organizational development after she graduates from UC Davis.
 
Lapsley continued a tradition of academic and athletic success for men's soccer, becoming the 12th Aggie named to the Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII first team while also earning All-Big West Conference honorable mention honors in 2018.
 
The Seattle native started all 20 matches in net for UC Davis, posted a 0.73 goals against average, 82 saves and earned eight shutouts en route to an 11-4-5 overall record and an appearance in the Big West Tournament championship match. He ended the season ranked No. 8 in the country in save percentage (.845), No. 13 in saves, No. 16 in the nation in clean sheets, No. 19 in goalie minutes (1,859), and No. 22 in goals against average.
 
Among his conference brethren, Lapsley allowed the second-fewest goals (15) and posted the league's lowest goals against average, while also pacing the Big West in saves— a Division I-era single-season record and third-highest total on the all-time list — and tied for the top spot in shutouts.
 
Lapsley also set school Division I season marks for save percentage, saves per game (4.10), goals against average, while tying for the top spot in shutouts.
 
He is also a laboratory technician at the world-renowned UC Davis School of Veterinary medicine, with two publications pending. After pursuing a career in professional soccer, he plans to become a registered nurse with the ultimate goal of working in underserved communities.
 
Also unveiled on Wednesday was UC Davis' list of Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll recipients. In all, 141 Aggies earned academic accolades from the league; 57 earned Highest Honors, 50 were named to the Honors list and another 34 received Commissioner's Honors.
 
 
Highest Honor
Matt Baringer, Men's Soccer 
Marte Formico, Men's Soccer 
Wallis Lapsley, Men's Soccer 
Kaleb Schirmacher, Men's Soccer 
Max Glasser, Men's Soccer 
Max Pham, Men's Tennis 
Chethan Swanson, Men's Tennis 
David Goulak, Men's Tennis 
Tommy Lam, Men's Tennis 
Ryan Han, Men's Golf 
Zachary Katzman, Men's XC/Track & Field 
Drake Foote, Men's Track & Field 
Fabio Kammler, Men's Track & Field 
Jon Horvath, Men's Track & Field 
Kiernan Elam, Men's Track & Field 
Derek Lin, Men's Cross Country 
Michael Wheeler, Men's Cross Country 
Meghan Bradbury, Softball 
Marissa Jauregui, Softball 
Kiana Lee, Softball 
Pele Gianotti, Women's Basketball 
Kaitlyn Hsu, Women's Basketball 
Dani Nafekh, Women's Basketball 
Rei Nakatani, Women's Golf 
Skyler Wood, Women's Golf 
Madison Wood, Women's Golf 
Kristy Jorgensen, Women's Tennis 
Jessica Walker, Women's Tennis 
Alexis Ballman, Women's XC/Track & Field 
Eva Goodisson, Women's XC/Track & Field 
Haley Adel, Women's XC/Track & Field 
Julia Lemak, Women's XC/Track & Field 
Lara Vetter, Women's XC/Track & Field 
Sarah Anderson, Women's XC/Track & Field
Tatjana Kunz, Women's XC/Track & Field 
Alexis Sutherland, Women's Track & Field 
Alyssa Lengtat, Women's Track & Field 
Anastasia Kubicki, Women's Track & Field 
Cheyenne Chen, Women's Track & Field 
Emily Antonino, Women's Track & Field 
Emily Meyer, Women's Track & Field 
Hannah Kirkegaard, Women's Track & Field 
Jordan Stefani, Women's Track & Field 
Morgan Bowman, Women's Track & Field 
Sidney Holmes, Women's Track & Field 
Sofia Ries, Women's Track & Field 
Xochitl Bryson, Women's Track & Field 
Alexa Bolanos, Women's Cross Country 
Anya Sturm, Women's Cross Country 
Hailey Rittershofer, Women's Soccer 
Lauren Bouvia, Women's Soccer 
Margot Ridgeway, Women's Soccer 
Emily Allen, Women's Volleyball 
Lauren Matias, Women's Volleyball 
Jackie Graves, Women's Volleyball 
Claire Jackson, Women's Volleyball 
Josephine Ough, Women's Volleyball
 
Honors
Brett Erwin, Baseball 
Brad Pluschkell, Baseball 
Dylan Spezia, Baseball 
Ryan Rodriguez, Baseball 
Jonah Underwood, Men's Basketball 
Andrew Arnheiter, Men's Golf 
Justin Wright, Men's Soccer 
Ty Shikashio, Men's Soccer 
Wade Kiesow, Men's Cross Country 
Bradley Needles, Men's XC/Track & Field 
Ryman Crone, Men's XC/Track & Field 
Anthony Easter, Men's Track & Field 
Bernhardt Fourie, Men's Track & Field 
Thomas Grossman, Men's Track & Field 
Arjith Jayaraman, Men's Tennis 
Jonathan Star, Men's Tennis 
Mitchell Iwahiro, Men's Tennis 
Caroline Figueroa, Softball 
Alyse Rojas, Softball 
Megan Salazar, Softball 
Alexis Villalobos, Softball 
Lucia Gargicevich-Almeida, Softball 
Marisa Given, Softball 
Riley Siegel, Softball 
Marly Anderson, Women's Basketball 
Karley Eaton, Women's Basketball 
Kourtney Eaton, Women's Basketball 
Emma Gibb, Women's Basketball 
Rachel Nagel, Women's Basketball 
Sophia Song, Women's Basketball 
Anaya Ward, Women's Cross Country 
Marie Navarro, Women's Cross Country 
Bianca Becker, Women's Track & Field 
Christine Bayliss, Women's Track & Field 
Lauren Powers, Women's Track & Field 
Megan Macgregor, Women's Track & Field 
Mandy Wainfan, Women's XC/Track & Field 
Hannah Sun, Women's Golf 
Aliyah Walker, Women's Soccer 
Bryanna Duckett, Women's Soccer 
Haileigh Rose, Women's Soccer 
Laura Nichol, Women's Soccer 
Olivia Jones, Women's Soccer 
Jessie Lee, Women's Tennis 
Isabella Von Ebbe, Women's Tennis 
Kelsie Bryant, Women's Tennis 
Ally Reyes, Women's Volleyball 
Demari Webb, Women's Volleyball 
Rachel Churilla, Women's Volleyball 
Rose Holscher, Women's Volleyball
 
Commissioner's Honors
Joe Torres, Baseball 
Alex Trautner, Baseball 
Blake Hannah, Baseball 
Jared Sasaki, Baseball 
Joseph Myers, Baseball 
AJ John, Men's Basketball 
Joe Mooney, Men's Basketball 
Rogers Printup, Men's Basketball 
Dylan Wood, Men's Soccer 
Alec Moysov, Men's Track & Field 
Brandon Jetter, Men's Track & Field 
James De Mello, Men's Track & Field 
Jared Harrell, Men's Track & Field 
Ashley Lotoszynski, Softball 
Autumn Miller, Softball 
Cierra Hall, Women's Basketball 
Morgan Bertsch, Women's Basketball 
Marin Chamberlin, Women's Cross Country 
Angela Carreras, Women's Track & Field 
Erinn Beattie, Women's Track & Field 
Katelynn Toole, Women's Track & Field 
Malia Helms, Women's Track & Field 
Mikaela Adolphus, Women's Track & Field 
Shelby Hightower, Women's Track & Field 
Xjaedah Williams, Women's Track & Field 
Christine Danielsson, Women's Golf 
Yoonhee Kim, Women's Golf 
Ari Zamora, Women's Soccer 
Courtney Van Winkle, Women's Soccer 
Emma Hasco, Women's Soccer 
Mahlah Catline, Women's Soccer 
Malia Bolko, Women's Volleyball 
Jane Seslar, Women's Volleyball 
Mahalia White, Women's Volleyball
 
 
 
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