DAVIS, Calif. -- Shining in competition and in the classroom, a total of 37 UC Davis student-athletes from fall sports were named to Big West Conference All-Academic Team as announced by the league office on Monday.
 
The total continues an upward trend for Aggie student-athletes over the last six years as the 37 honorees in 2021 are six more than the 31 student-athletes named to the fall all-academic team in 2019. UC Davis had 29 award recipients in 2018, 27 more in the fall of 2017, and 26 total honorees in 2016.
 
No awards were given out in 2020 after the conference canceled fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Women's cross country, men's soccer, and women's volleyball, all shared top honors among UC Davis athletic programs with nine honorees apiece, while women's soccer placed six on the list, and men's cross country added four more.
 
Volleyball's Josephine Ough, men's soccer's Kaleb Schirmacher, and men's cross country's Ryman Crone, each led the way with their third career honor, while Eva Goodisson of women's cross country, Max Glasser of men's soccer, and women's volleyball's Jane Seslar and Demari Webb, each picked up their second career all-academic team awards.
 
All told, a total of 399 student-athletes across the conference were honored for their work in the classroom.
 
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, except for cross country student-athletes.
 
In the sport of cross country, a student-athlete must have competed in either 50 percent of the institution's events or participated in the Conference Championship.

2021 BIG WEST CONFERENCE FALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
(UC Davis honorees only. Year listed is academic year, not athletic eligibility)
 
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (4)
Ryman Crone, Sr., Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior***
Simon Fuller, Jr., Sociology
Austin Vasquez, So., Communication
Max Waechter, Jr., Civil Engineering
 
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (9)
Chloe Arriaga, Jr., Art Studio
Emma Arriaga, Jr., Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology
Sierra Atkins, Jr., Communication
Alexa Bolanos, Sr., Communication
Eva Goodisson, Sr., Managerial Economics**
Ava Jablonski, Jr., Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems
Oriana Jalal, So., Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior
Brooke Starn, Graduate Student, Master's of Public Health
Anaya Ward, Sr., Environmental Policy Analysis & Planning
 
MEN'S SOCCER (9)
Zachary Batchelder, So., Managerial Economics
Sean Bilter, Jr., Environmental Engineering
Hayden Carlson, So., Marine & Coastal Science
Emmanuel Doherty, Sr., Human Development
Grant Fidler, Sr., Biochemical Engineering
Max Glasser, Sr., Chemical Engineering**
Kaleb Schirmacher, Sr., Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior***
Connor Tipton, Sr., Communication
Kevin Welch, So., Aerospace Science & Engineering
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER (6)
Molly Branigan, Jr., Communication
Alana Curtis, Jr., Psychology
Bella Mayo, So., Undeclared
Sammie Ruelas, So., Psychology
Lexi Trucco, Jr., Communication
Francesca Van Norden, Jr., Cognitive Science
 
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL (9)
Amara Aimufua, So., Sociology
Rachel Churilla, Sr., Animal Science
Shira Lahav, Jr., Psychology
Casi Newman, So., Cognitive Science
Josephine Ough, Sr., Community & Regional Development***
Lana Radakovic, Jr., Psychology
Jane Seslar, Sr., Art History**
Olivia Utterback, So., Undeclared
Demari Webb, Sr., Human Development**
 
* denotes number of Big West All-Academic Team awards
 

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