Brains and Brawn: 60 Tigers Named to All-Academic Teams
Photo by Miranda Duarte
Recognizing Pacific athletes who excel in competition and the classroom.
To be eligible for WCC All-Academic honors, student-athletes must uphold a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher, be at least a sophomore in academic standing, and have completed one full year at their current institution. In addition to academic excellence, honorees must have competed in at least 50% of their team’s competitions during the season.
The University of the Pacific proudly celebrates the 60 student-athletes who earned this recognition.
Leading all programs, the Women’s Soccer team had 11 honorees, which is more than any other sport. Those honored include juniors Haley Johnson and Aly Milford, who earned spots on the WCC All-Academic First Team. Nine players received Honorable Mention recognition.
Together, the Men’s and Women’s Swimming teams accounted for the most total selections from a combined program, with 10 women and nine men earning honors, garnering a total of 19 accolades in all.
Also within the pool, six student-athletes from the Men’s Water Polo team were recognized. Graduate Bae Fountain and senior Mihailo Vukazic earned First-Team honors, while four others received Honorable Mentions.
The Men’s Tennis team saw four student-athletes honored, representing all class levels from sophomore to graduate student.
The Women’s Tennis team had two honorees, with senior Megan Carmichael earning her third consecutive WCC All-Academic Team selection and Milena Maiorova receiving her first Honorable Mention as a sophomore.
Similarly, the Golf program had two honorees: sophomore Carlos Astiazaran was named to the All-Academic Team, and junior Timothy Jung to the Honorable Mention list. Astiazaran is one of ten WCC golfers named to the All-Academic Team, and Jung was named for the second year in a row to the Honorable Mention list.
Men’s Soccer also saw two student-athletes receive Honorable Mention recognition.
Beach Volleyball recognized three student-athletes, with one named to the All-Academic Team and two earning Honorable Mentions.
Six Tigers from Women’s Basketball earned Honorable Mention honors. Among them, Elizabeth Elliott, a three-time selection, graduates with a degree in Sociology, and two-time honoree junior Sydney Ward continues her studies in biological sciences.
In the fall, Pacific Volleyball had five players named to the 2024 All-Academic Team, tying for the most honorees in the WCC. Graduate Alexa Edwards was one of just five players in the conference to earn both First-Team All-WCC and All-Academic Team honors.
Special recognition also goes to student-athletes who have earned selection to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team, which is a prestigious honor awarded to key starters or reserves with a minimum 3.5 GPA, voted on by CSC members. Current active recipients include Justas Trainauskas, Ran Amar, and Tiago Silva (Men’s Tennis), Megan Carmichael (Women’s Tennis), and Elizabeth Elliott (Women’s Basketball).
Men’s Tennis
Ran Amar, Economics - Applied Economics
Justas Trainauskas, Business Administration - Finance
Tiago Silva, Business Administration - Finance
Christof Schaertlin Coffey, Business Administration
Women’s Tennis
Megan Carmichael, Psychology
Milena Maiorova, Media X
Women’s Swimming
Alexia Ferguson, Accounting
Kate Geiger, Criminal Justice
Jordyn Gonzales, Applied Mathematics
Emma Hooper, Health & Exercise Science
Kelly Kermoian, Business Administration - Finance
Ellie MacPhail, Business Administration - Marketing
Noemi Melendez, Health & Exercise Science
Amanda Schweichler, Business Administration - Analytics
Paige Sondgeroth, Business Administration - Sports Management
Annelise Thomas, Business Administration - Analytics
Men’s Swimming
Leland Baltazar, Mechanical Engineering
Kyle Capili, Bio-Engineering
Ethan Cole, Electrical Engineering
Srboljub Filipovic, Computer Science
Matthew Honeck, Business
Mitchell Hopper, Mechanical Engineering
Alex Kurotori, Business
Aidan Scott, Mechanical Engineering
Aidan Vollmar, Health & Exercise Science
Beach Volleyball
Josephine Kinlan, Media X, Communications
Joelyn Abougoush, Pre-Dentistry
Kelea Saxton Vaka, Business Administration - Sport Management & Analytics
Golf
Carlos Astiazaran, Business Administration - Analytics
Timothy Jung, Business Administration - Sport Management & Analytics
Women’s Soccer
Haley Johnson, Business Administration - Marketing and Management
Aly Milford, Psychology
Faylinn Berkowitz, Health & Exercise Science
Trianne Cooper, Psychology, Sociology
Taylor Curtis, Business Administration
Audrey Fuchs, Exploratory
Ariana Gronauer, Communications
Allie Jones, Political Science
Alexis Pashales, Health & Exercise Science
Laila Saravia, Psychology
Mira Scarsella, Business Administration
Men’s Water Polo
Bae Fountain, Communications
Mihailo Vukazic. Graphic Design
Jeremie Cote, Business Administration - Finance
Reuel D'Souza, Health & Exercise Science
Stefan Vavic, Business Administration - Finance
Oliver Fodor, Business Administration - Analytics
Men’s Soccer
Massimo Erfani, Business Administration - Finance
Kai Sullivan, Business Administration - Marketing
Volleyball
Alexa Edwards, Political Science - Criminal Justice
Dylan Gilkey, Business Administration - Sports Management
Megan Nishimura, Business Administration - Marketing
Jenna Heller, Communications
Darina Kumanova, Business Administration - Sports Management
Women’s Basketball
Elizabeth Elliott, Sociology - Criminology
Lauren Glazier, Business Administration - Marketing
Jamie Kent, Health & Exercise Science
Nyah Lowery, Music Industry Studies
Liz Smith, Communications
Sydney Ward, Biology