SALT LAKE CITY-A report released Monday confirmed the University of Utah’s women’s soccer team has excelled in the classroom this past semester.
During the 2018 spring semester, 19 Utah women’s soccer student-athletes were named to the Honor Roll and Dean’s List.
To earn a spot on the dean’s list, a Utah student-athlete must have a GPA over 3.50 for the semester.
These players include graduates Janie Kearl, July Mathias and Natalie Vukic.
Current players include Ireland Dunn, SaraJean Edwards, Hayley Farrar, Max Flom, Aleea Gwerder, Jessica Hixson, Natalie Kump, Hailey Skolmoski, Liberty Taylor, Tatum Thornton, Cameron Tingey and Paola van der Veen.
These student-athletes also qualified for the Honor Roll, which requires a minimum 3.0 GPA, along with Holly Daugirda, Zona Kinnaman and graduates Madi Clarkson and Mikayla Elmer.
Back in April, Daugirda, Edwards, Farrar, Flom, Hixson, Kump, Mathias, Skolmoski, Tingey and Vukic all participated in the inaugural “All A’s” dinner for earning a GPA of 3.70 or higher for the fall semester of 2017.
Additionally, 16 Utes earned all Pac-12 academic accolades. The first-team selections include Flom and Mathias.
Making the second team were Kearl, Skolmoski and Vukic.
Honorable mention honorees for the Utes included Van der Veen, Daugirda, Dunn, Gwerder, Haylee Cacciacarne, Kristin Fairbairn, Eden Jacobsen, Tavia Leachman, Carly Nelson and Natalee Wells.
The collective GPA for the squad was 3.36 for the spring and has a cumulative mark of 3.53.
Utah was honored with a Team Academic Award by the United Soccer Coaches in 2017 after the squad posted the best GPA in the Pac-12, ranking 19th nationally among Division I programs.
