All-Academic Honors to 33

Stanford scholar-athletes recognized in indoor track and field

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Courtesy: Stanford Athletics

04/17/2017

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STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford placed 33 on the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic team for indoor track and field – 20 women and 13 men.

Among them were nine who also earned All-America honors, including the complete distance medley relay teams that competed at the NCAA Championships.

The women's DMR finished second at nationals, with Vanessa Fraser (3.51 cumulative grade-point average) leading off and followed by Missy Mongiovi (3.67), Malika Waschmann (3.61), and anchored by Elise Cranny (3.92).

The men's DMR consisted of Tai Dinger, Jackson Shumway, Jack Keelan, and Brian Smith – all All-Academic selections.

Olivia Baker, an NCAA finalist and repeat MPSF champion in the 800, also was named to the All-Academic team.
 

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Here is a list of Stanford's MPSF All-Academic honorees:

Women
Valarie Allman, sr., 3.40, weight throw (Longmont, Colo./Silver Creek HS).
Olivia Baker, jr., 3..03, 400/800 (S. Orange, N.J./Columbia HS).
Maddy Berkson, jr., 3.32, middle distance (Providence, R.I./Classical HS).
Sophie Chase, sr., 3.84, Distance (Burke, Va./Lake Braddock HS).
Elise Cranny, jr., 3.92, Mid. Distance (Niwot, Colo./Niwot HS).
Michaela Crunkleton Wilson, jr., 3.75, Sprints (Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic HS).
Vanessa Fraser, sr., 3.51, Distance (Scotts Valley, Calif./Scotts Valley HS).
Gaby Gayles, jr., 3.91, 200/400 (Merritt Island, Fla./Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy).
Lena Giger, jr., 3.50, shot put (Highland, Ill./Highland HS).
Taylore Jaques, jr., 3.61, pole vault (San Jose, Calif./Presentation HS).
Danielle Katz, sr., 3.71, Distance (Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos HS).
Marisa Kwiatkowski, jr., 3.76, Triple jump/long jump (Sunnyvale, Calif./Wilcox HS).
Hannah Labrie-Smith, so., 3.50, 200/400/60H (Encinitas, Calif./Cathedral Catholic HS).
Anna Laman, jr., 3.02, middle distance (Sydney, Australia/MLC School).
Julia Maxwell, jr., 3.38, Distance (Ross, Calif./Branson School).
Missy Mongiovi, so., 3.67, 200/400 (Santee, Calif./West Hills HS).
Catherine Pagano, so., 3.67, middle distance (Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands HS).
Rachel Reichenbach, jr., 3.55, high jump (Pleasanton, Calif./Foothill HS).
Nicole Summersett, so., 3.52, pole vault (Austin, Texas/Westlake HS)..
Malika Waschmann, sr., 3.61, high jump (Corvallis, Ore./Corvallis HS).

Men
Isaiah Brandt-Sims, jr., 3.06, sprints (Wenatchee, Wash./Wenatchee HS).
Scott Buttinger, sr., 3.47, middle distance (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada/Resurrection Catholic Secondary School).
Tai Dinger, jr., 3.94, middle distance (Washington, D.C./St. Albans School).
Colin Dolese, jr., 3.58, 200/400 (Missoula, Mont./Hellgate HS).
Patrick Gibson, sr., 3.40, Distance (Bellingham, Wash./Squalicum HS).
Blair Hurlock, jr., 3.01, Distance (Tracy, Calif./De La Salle HS.
Jack Keelan, sr., 3.58, distance (La Grange Park, Ill./St. Ignati us Prep).
Tristen Newman, jr., 3.52, throws (The Woodlands, Texas/College Park HS).
Jackson Shumway, 5th, 3.52, 400 (Winnetka, Ill./Deerfield Academy).
Brian Smith, so., 3.61, 800 (Amstelveen, Netherlands/International School of Amsterdam).
Jaak Uudmae, sr., 3.30, triple jump/long jump (Tallinn, Estonia/Tallinn Secondary Science School).
Isaac Westlund, so., 3.41, 200/400 (Snohomish, Wash./Archbishop Murphy HS).
Harrison Williams, jr., 3.55, multi events (Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University School).