SAN FRANCISCO - Utah Soccer placed a pair of student-athletes on the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team and 16 Utes were recognized by the conference due to their academic success this afternoon.
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Max Flom (3.99, Political Science) and
July Mathias (3.97 Health Promotion and Education) were honored by the conference for their outstanding work as both Utes earned First Team honors for a second time.
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Utah had three Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honorees total from 2011-15 and now have five during the last two seasons.
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Janie Kearl (3.82, Exercise and Sport Sciences) and
Natalie Vukic (3.82, Art) received academic honors for a third-straight year, capping their careers with nods to the second team. They were joined by
Hailey Skolmoski (3.90, Human Development and Family Studies), who was a First Team selection in 2016.
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Eleven more student-athletes received honorable mention status this year, giving Utah a total of 16 honorees, second all-time to the 17 selections in 2013. Since joining the Pac-12, Utah has 85 all-academic honorees.
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Eden Jacobsen and
Paola van der Veen were honored for the second year in a row while sophomores
Ella Ballstaedt,
Haylee Cacciacarne,
Holly Daugirda,
Ireland Dunn,
Aleea Gwerder,
Tavia Leachman,
Carly Nelson,
Natalee Wells and redshirt freshman
Kristin Fairbairn were all recognized.
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To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and appear in at least 50 percent of their team's games.
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