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.
 
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.
 
Utah had three Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honorees total from 2011-15 and now have five during the last two seasons.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.