Utah Athletics | 2023-24 Accomplishments
ATHLETICS ACHIEVEMENTS
8 Teams in NCAA Championships/Bowl Game
- Cross-Country, 13th place at NCAA Championship; second-best all-time
- Football, Las Vegas Bowl
- Skiing, NCAA Championship Meet (2nd place)
- Claimed two individual NCAA titles
- Men’s Giant Slalom (Mikkel Solbakken)
- Women’s 7.5K Freestyle (Sydney Palmer-Leger)
- Claimed two individual NCAA titles
- Women’s Basketball, NCAA Tournament (Round of 32)
- Gymnastics, NCAA Championships, 3rd place (Regional champs)
- Men’s Golf, NCAA Championships
- Lacrosse, NCAA Tournament
- Softball, NCAA Tournament
*Individuals in men’s swimming and diving, women’s swimming and diving and women’s outdoor track & field qualified for NCAA Championships
- Gymnastics (Pac-12 Championship meet)
- Lacrosse (ASUN regular season and tournament)
- Utah recorded its sixth consecutive year at 93-percent or higher in the NCAA Graduation Success Rate report for 2023, scoring 94-percent. This record stretch includes the school-record 95-percent figure in 2018, followed by 94-percent rates in 2019, ’20 and ‘23, and a 93-percent figure in ‘21 and ‘22.
- 118 Utah student-athletes graduated in either Fall 2023, or Spring or Summer 2024.
- Utah saw three teams earn perfect 1000 scores in multi-year Academic Progress Rate and 10 teams earned perfect single-year scores.
- 3.320 GPA for 2023-24 ranks fourth in department history
- 3.291 GPA for Spring 2024 ranks in the top 10 all-time
- 36 straight semesters (18 years) with a departmental semester GPA of 3.00 or higher (current streak started in fall 2006) through Spring 2024
- 58 consecutive semesters that the gymnastics program has earned a team semester GPA of 3.000 or higher
- 3 teams have earned a team semester GPA of 3.00 or higher for 33 straight semesters (men’s skiing, women’s cross country, volleyball)
- SPRING 2024
- 76 student-athletes earned a perfect 4.00 GPA
- 169 were named to the Dean's List with a 3.50 or better
- 359 made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, 3.00 or better (74.8%)
- FALL 2023
- 55 student-athletes earned a perfect 4.00 GPA
- Department-record 235 were named to the Dean's List with a 3.50 or better (45.2%)
- 381 made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, 3.00 or better (73.3%)
National Champions – Individual:
- Mikkel Solbakken, Skiing (men’s giant slalom)
- Sydney Palmer-Leger, Skiing (women’s 7.5K freestyle)
- Mikkel Solbakken, Men’s Alpine Skiing (USCSCA National Men’s Alpine Skier of the Year)
- Jonah Elliss, Football (Ted Hendricks Award)
- Jonah Elliss, Football (Lombardi Award)
- Jonah Elliss, Football (Polynesian CFB Player of the Year)
- Jonah Elliss, Football (Lott IMPACT Award)
- Sione Vaki, Football (Paul Hornung Award)
- Sione Vaki, Football (Polynesian CFB Player of the Year)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (AAI Award; nation’s top senior gymnast)
- Branden Carlson, Men’s Basketball (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award)
- Alissa Pili, Women’s Basketball (Katrina McClain Award)
- Gymnastics (won Pac-12 championship meet; fourth in a row)
- Lacrosse (won ASUN regular season for third consecutive year and ASUN tournament championship for second consecutive year)
- Jonah Elliss (5), DE, Football (Consensus Second Team: Phil Steele, AFCA, AP, FWAA, Walter Camp, USA Today)
- Sione Vaki, Football (Sports Illustrated second-team)
- Cole Bishop, Football (Phil Steele honorable mention)
- Cole Bishop, Football (College Football Network second team)
- McKaylie Caesar, Cross Country (26th-place at NCAA Championships)
- Anna Peters, Cross Country (33rd-place at NCAA Championships)
- Mikkel Solbakken, Men’s Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom, first team / National Champ)
- Mikkel Solbakken, Men’s Alpine Skiing (Slalom, first team, 3rd place)
- Sindre Myklebust, Men’s Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom, first team, 2nd place)
- Madison Hoffman, Women’s Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom, first team, 2nd place tie)
- Madison Hoffman, Women’s Alpine Skiing (Slalom, first team, 2nd place)
- Kaja Norbye, Women’s Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom, second team, 6th place)
- Sydney Palmer-Leger, Women’s Nordic Skiing (7.5K Freestyle, first team / National Champ)
- Sydney Palmer-Leger, Women’s Nordic Skiing (20K Classic, first team, 3rd place)
- Joe Davies, Men’s Nordic Skiing (7.5K Freestyle, first team, 2nd place)
- Tom Mancini, Men’s Nordic Skiing (7.5K Freestyle, first team, 3rd place)
- Tom Mancini, Men’s Nordic Skiing (20K Classic, second team, 6th place)
- Joe Davies, Men’s Nordic Skiing (20K Classic, second team, 7th place)
- Brian Bushey, Men’s Nordic Skiing (20K Classic, second team, 8th place)
- Alissa Pili, Women’s Basketball (The Athletic second-team)
- Alissa Pili, Women’s Basketball (AP third-team)
- Alissa Pili, Women’s Basketball (USBWA third-team)
- Alissa Pili, Women’s Basketball (Sporting News third-team)
- Holly Waxman, Women’s Diving (1m, 12th place)
- Holly Waxman, Women’s Diving (3m, 12th place)
- Holly Waxman, Women’s Diving (Platform, 14th place)
- Emilia Nilsson Garip, Women’s Diving (1m, 9th place)
- Jaek Horner, Men’s Swimming (100 breast, 11th place)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (NCAA first team, beam)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (NCAA first team, floor)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (WCGA first-team regular season beam)
- Abby Paulson, Gymnastics (NCAA first-team, beam)
- Makenna Smith, Gymnastics (NCAA first-team, all-around)
- Makenna Smith, Gymnastics (NCAA first-team, vault)
- Makenna Smith, Gymnastics (NCAA second-team, bars)
- Jaylene Gilstrap, Gymnastics (NCAA first-team, floor)
- Ella Zirbes, Gymnastics (NCAA first-team, vault)
- Ella Zirbes, Gymnastics (NCAA second-team, floor)
- Grace McCallum, Gymnastics (WCGA first-team regular season, bars and floor)
- Josefine Eriksen, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA second-team)
- Josefine Eriksen, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA honorable mention, 4x400 relay)
- Erin Vringer, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA honorable mention, 1500m)
- Harley Daniel, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA honorable mention, 400mH)
- Harley Daniel, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA honorable mention, 4x400 relay)
- Emily Martin, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA honorable mention, 4x400 relay)
- Bailey Kealamakia, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA honorable mention, 4x400 relay)
- Ally Gomm, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA honorable mention, 4x400 relay - alternate)
- Chloe Shewell, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA honorable mention, 4x400 relay - alternate)
- Bryson Van Sickle, Baseball (ABCA third-team)
- Abby Dayton, OF, Softball (NFCA third team)
- Emilia Nilsson Garip, Women’s Diving (Pac-12 1-meter)
- Emilia Nilsson Garip, Women’s Diving (Pac-12 3-meter)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (Pac-12 Beam)
- Joe Davies, Men’s Skiing (RMISA 7.5K freestyle)
- Mikkel Solbakken, Men’s Skiing (RMISA Giant Slalom)
- Kaja Norbye, Women’s Skiing (RMISA Slalom)
- JJ Johnson, Alpine Skiing (RMISA Alpine Coach of the Year)
- Richard Marschner, Women’s Diving (Pac-12) *first for a Utah coach
- Emilia Nilsson Garip (Pac-12 Freshman Diver of the Year)
- Emilia Nilsson Garip (Pac-12 Championships Diver of the Meet)
- Kaja Norbye, Women’s Skiing (RMISA MVP - Slalom)
- Randon Hostert, Baseball (Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
- Abby Paulson, Gymnastics (Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
- Jordan Hyde, Lacrosse (ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
- Ryan Stines, Lacrosse (ASUN Player of the Year)
- Bryson Van Sickle, Baseball (Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year)
- Kaja Norbye, Women’s Skiing (CSC Academic All-America third team)
- Mikkel Solbakken, Men’s Skiing (CSC Academic All-America first team)
- Joe Davies, Men’s Skiing (CSC Academic All-America third team)
- Emilia Nilsson Garip, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 1st team)
- Kathryn Grant, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 1st team)
- Holly Waxman, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 1st team)
- Elias Petersen, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 1st team)
- Jaek Horner, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 1st team)
- Brandon Miller, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 2nd team)
- Dylan Becker, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 2nd team)
- Baylor Lewis, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 2nd team)
- Landn Nava, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 2nd team)
- Evan VanBrocklin, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 2nd team)
- Tomas Chocholaty, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 2nd team)
- Cameron Daniell, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 2nd team)
- Erin Palmer, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 2nd team)
- Norah Hay, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 2nd team)
- Summer Stanfield, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 2nd team)
- Sydney Kowalski, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America 2nd team)
- Tyler Bradbury, Lacrosse (CSC Academic All-America 1st team)
- Tyler Bradbury, Lacrosse (USILA Scholar All-America)
- MJ McMahon, Lacrosse (USILA Scholar All-America)
- Carson Moyer, Lacrosse (USILA Scholar All-America)
- Joey Boylston, Lacrosse (USILA Scholar All-America)
- Josh Rose, Lacrosse (USILA Scholar All-America)
- Jordan Hyde, Lacrosse (USILA Scholar All-America)
- Javier Barcos, Men’s Golf (Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar)
- Brandon Robison, Men’s Golf (Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar)
- Braxton Watts, Men’s Golf (Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar)
- Jaylene Gilstrap, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Maile O'Keefe, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Jaedyn Rucker, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Ella Zirbes, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Abby Paulson, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Amelie Morgan, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Grace McCallum, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Ashley Glynn, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Elizabeth Gantner, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Sarah Krump, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Alani Sabado, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Camie Winger, Gymnastics (WCGA Scholastic All-American)
- Stella Bennett, Softball (Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete)
- Haley Denning, Softball (Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete)
- Chloe Doyle, Softball (Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete)
- Julia Jimenez, Softball (Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete)
- Sarah Ladd, Softball (Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete)
- Kendall Lundberg, Softball (Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete)
- Leilani Melendez, Softball (Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete)
- Raci Miranda, Softball (Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete)
- Shonty Passi, Softball (Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete)
- Hailee White, Softball (Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete)
- Lacrosse (USILA Team Academic Award)
- Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America Team)
- Baseball (ABCA Academic Excellence Award)
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