ELLENSBURG, WA.—The Central Washington Wildcats Cross Country team landed nine men and nine women on the GNAC's All-Academic Selections for the Spring.

To qualify for the GNAC All-Academic Teams, presented by Barnes & Noble College, nominees must be of sophomore eligibility or greater, have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.20 or greater, be a letter winner on their team and must be in their second year at the nominating institution.

"Always happy to see that a healthy number of our athletes are earning this distinction. It is something we really encourage, working on that student-athlete component first. Especially in this phase, it is impressive that they have stayed committed to their school through the struggles of no competition and having less to look forward to in the fall and the winter. The ability for them to stay focused on academics and do their best is an effort we are really proud of. We are looking forward to maintaining grades and working towards meaningful degrees." Said CWU Head Coach Kevin Adkisson. 

There were seven Wildcats who posted GPA's higher than 3.75, Espen Diamond (3.87, Physical Activity & Recreation), Shun Yamaguchi (3.73, ITAM), Madison Child (3.88, Clinical Physiology), Caitlin Gohr (3.88, Accounting), Meredith Massey (3.78, Art), Molly Mattson (3.86, Clinical Physiology) and Lily Tyrrell (3.88, Physical Education & School Health).

The Wildcats had four student athletes who also received selections in 2019, giving them back-to-back selections. These 'Cats included Junior Madison Child, Junior Caitlin Gohr, Junior Kay Lester and Junior Molly Mattson.

The other selections from the Women's XC team include Hailey Corteville (3.37, Elementary Education), Kay Lester (3.65, Law & Justice), Zoie Mastin (3.65, Undeclared) and Katelynn Strate (3.45, Clinical Physiology).

The additional selections from the Men's XC team include Donovan Barnhart (3.30, STEM Teaching/Math), Shawn Clough (3.25, Undeclared), Ian Engdahl (3.23, Professional Pilot), Garrett Hough (3.54, Undeclared), Ethan Lapic (3.67, History/Social Studies) and Zach Sundt (3.49, Exercise Science).

The read the full GNAC release click HERE.