PORTLAND, Ore. – The Great Northwest Athletic Conference honored the top student-athletes in both academic and athletic achievement on Tuesday with 388 student-athletes receiving the Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) Scholar-Athlete Award, presented by Barnes & Noble College.
The GNAC FAR Scholar-Athlete Award recognizes all student-athletes listed on any squad at a GNAC institution, regardless of whether the sport is a GNAC championship sport, who have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.85 or greater.
The 2025-26 academic year marks the sixth consecutive year that more than 300 student-athletes were honored.
The FAR is a member of the faculty at an NCAA member institution who has been designated to serve as a liaison between the institution's faculty and the athletic department. The FAR serves as a representative of the institution in conference and NCAA affairs. The role of the FAR is to "ensure that the academic institution establishes and maintains the appropriate balance between academics and athletics."
The Wildcats were well represented with 50 student athletes garnering the award.
See the full GNAC release
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CENTRAL WASHINGTON MALE HONOREES
Name/Sport/Major/Year/GPA/Hometown
Ethan Swenson/Baseball/Mechanical Engineering Technology/SO/3.97/Arlington, WA
Xavier Espindola/Baseball/Physical Education & School Health/FR/3.93/Puyallup, WA
Logan Blank/Baseball/Economics/SR/3.88/Bellevue, WA
Rocco Wright/Baseball/Physical Education & School Health/SO/3.87/Ridgefield, WA
Charlie Bennett/Football/Sport Management/FR/4.0/Ellensburg, WA
Skyler Cassel/Football/Construction Management/SO/4.0/Yakima, WA
Connor Goff/Football/Business Administration/JR/3.95/Bonney Lake, WA
Brian Kuhn/Football/Business Administration/FR/3.95/Pasco, WA
Braxton Feldmann/Football/History & Social Studies Teaching/FR/3.93/Pasco, WA
Brett McCalla/Football/Business Administration/JR/3.92/Manhattan Beach, CA
David Weber/Football/Physical Education & School Health/JR/3.91/Sevelen, Switzerland
Cooper Macpherson/Football/Construction Management/SO/3.89/Pasco, WA
Garrett Marrs/Men's Basketball/Economics/FR/4.0/Ellensburg, WA
Ethan Moore/Cross Country & Track & Field/Sport Management/SO/4.0/East Wenatchee, WA
Charles Naught/Cross Country & Track & Field/Environmental Science/SO/3.97/Yakima, WA
Matthew Bender/Track & Field/Clinical Physiology/SO/3.97/East Wenatchee, WA
CENTRAL WASHINGTON FEMALE HONOREES
Name/Sport/Major/Year/GPA/Hometown
Ellie Caldier/Cheer/Law & Justice/SO/4.0/Gig Harbor, WA
Makensee Taliaferro Bouge/Cheer/Elementary Education/SR/3.98/Chehalis, WA
Cameron Sander/Cheer/Elementary Education/SR/3.98/Puyallup, WA
Jolie Dunn/Cheer/Elementary Education/SR/3.97/Raymond, WA
Carmen Anderson/Women's Soccer/Business Administration/SO/4.0/Missoula, MT
Haley Engstrom/Women's Soccer/Clinical Physiology/FR/4.0/Sammamish, WA
Olivia Fast/Women's Soccer/English & Language Arts Teaching/FR/4.0/Lake Stevens, WA
Taylor Mills/Women's Soccer/Clinical Physiology/FR/4.0/Pasco, WA
Jaylee Reynolds/Women's Soccer/Sport Management/FR/4.0/Bonney Lake, WA
Sadie Schaefer/Women's Soccer/Actuarial Science/FR/4.0/Duvall, WA
Ava Shiflett/Women's Soccer/Biology/SO/3.99/Quilcene, WA
Peyton Wilson/Women's Soccer/Elementary Education/SO/3.99/Sammamish, WA
Kelsey Fulton/Women's Soccer/Business Administration/JR/3.98/Richland, WA
Mychael Carbon/Women's Soccer/Psychology/SO/3.94/Corona, CA
Marisa Badillo/Women's Soccer/Clinical Physiology/FR/3.92/Yakima, WA
Baylee Bushnell/Women's Soccer/Accounting/FR/3.91/Ridgefield, WA
Annelise Bauman/Women's Soccer/STEM Teaching/SR/3.9/East Wenatchee, WA
Sydney Madison/Women's Soccer/Biology/SO/3.88/Santa Maria, CA
Bella Green/Women's Soccer/Clinical Physiology/R-JR/3.88/Turlock, CA
Lainee Derry/Women's Soccer/Clinical Physiology/JR/3.87/Sherwood, OR
Kasi Thomas/Softball/Business Administration/SO/4.0/Lynden, WA
Jadyn Holdren/Softball/Clinical Physiology/FR/3.97/Kennewick, WA
Alex Flohr/Softball/Business Administration/SO/3.94/Snohomish, WA
McKayla Cable/Softball/Psychology/SO/3.89/Albuquerque, NM
Reese Anderson/Softball/Elementary Education/FR/3.85/Poulsbo, WA
Ellie Marble/Volleyball/Physical Education & School Health/JR/4.0/La Conner, WA
Kailey Willsey/Volleyball/Accounting/FR/4.0/Yakima, WA
Mya VanderYacht/Volleyball/Law & Justice/R-FR/3.99/Lynden, WA
Hayli Tri/Volleyball/Clinical Physiology/R-SO/3.97/Lake Stevens, WA
Addison Mills/Volleyball/Law & Justice/JR/3.89/Ephrata, WA
Kennedy Webb/Volleyball/Accounting/R-SO/3.87/Yakima, WA
Kayleigh-Shay Chang/Volleyball/Sport Management/SO/3.85/Kirkland, WA
Scottie Ellsworth/Volleyball/Elementary Education/SR/3.99/Kent, WA
Nicole Wertenberger/Women's Basketball/Elementary Education/SO/4.0/West Richland, WA
