Nov. 8, 2007
FAIRBANKS, AK- A day after placing a conference-high seven volleyball players on the Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Academic team, the Alaska Nanooks cross country team had nine runners receive conference academic honors on Thursday. Four Alaska men were named to the GNAC All-Academic list, including senior Vahur Teppan, whose perfect 4.00 grade point average was tops on the men's side. Five Nanook women were honored as well.
"I think it's a great indication of what kind of athletes we have on our team: they are very bright and hard working," said head coach Scott Jerome. "Some of our best athletes are also the best students in the university. That really says a lot about how much our cross country athletes are able to accomplish and where their priorities lie."
In addition to Teppan, who was also the Nanooks' top finisher in two of his four races this season, Alaska placed chemistry major Chris Eversman (3.90 GPA), business administration major Marius Korthauer (3.88 GPA) and anthropology major John Parry (3.67 GPA) on this year's All-Academic squad. The honor marks the second straight year that Korthauer has been named to the list, while Teppan, Eversman and Parry are all first-time selections.
On the women's side, Krynn Finstad landed a spot on the All-Academic team for the third consecutive year, ringing up a 3.45 GPA in her Psychology and Criminal Justice double major. Elisabeth Habermann led the Blue and Gold women with a 3.86 GPA in chemistry, followed closely by Julia Coulter (3.65 GPA, biology major), Anna Coulter (3.45, business administration), and Tamra Kornfield (3.36, mechanical engineering).
For Habermann and the Coulter twins, this marks the second straight season they have been named to the GNAC All-Academic team, while Kornfield receives the honor for the first time.
The full list of the 2007 GNAC Cross Country Academic All-Conference Team is as follows:
Men
*Mick Boyle, Alaska Anchorage (Psychology, Jr., 3.58, Kenai, AK)
*Cornelius Sigei, Alaska Anchorage (Accounting, Jr., 3.53, Nairobi, Kenya)
David Kiplagat, Alaska Anchorage (Management, Jr., 3.23, Kapsabet, Kenya)
Vahur Teppan, Alaska Fairbanks (Undeclared, Sr., 4.00, Tartu, Estonia)
Chris Eversman, Alaska Fairbanks (Chemistry, Sr., 3.90, Salcha, AK)
**Marius Korthauer, Alaska Fairbanks (Business Administration, Sr., 3.88, Bonndorf, Germany)
John Parry, Alaska Fairbanks (Anthropology, So., 3.67, Whitehorse, Yukon)
Kevin Oberholser, Central Washington (Chemistry/Pre-Med, So., 3.79, Redmond, WA)
Eric Ardissono, Central Washington (Recreation & Tourism, So., 3.76, Shoreline, WA)
Scott Palmer, Central Washington (Chemistry/Pre-Med, So., 3.36, Edgewood, WA)
Trevor Kulvi, Central Washington (PE Teaching, Sr., 3.21, Bonney Lake, WA)
Jarred Rensvold, Montana State Billings (Biology, Sr., 3.96, Wolf Point, MT)
Seth Clark, Northwest Nazarene (Secondary Education, So., 3.78, Grangeville, ID)
Greg DeSimone, Northwest Nazarene (Biology, So., 3.42, Las Vegas, NV)
Hank Hetrick, Northwest Nazarene (Engineering Physics, So., 3.34, Caldwell, ID)
**Kevin Lambert, Northwest Nazarene (Christian Ministries, Sr., 3.83, Nampa, ID)
Josh Wageman, Northwest Nazarene (Pre-Physical Therapy, Jr., 3.94, Meridian, ID)
*Steven LaLonde, Saint Martin's (Business, Sr., 3.44, Centralia, WA)
Nicholas Alvarado, Seattle (Arts & Sciences Pre-Major, So., 3.32, San Francisco, CA)
Chad Meis, Seattle Pacific (Engineering Science, So., 3.23, Renton, WA)
Nik Karr, Western Oregon (Physical Education, Jr., 3.78, Tigard, OR)
Kyle Seick, Western Oregon (Nursing, So., 3.78, Monmouth, OR)
Beau Backman, Western Oregon (History, So., 3.23, Gig Harbor, WA)
**Keith Lemay, Western Washington (Physical Education, Sr., 3.70, Lynden, WA)
Women
Heather McIntyre, Alaska Anchorage (Elementary Education/Mathematics, So., 4.00, Kenai, AK)
**Kaley Strachan, Alaska Anchorage (Biological Sciences, Sr., 3.75, Port Alberni, BC)
*Laura Carr, Alaska Anchorage (Education/Languages, Jr., 3.64, South Bend, IN)
Anjuli Haydu, Alaska Anchorage (Hospitality & Restaurant Management, Sr., 3.49, Craig, AK)
Mary Krusen, Alaska Anchorage (Nursing, Sr., 3.47, Kenai, AK)
Autumn Streuli, Alaska Anchorage (Nursing, Sr., 3.36, Petersburg, AK)
**Elisabeth Habermann, Alaska Fairbanks (Chemistry, So., 3.86, Soldotna, AK)
*Julia Coulter Alaska Fairbanks (Biology, Jr., 3.65, Traverse City, MI)
*Anna Coulter, Alaska Fairbanks (Business Administration, Jr., 3.45, Traverse City, MI)
**Krynn Finstad, Alaska Fairbanks (Psychology & Criminal Justice, Sr., 3.45, Fairbanks, AK)
Tamra Kornfield, Alaska Fairbanks (Mechanical Engineering, Sr., 3.36, Anchorage, AK)
*Kirsten Clarke, Central Washington (Exercise Science, Jr., 4.00, Wenatchee, WA)
*Marcie Mullen, Central Washington (Biology, Jr., 3.94, Sedro-Woolley, WA)
Shannon Vreeland, Central Washington (Undeclared, So., 3.93, Olalla, WA)
Katie Hummel, Central Washington (Food Science & Nutrition, Sr., 3.83, Yakima, WA)
Stephanie Cooke, Central Washington (Music Education, So., 3.49, Ellensburg, WA)
Stephanie Druktenis, Central Washington (Law & Justice, Jr., 3.49, Bellevue, WA)
Mary Bakeman, Central Washington (Undeclared, So., 3.21, Freeland, WA)
Kym Island, MSU Billings (Human Services, Jr., 3.86, Columbia Falls, MT)
Colleen Dalimata, MSU Billings (Business Finance, Sr., 3.81, Columbia Falls, MT)
Cierra Dornfield, MSU Billings (Art Education, Jr., 3.61, Woodbury, MN)
Erin Gannon, MSU Billings (Elementary Education, Jr., 3.51, Yankton, SD)
Ashley Morman, Northwest Nazarene (Business Administration, So., 3.97, Bonners Ferry, ID)
*Ashley Puga, Northwest Nazarene (Accounting, Jr., 4.00, Meridian, ID)
Miriam Reardon, Northwest Nazarene (Social Work, So., 3.71, Grangeville, ID)
*Jennifer Young, Northwest Nazarene (Chemistry, Jr., 3.96, Florence, OR)
Krinda Carlson, Saint Martin's (English, So., 4.00, Pateros, WA)
**Kaleigh Bishop, Saint Martin's (Education, Sr., 3.99, Tacoma, WA)
*Jessie Dunnam, Saint Martin's (Elementary Education, Sr., 3.53, Kelso, WA)
*Katie Hansen, Seattle (Biology, Jr., 3.88, Portland, OR)
Jaime Clark, Seattle (Social Work, Jr., 3.81, St. Louis, MO)
Jennifer Innes, Seattle (Theology & Religious Studies, Jr., 3.77, San Bruno, CA)
*Rhiannon Cadelinia, Seattle (Liberal Studies, Jr., 3.70, San Francisco, CA)
Rachel Yorkston, Seattle (Nursing, So., 3.51, Bellingham, WA)
Greta Stickney, Seattle (Journalism, So., 3.43, Poulsbo, WA)
*Natalie Martinez, Seattle (Biology, Jr., 3.23, San Francisco, CA)
*Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific (Exercise Science, Sr., 3.98, Richland, WA)
Lisa Anderberg, Seattle Pacific (Political Science, So., 3.89, Edmonds, WA)
Jessica Pixler, Seattle Pacific (English, So., 3.89, Sammamish, WA)
**Megan Wrightman, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Sr., 3.88, Bend, OR)
**Kaitlin Rohde, Seattle Pacific (Psychology, Sr., 3.81, Bellingham, WA)
**Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific (Nursing, Sr., 3.81, Bellingham, WA)
Jane Larson, Seattle Pacific (English, So., 3.81, Fall City, WA)
*Kim Beaman, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Jr., 3.66, Emily, MN)
*Katie Hart, Seattle Pacific (Interior Design, Jr., 3.65, Pasadena, CA)
Kate Harline, Seattle Pacific (Education, So., 3.55, Orem, UT)
Jessica Harper, Western Oregon (Spanish, Jr., 3.75, Oregon City, OR)
Alee Rowley, Western Oregon (Mathematics, So., 3.69, Kenai, AK)
Danielle Slaughter, Western Washington (Pre-Medicine, So., 3.92, Spokane, WA)
Valerie Matthews, Western Washington (Pre-Physical Therapy, So., 3.49, Sammamish, WA)
*Amy Olson, Western Washington (Physical Education, Jr., 3.36, Stanwood, WA)
Keely Kaligis, Western Washington (Sociology, Sr., 3.23, Mukilteo, WA)
*Repeater (Mullen from 2005) **Two-time repeater (Lambert from 2004-05)
