Northwest Conference Scholar-Athletes First Team


The Northwest Conference has named its first annual Scholar-Athletes First Team. This recognizes student-athletes that have excelled in the classroom, in athletic competition, and in the community. Each Northwest Conference faculty athletics representative named one male and one female winner from its school based on the institution’s own criteria. 

Profiles of the honorees can be found by clicking here.

The All-NWC Scholar-Athletes First Team includes:

George Fox:
Kristin Shielee – Women’s Basketball, 3.95 GPA – elementary education
Ryan Forbes – Men’s Track, 3.5 - business

Lewis & Clark:
Tamma Carleton – Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country, 3.948 GPA – economics
Tyson Papenfuss – Men’s Basketball, 3.75 GPA - economics

Linfield:
Brittany Miller – Softball, 3.57 GPA – psychology, sociology
Dominic Rieniets – Men’s Swimming, 3.801 GPA – studio art

Pacific:
Risa Allen – Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country, 3.700 GPA - mathematics
Avery Neal – Men’s Soccer and Track & Field, 3.951 GPA – exercise science

Pacific Lutheran:
Amy Spieker – Women’s Basketball, 3.92 GPA – political science, economics
Brian Erickson – Men’s Golf, 3.97 GPA – spanish, global studies

Puget Sound:
Fiona Gornick – Women’s Swimming, 3.91 GPA – exercise science
Garrett Gentling – Men’s Swimming, 3.83 GPA– international business

Whitman:
Katie Oost – Women’s Tennis, 3.762 GPA - psychology
Pete Stadmeyer – Baseball, 3.868 GPA - biology

Whitworth:
Penelope Crowe – Women’s Soccer, 3.897 GPA – biology
Justin Brandler – Men’s Swimming, 3.984 GPA – biology (pre-med)

Willamette:
Maddie Coffman – Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country, 3.80 GPA - biology
Grant Leslie – Football, 3.25 GPA – rhetoric and media studies, business management