PORTLAND, Ore. – As announced earlier today by the Portland-based conference office, 16 Corban spring student-athletes in the sports of baseball, softball, golf, and track & field were honored as Academic All-Cascade Collegiate Conference for their performance on the field of play and in the classroom.
To earn recognition as a CCC scholar-athlete, a student must have a minimum cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.2 and sophomore standing.
The Warrior baseball team led the contingent of Corban student-athletes with six honorees, while track & field landed five, softball had four, and men's & women's golf had one student-athlete on the list.
Of the 166 student-athlete across the conference, Corban placed the following students on the list...
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Jason Braun (Dallas, Ore.) – Baseball – Business Management
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Kevin Cook (Ashland, Ore.) – Men's Track & Field – Business Administration
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Kacie Emerick (Bellingham, Wash.) – Softball – Business
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Nathan Furumasu (Gladstone, Ore.) – Men's Golf – English
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Megan Gaylord (Portland, Ore.) – Softball – Accounting/Business
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Ali Ghavami (Keizer, Ore.) – Women's Track & Field – Pre-Med
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Karissa Griggs (Athena, Ore.) – Women's Track & Field – Elementary Education
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Jason Hardrath (Baker, Ore.) – Men's Track & Field – Education
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Jessie Jones (Gladstone, Ore.) – Softball – History
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Kyle Lamson (Medford, Ore.) – Baseball – Health Sciences/Spanish
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Carli Moller (Vancouver, Wash.) – Women's Track & Field – Education
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Mitch Riddle (Pullman, Wash.) – Baseball – Exercise Science
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Rachel Steigleman (Eugene, Ore.) – Softball – Education
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Derek Stokes (Anchorage, Alaska) – Baseball – Human Performance
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Kyle Taylor (Clackamas, Ore.) – Baseball – Undeclared
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Chris Trammell (Salem, Ore.) – Baseball – Secondary Education
Warrior student-athletes made up almost 10% of the honorees with The College of Idaho leading the way with 41 players on the list.
Throughout the 2008-09 academic year, Corban landed 47 student-athletes on the Academic All-CCC Teams.