Irvine, CA—The Big West Conference announced today that 18 of the Highlanders' fall sports student-athletes were honored with inclusion on the 2015 Big West Conference Fall All-Academic Team.
To be eligible for the All-Academic team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average, complete one full academic year at the member institution prior to the season for which the award is being received (at least a sophomore academically), and compete in at least 50 percent of their team's contests.
UC Riverside Big West Fall 2015 All-Academic Members |
| Men's Cross Country |
| Solomon Demeku-Ousman | So. | Pre-Business | Brentwood, CA |
| Cody Jordan | Sr. | Business Management | Apple Valley, CA |
| Carlos Lopez | Sr. | Sociology Human Resources | Santa Clarita, CA |
| Women's Cross Country |
| Weslie Totten | Jr. | Linguistics | Santa Clarita, CA |
| Women's Volleyball |
| Cristina Maietta | Jr. | Media & Cultural Studies | Los Alamitos CA |
| Women's Soccer |
| Amanda Apelian | Jr. | English | Westlake Village, CA |
| Sammy Arellano | Jr. | Psychology | San Ysidro, CA |
| Blanca Barrio | Sr. | Psychology | San Bernardino, CA |
| Alexa Bustamante | Sr. | Psychology | Moreno Valley, CA |
| Alina Cheatham | Sr. | Psychology | Garden Grove, CA |
| Tayler Dragoo | Sr. | Media & Cultural Studies | La Habra, CA |
| Tatum Lockett | Jr. | Business Management | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Amber Marani | Sr. | Women's Studies | Walnut, CA |
| Elizabeth Silas | Sr. | Sociology | Upland, CA |
| Briana Thomasson | Sr. | Sociology | Palo Alto, CA |
| Men's Soccer |
| Zach Dunn | So. | Bioengineering | South Pasadena, CA |
| Ashkan Khosravi | Sr. | Biology | Sallas, TX |
| Tyler Miguel | Jr. | Biology | Fair Oaks, CA |