Highlanders Place 30 on Big West Fall All-Academic Team

Highlanders Place 30 on Big West Fall All-Academic Team

1/22/2026 12:03:00 PM | General, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball, Cross Country

UC Riverside shines with annual academic recognition

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside Athletics placed 30 student-athletes across five sports on this year's Big West Fall All-Academic Team.

UCR boasted three honorees from men's cross country, six from women's cross country, nine from men's soccer, six from women's soccer, and six from women's volleyball.

In order to qualify for the Academic All-Conference honor, a student-athlete must carry a minimum 3.00 cumulative institutional grade point average (GPA), must have completed one full academic year at the member institution prior to the season for which the award is being received, and must have competed in at least 50 percent of the institution's contests in the student-athlete's respective sport, with the exception of cross country student-athletes. In the sport of cross country, a student-athlete must have competed in either 50 percent of the institution's events or participated in the Conference Championship.

UC RIVERSIDE 2025 BIG WEST FALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

Name	Sport	Year	Major	GPA
Jarron Chua	Men's Cross Country	So.	Business Economics	3.93
Baptiste Garderes	Men's Cross Country	Jr.	Mechanical Engineering	3.48
Kai Marotta	Men's Cross Country	So.	Pre-Business	3.89
Alexis Corvese	Women's Cross Country	Jr.	Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology	3.36
Sophie Moser-Smith	Women's Cross Country	So.	Environmental Engineering	3.48
Isatu N'Diaye	Women's Cross Country	Jr.	Public Policy	3.03
Ingrid Tamayo	Women's Cross Country	So.	Sociology	3.27
Victoria Valenzuela	Women's Cross Country	Sr.	Public Policy	3.58
Joy Weber	Women's Cross Country	Jr.	Media and Cultural Studies	3.61
Jackson D'Alessandro	Men's Soccer	Jr.	Business Administration	3.59
Brady Elliott	Men's Soccer	So.	Pre-Business	3.89
Ethan Gonzalez	Men's Soccer	So.	Psychology	3.70
Tarek Hamideh	Men's Soccer	So.	Business Economics	3.09
Andrew Hermosillo	Men's Soccer	Sr.	Education, Society, and Human Development	3.31
Kevin Meza	Men's Soccer	So.	Sociology	3.29
Jason Moreno	Men's Soccer	So.	Business Administration	3.51
Wyatt Ponting	Men's Soccer	So.	Business Economics	3.28
Ermias Yohannes	Men's Soccer	So.	Pre-Business	3.35
Paige Gartner	Women's Soccer	So.	Psychology	3.67
Sanaa Guyness	Women's Soccer	Jr.	Sociology	3.17
Selena Hernandez	Women's Soccer	So.	Liberal Studies	3.49
Sarah Mahfoud	Women's Soccer	Jr.	Psychology	3.21
Juliet Savage	Women's Soccer	Jr.	Neuroscience	3.31
Nikki Velasco	Women's Soccer	So.	Undeclared - CHASS	3.17
Andrea Brewer	Women's Volleyball	So.	Business Administration	3.02
Sophia Ewalefo	Women's Volleyball	Jr.	Sociology/Administrative Studies	3.90
Layla Hooks	Women's Volleyball	So.	Political Science	3.52
Izzy Jeffery	Women's Volleyball	So.	Psychology	3.21
Misu Nguyen	Women's Volleyball	So.	Biochemistry	3.52
Makena Tong	Women's Volleyball	Sr.	Political Science	3.32