Oct. 26, 2005

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Western Washington University senior Laura Trevellyan (Vashon/Vashon Island) was one of six Viking runners named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Cross Country Academic All-Star Team announced today.

Trevellyan, a two-time All-American, was honored for the third straight year. She is maintaining a 3.51 grade point average (4.0 scale) as an interdisciplinary concepts major at Western's Fairhaven College. Trevellyan placed fourth at the GNAC Championships last Saturday to earn all-league honors for the third consecutive season.

Also named to the squad were Erin Deasy (Jr., Gig Harbor/Tulsa), Keith Lemay (So., Lynden/Lynden Christian), Keever Henry (So., Kelso). Katrina Schwerdtfeger (Sr., Mountlake Terrace/Everett CC) and Katie Wittrock (So, Tacoma/Bellarmine Prep).

Schwerdtfeger is a physical education major with a 3.61 GPA. Wittrock has a 3.51 GPA in psychology and Deasy has a 3.39 GPA in health education.

Lemay is maintaining a 3.66 GPA in physical education, and Henry is an accounting major with a 3.24 GPA.

The Vikings next compete Nov. 5 at the NCAA II West Regional in Chino, Calif.

To be eligible for the academic team, student-athletes must have a minimum GPA of 3.20 and be in at least their second year of competition at their university.

GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (Oct. 26, 2005)

Fifty-Nine Named To GNAC Cross Country Academic Team

SPOKANE - A total of 59 student-athletes - 22 men and 37 women - have been named to the 2005 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Academic cross country all-conference team.

Heading up the women's academic squad are Marcie Mullen of Central Washington and Katelynn Blume of Saint Martin's, both with perfect 4.00 GPAs. Mullen is undecided on her major, while Blume is majoring in chemistry. Among the men the top academic all-star is Tim Keller of Northwest Nazarene. Keller, a math major, has a 3.99 GPA.

Seattle Pacific placed the most athletes on the academic team, each earning nine spots. Saint Martin's earned eight spots and Northwest Nazarene seven, while Central Washington, Seattle University, Western Oregon and Western Washington each have six academic all-stars.

A total of 29 athletes - 15 men and 14 women - were repeaters from last year. Eight athletes were selected to the team for the third time, including Erik Wickstrom, Jonas Tetlie and Johanna Turunen of Alaska Fairbanks, Christy Wynkoop of Northwest Nazarene, Nicole Beatty of Saint Martin's, Meghan Salveson of Seattle University, Becky Knox of Seattle Pacific and Laura Trevellyan of Western Washington.

To be eligible for the academic team, student-athletes must have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 and be in at least their second year of competition at their university.

2005 GNAC Cross Country Academic All-Conference Team

Men
Leif Olson, Alaska Anchorage (English & Philosophy, Sr., 3.29, Mead, WA)
**Erik Wickstrom, Alaska Fairbanks (Biology, Sr., 3.95, Boras, Sweden)
**Jonas Tetlie, Alaska Fairbanks (Business, Sr., 3.94, Kabekvaag, Norway)
*Daniel Slakey, Alaska Fairbanks (Natural Resource Management, Sr., 3.72, Elk Grove, CA)
Gabe Andrews, Central Washington (Communications, Sr., 3.25, Redmond, WA)
*Tim Keller, Northwest Nazarene (Math, Sr., 3.99, McMinnville, OR)
*Kevin Lambert, Northwest Nazarene (Religion & Children's Ministries, Jr., 3.80, Nampa, ID)
*Andrew Peters, Northwest Nazarene (Missions, Sr., 3.50, Homer, AK)
Caleb Timmer, Saint Martin's (Civil Engineering, Jr., 3.84, Tacoma, WA)
*Robbie Wilbur, Saint Martin's (Math, Jr., 3.66, Spanaway, WA)
*Seth Woods, Saint Martin's (Biology, Jr., 3.28, Lacey, WA)
*Andrew Lybarger, Seattle (Mechanical Engineering, Jr., 3.95, Spokane, WA)
Robert Renninger, Seattle (Accounting, Jr., 3.76, Bellevue, WA)
*Michael Gavareski, Seattle Pacific (Nursing, Jr., 3.63, Bellingham, WA)
*Eddie Strickler, Seattle Pacific (Computer Science, Jr., 3.62, Richland, WA)
*James Rosser, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Jr., 3.26, Seattle, WA)
Troy Banker, Western Oregon (Business, So., 3.54, Beaverton, OR)
*Nick Crawford, Western Oregon (Business, Jr., 3.34, Beaverton, OR)
*Cary Costa, Western Oregon (Biology, Sr., 3.34, Oregon City, OR)
*Felipe Jasso, Western Oregon (Pre-Profession, Jr., 3.24, Gresham, OR)
Keith Lemay, Western Washington (Physical Education, So., 3.66, Lynden, WA)
Keever Henry, Western Washington (Accounting, So., 3.24, Kelso, WA)

Women
*Mandy Kaempf, Alaska Anchorage (Sociology, Sr., 3.85, Steinbach-Hallenberg, Germany)
Kaley Strachan, Alaska Anchorage (Undeclared, So., 3.59, Port Alberni, BC)
**Johanna Turunen, Alaska Fairbanks (Business Marketing, Sr., 3.69, Joensuu, Finland)
Krynn Finstad, Alaska Fairbanks (Psychology & Criminal Justice, So., 3.50, Fairbanks, AK)
Marcie Mullen, Central Washington (Undeclared, So., 4.00, Lyman, WA)
*Amber Green, Central Washington (Exercise Science, Jr., 3.93, Selah, WA)
*Brandy Anderson, Central Washington (Elementary Education, Sr., 3.66, Juneau, AK)
*Rachel Bailey, Central Washington (Political Science, Jr., 3.51, Woodinville, WA)
Andrea Ring, Central Washington (PE, Sr., 3.50, Tacoma, WA)
Heather Moulton, Humboldt State (Kinesiology, So., 3.82, Arcadia, CA)
Jessica Rendon, Humboldt State (Environmental Science, Jr., 3.76, Roseville, CA)
Andrea Lovio, Humboldt State (English, So., 3.69, Arcata, CA)
*Jami Epley, Northwest Nazarene (Biology & Recreation, Sr., 3.97, Homer, AK)
**Christy Wynkoop, Northwest Nazarene (Art., Sr., 3.62, Gresham, OR)
Jennifer Perry, Northwest Nazarene (Psychology, Jr., 3.59, Montague, CA)
Melanie Nisly, Northwest Nazarene (Recreation & Sports Management, Sr., 3.58, Corvallis, MT)
*Katelynn Blume, Saint Martin's (Chemistry, Jr., 4.00, Lacey, WA)
Kaleigh Bishop, Saint Martin's (Elementary Education, So., 3.86, Stanwood, WA)
Janelle Probst, Saint Martin's (Biology, So., 3.84, Spokane, WA)
**Nicole Beatty, Saint Martin's (Elementary Education, Sr., 3.65, Port Angeles, WA)
Chelsi Claussen, Saint Martin's (Biology, Jr., 3.64, Shelton, WA)
**Meghan Salveson, Seattle (International Studies, Sr., 3.86, Juneau, AK)
*Phoebe Rohrbacher, Seattle (Arts & Sciences, Jr., 3.60, Juneau, AK)
*Alana Garcia, Seattle (Fine Arts, Jr., 3.57, Modesto, CA)
Charisse Arce, Seattle (Marketing, So., 3.39, Seattle, WA)
Megan Wrightmann, Seattle Pacific (Biology, So., 3.93, Bend, OR)
Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific (Nursing, So., 3.74, Bellingham, WA)
Kaitlin Rohde, Seattle Pacific (Biology, So., 3.71, Bellingham, WA)
**Becky Knox, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Sr., 3.70, Denver, CO)
*Brandi McCoy, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Sr., 3.61, Richland, WA)
Tracy Kuhn, Seattle Pacific (Exercise Science, So., 3.61, Port Angeles, WA)
Danielle Smith, Western Oregon (Psychology, Jr., 3.63, Molalla, OR)
Rachael Barreau, Western Oregon (Pre-Education, Sr., 3.30, Scappoose, OR)
Katrina Schwerdtfeger, Western Washington (Physical Education, Sr., 3.61, Mountlake Terrace, WA)
**Laura Trevellyan, Western Washington (Interdisciplinary Concepts, Sr., 3.51, Vashon, WA)
Katie Wittrock, Western Washington (Psychology, So., 3.51, Tacoma, WA)
Erin Deasy, Western Washington (Health Education, Jr., 3.39, Gig Harbor, WA)
*Repeater **Two-time repeater  (Wynkoop from 2002-03)