PORTLAND, Ore. - The MSU Billings women's basketball team was one of two schools in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference placing seven student-athletes on the academic all-conference team announced Tuesday.
Sophomore
Kasie Christensen headed up the selections for MSUB with a cumulative 3.89 grade point average. Junior
Alisha Breen (3.71 GPA) was honored for the second straight season. Forward, and graduate student,
Janiel Olson (3.72 GPA) was one of 18 student-athletes named to the team for a third year.
Monica Grimsrud also earned a nod as a graduate student with a 3.70 grade point average.
Sophomores
Lexi Prevost (3.27 GPA),
Vanessa Stavish (3.50 GPA), and
Marissa Van Atta (3.39 GPA) join Christensen as first-time honorees.
"I am very proud of all of our players for their outstanding academic work," MSUB head coach
Kevin Woodin said. "It is a great honor for them to be named academic all-conference. Each of them should be very proud of their individual excellence in the classroom."
A total of 47 selections were made to the GNAC Women's Basketball All-Academic Team.
To qualify for the GNAC All-Academic team, a student-athlete must be in their second year of eligibility with a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or better. Freshmen and first-year transfer students are not eligible.
MSU Billings (18-8, 14-4 GNAC) plays its
last two regular season games on the road this week. Thursday, Feb. 25, MSUB will play at Northwest Nazarene, followed by a game on Saturday, Feb. 27, at Central Washington.
The Yellowjackets are currently in third place in the conference standings and have secured a berth in the
GNAC tournament which takes place
Mar. 3-5 in Lacey, Wash.
