Fourteen soccer players earn Pac-12 All-Academic Honors


Fourteen members of the Arizona State women's soccer program earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors, according to an announcement by the conference office.

Included among the 14 players, which tied for the most of any school in the conference (Oregon State also had 14 selections), were three first-team members - sophomores Kaitlyn Pavlovich and Jasmine Roth and redshirt sophomore Nicki Stone.

Junior goalkeeper Alyssa Gillmore was selected to the second team.

Stone (4.09 GPA/tourism development and management) is earning first-team recognition for the second year in a row.

Pavlovich (4.03 GPA/elementary education) and Roth (3.96 GPA/Biochemistry) are earning first-team recognition in their first year of eligibility.

ASU's three first-team honorees were the most of any school in the conference. Stone had the highest GPA or any player at 4.09 while Pavlovich had the second highest at 4.03. Also, Roth's GPA of 3.96 tied for the third-highest GPA.

ASU's 13 first-team honorees over the last three years are the most of any school in the Pac-12 during that span.

Gillmore (3.69 GPA/parks and recreation management) was selected to the second team for the second year in a row.

The Sun Devils also had 10 student-athletes named to the honorable mention list: seniors Sierra Cook (second consecutive year), Kate Sangster and Kari Shane (third consecutive season); juniors Alyssa Freeman, Sierra Joseph and Taylor McCarter, who were all named to the list for the second year in a row and redshirt sophomore Miah Mollay, was also named to the list for a second second consecutive year. Also making her second appearance on the list is redshirt junior Courtney Tinnin. Sophomores Blair Alderson and Holland Crook were selected to the list in their first year of eligibility.

To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or significant contributor to the team.