Women's Basketball | 2/21/2017 1:26:00 PM
SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The USF women's basketball team was well represented on the annual West Coast Conference All-Academic team, which was released on Tuesday. Senior
Rachel Howard and redshirt junior
Kalyn Simon took home first team honors, while juniors
Michaela Rakova and
Anna Seilund earned honorable mention recognition.
This is Howard's third time on the all-academic team after earning first team honors last year and honorable mention recognition as a sophomore. The reigning WCC Player of the Week is carrying a 3.43 GPA as a first-year graduate student in USF's sports management program. She ranks third in the WCC at 17.1 points per game while boasting a 39.9 percent three-point percentage that ranks as the fourth-best in the conference.
Simon is also a grad student, holding a 3.90 GPA while earning her Master's in international studies. She ranks just ahead of Howard as one of the top three-point threats in the WCC this season at 41.1 percent from the perimeter while averaging a career-best 9.6 points per game. Simon earned all-academic honorable mention honors last season.
Rakova, a psychology major, boasts a 3.49 GPA while averaging 9.0 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. She leads the Dons with four double-doubles on the year and took home WCC Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career on Jan. 2. Rakova was an all-academic honorable mention honoree as a sophomore.
Seilund carries a 3.45 GPA majoring in organizational behavior and leadership. She earned her first WCC Player of the Week honor on Dec. 19 and has averaged a career-high 11.1 points per game, which is second on the team, while ranking among the top-10 in the conference averaging 3.9 assists per contest. Seilund earned all-academic honorable mention recognition in 2015-16.
2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Name |
Institution |
Class |
GPA |
Major |
| Stella Beck |
Saint Mary's |
Jr. |
3.57 |
Psychology: Neuroscience |
| Devon Brookshire |
Saint Mary's |
Gr. |
4.00 |
Kinesiology |
| Rachel Howard |
San Francisco |
Gr. |
3.43 |
Sports Management |
| Jackie Johnson |
Loyola Marymount |
R-Sr. |
3.23 |
Health and Human Sciences |
| Kiara Kudron |
Gonzaga |
R-Sr. |
3.95 |
Masters in Organizational Leadership |
| Lori Parkinson |
Santa Clara |
Gr. |
3.75 |
Communications |
| Makenzi Pulsipher |
BYU |
Sr. |
3.51 |
Recreation Management |
| Kalyn Simon |
San Francisco |
Gr. |
3.90 |
Masters in International Studies |
| Elle Tinkle |
Gonzaga |
R-Sr. |
3.50 |
Nursing |
| Kaylie Van Loo |
Portland |
Sr. |
3.71 |
Marketing |
2016-17 WCC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
Shelbi Aimonetti, Loyola Marymount; Marie Bertholdt, Santa Clara; Carolina Buhr, San Diego; Andraya Flor, Santa Clara; Megan House, Pepperdine; Tylah King, Pacific; Ameela Li, Pacific; Hannah Mattson, Portland; Kristine Nielson, BYU;
Michaela Rakova, San Francisco;
Anna Seilund, San Francisco; Keyari Sleezer, Pepperdine; Chandler Smith, Gonzaga; Emma Stach, Gonzaga; Carly Turner, Saint Mary's; Andee Velasco, Loyola Marymount; Cheyanne Wallace, Loyola Marymount; Emma Wolfram, Gonzaga
