The Falcons are as school-savvy as they are sports-smart.

Nineteen SPU student-athletes from the track and field team alone were named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) track and field academic all-star team this year.

The GNAC includes 10 schools from around the Northwest, with 111 students being named to the academic all-star team. SPU's track and field team accounts for over 17 percent of the best scholar-athletes in the area.

"It doesn't surprise me that we are an academic power," head coach Karl Lerum said. "We have a lot of serious students on the team, true student-athletes."

Jessica Pixler, sophomore, English, 3.90 GPA
Lisa Anderberg, sophomore, political science, 3.88 GPA
Jane Larson, sophomore, English, 3.80 GPA
Anna Walters, sophomore, psychology, 3.76 GPA
Justin Felt, sophomore, computer science, 3.72 GPA
Joshua Jorgensen, sophomore, music, 3.66 GPA
Tracie Lundsten, sophomore, food and nutrition sciences, 3.63 GPA
Kate Harline, sophomore, education, 3.49 GPA
Chad Meis, sophomore, electrical engineering, 3.42 GPA
Suzie Strickler, junior, exercise science, 3.99 GPA
Katie Hart, junior, interior design, 3.67 GPA
Kim Beaman, junior, biology, 3.60 GPA
Lauren VerMulm, junior, nursing, 3.59 GPA
Megan Wrightman, senior, biology, 3.88 GPA
Kaitlin Rohde, senior, psychology, 3.84 GPA
Karin Rohde, senior, nursing, 3.82 GPA
Teona Golding, senior, European studies, 3.75 GPA
Monica Anderson, senior, psychology, 3.53 GPA
James Rosser, senior, biology, 3.33 GPA