126 Banana Slugs make Coast-To-Coast All-Academic Team
7/20/2021 8:00:00 AM | General, Men's Basketball, Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Men's Track and Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball, Women's Soccer
Banana Slugs Athletics had one more big academic honor to close out the 2020-21 school year, as 126 UC Santa Cruz student-athletes over nine sports were named to the Coast-to-Coast Conference All Academic team.
Student-athletes in one or more C2C championship sports that attained a 3.20 grade point average GPA for the academic year earned a spot on the All-Academic list.Â
"We are incredibly proud of our student-athletes for their perseverance during particularly challenging times this past academic year, and their dedication to excellence in their field of study," said Director of Athletics Susan Harriman. "We also thank the team of coaches, athletics staff and UC Santa Cruz faculty whose individual and collective contributions to student success helped make these latest student athlete accolades possible. Our student-athletes have given Banana Slugs everywhere incredibly important reasons to be proud."
The 126 student-athletes comprises 70% of UCSC rosters for C2C teams, well above the 53.4% average among the ten member schools' athletic teams. The Banana Slugs' Women's tennis had 89% of their team members on the C2C team (8 of 9).
"We are thrilled with the performance of these student athletes which really reflects the entire cohort," said Faculty Athletic Representative J. Xavier Prochaska. "In fact the average GPA of the over 250 student athletes increased by nearly 1/10 point to 3.39, a tremendous achievement."
The C2C Academic list meant that 160 Banana Slugs made Academic All Conference this year.Â
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Student-athletes in one or more C2C championship sports that attained a 3.20 grade point average GPA for the academic year earned a spot on the All-Academic list.Â
"We are incredibly proud of our student-athletes for their perseverance during particularly challenging times this past academic year, and their dedication to excellence in their field of study," said Director of Athletics Susan Harriman. "We also thank the team of coaches, athletics staff and UC Santa Cruz faculty whose individual and collective contributions to student success helped make these latest student athlete accolades possible. Our student-athletes have given Banana Slugs everywhere incredibly important reasons to be proud."
The 126 student-athletes comprises 70% of UCSC rosters for C2C teams, well above the 53.4% average among the ten member schools' athletic teams. The Banana Slugs' Women's tennis had 89% of their team members on the C2C team (8 of 9).
"We are thrilled with the performance of these student athletes which really reflects the entire cohort," said Faculty Athletic Representative J. Xavier Prochaska. "In fact the average GPA of the over 250 student athletes increased by nearly 1/10 point to 3.39, a tremendous achievement."
The C2C Academic list meant that 160 Banana Slugs made Academic All Conference this year.Â
UC Santa Cruz Academic All Conference Athletes
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Players Mentioned
OPP
/ Women's Volleyball
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Guard
/ Women's Basketball
/ Women's Volleyball
Sprints
/ Men's Track and Field
S
/ Women's Volleyball
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Men's Soccer
Guard
/ Women's BasketballSprints
/ Men's Track and Field
Forward/Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
Sprints
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Men's Tennis
GK
/ Women's Soccer/ Men's Track and Field
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Men's Soccer
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Men's Soccer
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Forward/Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Forward/Center
/ Men's Basketball
F
/ Women's Soccer
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field/ Men's Track and Field
/ Women's Tennis
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Forward
/ Women's Soccer/ Men's Tennis
M
/ Women's Soccer
Forward
/ Women's Basketball
Distance
/ Men's Track and FieldDistance
/ Men's Track and Field
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
Midfielder
/ Women's SoccerSprints
/ Men's Track and Field
Middle Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Sprints
/ Men's Track and FieldHurdles
/ Men's Track and Field
Forward
/ Men's Basketball
Forward
/ Men's Basketball
/ Men's Tennis
Forward
/ Men's BasketballSprints
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Men's Soccer
Middle Blocker
/ Women's VolleyballDistance
/ Men's Track and Field
Guard/Forward
/ Women's Basketball
/ Men's Soccer
/ Women's Tennis
/ Men's Soccer
D
/ Women's Soccer
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Forward/Defender
/ Women's Soccer
/ Men's Tennis
/ Women's Cross Country
L/DS
/ Women's VolleyballDistance
/ Men's Track and Field
Guard
/ Men's Basketball
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Forward
/ Men's Basketball/ Women's Tennis
Sprints/Jumps
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Women's Volleyball
Multis
/ Men's Track and FieldGuard
/ Women's Basketball
/ Men's Soccer
Forward
/ Women's Basketball
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Forward
/ Men's BasketballMiddle Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
Wing/Forward
/ Men's Basketball
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Women's Tennis
Multis
/ Men's Track and Field/ Women's Volleyball
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
Pole Vault
/ Men's Track and Field
Guard
/ Women's Basketball
/ Women's Tennis
Middle Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Middle Distance
/ Men's Track and FieldSprints
/ Men's Track and Field
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Sprints
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Women's Tennis
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Tennis
Goalkeeper
/ Men's Soccer
Jumps
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Women's Cross Country
Sprints
/ Men's Track and FieldHurdles
/ Men's Track and Field
GK
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's VolleyballMiddle Hitter
/ Women's Volleyball
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Men's Tennis
Distance
/ Men's Track and FieldSprints
/ Men's Track and Field/ Women's Cross Country
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Center
/ Men's BasketballMiddle Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Women's Cross Country
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Guard
/ Women's Basketball
