June 28, 2013

2013 WWPA All-Academic

LOS ANGELES - The tradition of high standards both in the pool and in the classroom continues for the LMU women's water polo program as the team had nine members earn All-Academic honors as announced by the Western Water Polo Association on Friday. It is the second straight year the Lions have had at least nine earn the honor by the conference.

Earning 2013 WWPA All-Academic Team honors for their performance this past season included:
Mackenzie Beck - LMU (So.; Management/HR)
Morgan Bonk - LMU (Sr.; Communication Studies)
Erin Byrne - LMU (Fr.; Psychology)
Kiara Cerda - LMU (Jr.; Biology)
Alexandra Honny - LMU (Jr.; Psychology)
Danielle Johnson - LMU (Fr.; Marketing)
Megan Linder - LMU (Fr.; Theatre Arts)
Laura Lopez - LMU (So.; Management/HR)
Jessica Morelos - LMU (Sr.; Liberal Studies)

The women's water polo team led LMU in team GPA a year ago and once again post a team GPA over 3.1. The honors continues the trend of high marks by LMU as a whole, including the latest APR numbers released earlier this month.

Women's water polo was one of four programs to post a perfect 1,000 APR and is just one of seven programs in the nation to have a multi-year score of a 1,000. For more, click here.