PORTLAND, Ore. --- Portland senior defender Ellie Boon was named to the 2016 West Coast Conference Women's Soccer All-Academic Team as six Pilots total earned recognition. This is Boon's first time on the league's all-academic team after landing honorable mention accolades the past two seasons.
 
An outside back from Washougal, Wash., Boon just concluded a stellar career on The Bluff by landing on the All-WCC Second Team. She led the Pilots in minutes played this fall, and she collected two assists and scored one goal, which was the game-winner at San Francisco. Boon has a cumulative GPA of 3.47, and she's on pace to graduate with a Biology degree.
 
Earning WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention for the Pilots are seniors Alyssa Edenstrom and Devlyn Jeter, junior Hannah Griffiths Boston, and sophomores Sarah Jones and Kaycie Young. Edenstrom earns her second straight honorable mention recognition, while it's the first league all-academic accolade for Jeter, Griffiths Boston, Jones and Young. Jones is one of two WCC women's soccer players with a cumulative GPA of 4.00.
 
At the conclusion of each athletic season, the WCC selects an all-academic squad for each WCC-sponsored sport. To be considered, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average while also being a significant contributor to her team.
 
2016 WEST COAST CONFERENCE WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Name – School – Class – GPA - Major
Ellie Boon – Portland - Sr. - 3.47 - Biology
Dizzy Phillips Bowen – BYU - Jr. - 3.88 - Management (Marketing)
Sarah Carter – Gonzaga - Sr. - 3.76 - Nursing
Eliza Hard - Pacific - Sr. - 3.90 - Speech–Language Pathology
Jessica Nakae - San Francisco - Sr. - 3.81 - Kinesiology
Kiana Quarrels - Saint Mary's - Sr. - 3.89 - Business Administration
Julia Sherwood - San Diego - Sr. - 3.97 - English and Philosophy
Michele Vasconcelos – BYU - Sr. - 3.54 - Exercise and Wellness
Julie Vass - Santa Clara - Sr. - 3.98 - Economics
Bri Visalia – Pepperdine - Jr. - 3.77 - Economics
Amanda Whittle - San Francisco - Sr. - 3.74 - Kinesiology
 
2016 WCC WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
Hailai Arghandiwal, Santa Clara; Taylor Ayers, Pacific; Karley Baggerly, Gonzaga; Julia Beck, Pacific; Kendall Bietsch, Pacific; Emily Carman, Loyola Marymount; Shelby Cormier, Loyola Marymount; Hannah Diaz, Saint Mary's; Samantha Dion, Saint Mary's; Anyssa Dominguez, Saint Mary's; Jacquelyn Dutton, Saint Mary's; Alyssa Edenstrom, Portland; Jasmine Edwards, Saint Mary's; Ebony Ezeji, Pacific; Jill Farley, Loyola Marymount; Sonja Giraud, San Francisco; Janae Gonzalez, Santa Clara; Hannah Griffiths Boston, Portland; Lily Higashino, Pacific; Jenna Holtz, Santa Clara; Paige Hunt Barker, BYU; Jessica Imbrie, Saint Mary's; Jazmin Jackmon, Santa Clara; Devlyn Jeter, Portland; Sarah Jones, Portland; Caitlyn Kretzscamar, San Diego; Valerie LaForge, Saint Mary's; Melissa Lowder, Santa Clara; Julia McDonald, Saint Mary's; Elena Medeiros, BYU; Kellie Peay, Santa Clara; Lena Perry, Pacific; Stephanie Ringwood Ney, BYU; Jenna Roering, Santa Clara; Ali Schaffer, San Francisco; Meghan Schoen, Pepperdine; Hannah Seabert, Pepperdine; Heather Seybert, Saint Mary's; Madie Siddoway, BYU; Kristin Standish, Gonzaga; Sarah Swanson, Gonzaga; Hannah Terry, Pacific; Emma Tyrnauer, Loyola Marymount; Jodi Ulkekul, Gonzaga; Kaycie Young, Portland