SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Pepperdine cross country junior Lizzy Crawford was named to the West Coast Conference All-Academic Team, announced today. The Waves saw eight athletes honored in total, with seven receiving All-Academic Honorable Mention.
The men's team saw Elijah Gentry, Henry Hicks, Kaleb McElfish and Patrick Thomas earn honorable mention laurels. Ashley Eagan, Jessica Guardino, and Grace Simpson netted the same recognition for the women's team.
Crawford represents the Waves on the women's all-academic team, a prestigious group of 10 conference athletes. The junior from Thornton, Colo. was the top female finisher in each race this season for the Waves, while also maintaining a perfect 4.0 average in her pursuit of a political science degree. Her season was highlighted by a victory in the Waves Invite (Aug. 29) and setting the fourth-best 6K time in program history (21:04.5). It is the second time she has earned all-academic honors—also being named to the 2024 team.
Selections are chosen by the vote of coaching and athletic staff in the league. To be eligible, an athlete must race in half of the team's events and maintain a 3.2 or above cumulative grade point average. A student's most recently completed term at Pepperdine is what qualifies them for the honor. Therefore, the cumulative GPAs following the spring 2025 term are what were considered during voting. Because of this, true freshman, first-year graduate students and first-year transfers are ineligible for nominations.
The award-winners and the rest of their team will return to represent the Waves during the 2026 track season. A schedule will be announced at a later date.
2025 West Coast Conference Women's Cross Country All-Academic Team
Sage Brooks (Oregon State)
Annabelle Clapp (Seattle U)
Willow Collins (Gonzaga)
Lizzy Crawford (Pepperdine)
Alexi Fogo (Gonzaga)
Jessica Frydenlund (Gonzaga)
Ainsley Herron (Oregon State)
Logan Hofstee (Gonzaga)
Maella Hodgson (Oregon State)
Kristina Shkalenkova (Seattle U)
2025 West Coast Conference Men's Cross Country All-Academic Team
Daniel Abramowicz (San Francisco)
Micaiah Aden (Washington State)
Jake Coleman (San Diego)
Leo Cook (Washington State)
Jack DeVries (San Diego)
Jason Habash (Saint Mary's)
Nolan Hosbein (Portland)
Zane Jackson (Saint Mary's)
Eliason Kabasenche (Portland)
Jonas Price (Portland)
Ansel Tucker (Gonzaga)
Women's Honorable Mention Selections
Camille Broadbent (Gonzaga)
Nina Yeats (Gonzaga)
Ava Boyd (LMU)
Rylee Guinn (LMU)
Emma Ronan (LMU)
Hayden Washington (LMU)
Maya Baechler (Oregon State)
Ruby Broadbent (Oregon State)
Molly Latincsics (Oregon State)
Kate Laurent (Oregon State)
Noemi Lundgren (Oregon State)
Sydney Partyka (Oregon State)
Valeria Espinoza (Pacific)
Sophia Livingston (Pacific
Ashley Eagan (Pepperdine)
Jessica Guardino (Pepperdine)
Grace Simpson (Pepperdine)
Janelle Avilez (Portland)
Camryn Bishoff (Portland)
Julia Ferreira (Portland)
Madison Griffith (Portland)
Kate Kabenina (Portland)
Jane Carney (Saint Mary's)
Jane Harig (Saint Mary's)
Ava Luczkow (Saint Mary's)
Nathalie Green (San Diego)
Camryn Kozak (San Diego)
Lizzie McVey (San Diego)
Amy O'Connell (San Diego)
Petra Helebrantová (San Francisco)
Poppy Martin (San Francisco)
Reese Tucker (San Francisco)
Milaina Almonte (Santa Clara)
Mariah Aragon (Santa Clara)
Rachelle Cormier (Santa Clara)
Sarah Guralnick (Santa Clara)
Julia Russo (Santa Clara)
Aliyah Yearian (Santa Clara)
Nicole Bissell (Washington State)
Caroline Jepkorir (Washington State)
Men's Honorable Mention Selections
Jacob Alfonso (Gonzaga)
Samy Anderson (Gonzaga)
Bryce Cerkowniak (Gonzaga)
Gus Clevenger (Gonzaga)
Sean Janecko (Gonzaga)
Mason Kissell (Gonzaga)
Ryan Mitchell (Gonzaga)
Paul Talens (Gonzaga)
Will Thorsett (Gonzaga)
Henry Hicks (Pepperdine)
Elijah Gentry (Pepperdine)
Kaleb McElfish (Pepperdine)
Patrick Thomas (Pepperdine)
Trey Gannon (Portland)
Anthony Giesch (Portland)
KG Monyebodi (Portland)
Giuliano Scasso (Portland)
Michael Ivory (San Diego)
William Gratke (San Diego)
Kyle Berg (Santa Clara)
James Ponzio (Santa Clara)
Nico Trepanier (Santa Clara)
Daniel Vaca (Santa Clara)
Eric Swedin (Washington State)
Grayson Wilcott (Washington State)
ABOUT PEPPERDINE CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK
The Pepperdine cross country/track program has a rich history dating back to the 1950s with six total individual national championships to come through the program. As one of the original three programs sponsored by then George Pepperdine College in 1937, the Waves immediately began to make a mark on the track world stage with eight total Olympians and multiple regional champions throughout the program's history.
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