Academic Awards

Pepperdine's impressive academic record as a University extends to its student-athletes. Here are some of the major awards earned by the Waves over the years:

College Sports Communicators Academic All-Americans
1972 Pete Nicholson, baseball (third team)
1989 Rick Hirtensteiner, baseball (first team)
1989 Randy Bergstedt, men's volleyball (second team)
1991 Anna Brunstrom, women's tennis (second team)
1993 Lars Herne, men's golf (first team)
1998 Alan Herrmann, men's water polo (first team)
2001 Clint Olson, men's volleyball (third team)
2002 Clint Olson, men's volleyball (second team)
2008 Jonathan Winder, men's volleyball (third team)
2013 Matt Brown, men's water polo (third team)
2014 Malte Kramer, men's basketball (third team)
2017 Aaron Barnett, baseball (second team)
2017 Izzy Connell, women's track (third team)
2018 Alex Harthaller, men's volleyball (first team)
2019 Nick Heath, men's cross country/track (second team)
2020 Ashley Lahey, women's tennis (first team)
2021 Ashley Lahey, women's tennis (first team)

College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Hall of Fame
2013 Terry Schroeder, men's water polo

*NOTE: College Sports Communicators was formerly known as CoSIDA until the organization rebranded during the 2022-23 season.

West Coast Conference Mike Gilleran Scholar-Athlete of the Year
1976 Dick Skophammer, men's basketball
1989 Rick Hirtensteiner, baseball
2003 Katherine Hull, women's golf
2005 Michael Putnam, men's golf
2006 Nick Kliebert, baseball
2007 Richard Johnson, men's tennis
2009 Julie Rubenstein, women's volleyball
2012 Kim Hill, women's volleyball
2013 Ana Pontes, women's soccer
2021 Ashley Lahey, women's tennis
2024 Nikki Redelijk, women's tennis

West Coast Conference Postgraduate Scholarship
2006 Keith Jarbo, men's basketball
2007 Richard Johnson, men's tennis
2020 Hannah Frohling, women's volleyball
2022 Jackson Felkins, cross country
2024 Johnathan Flint, cross country/track

Division I-AAA Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2010 Miranda Ayim, women's basketball

Pepperdine Valedictorian
2014 Malte Kramer, men's basketball (co)
2018 Alex Harthaller, men's volleyball (co)
2022 Peyton Lewis, women's beach volleyball (co)
2022 Lindsey Marian, women's swimming & diving (co)

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