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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)