Senior Jordan McPhee was heralded for her athletic and academic achievement.
Women’s basketball team travels to Dominican Republic to serve and learn
The 西雅图 Pacific women’s basketball team traveled to the Dominican Republic in September. Coach Julie Heisey connected her team with Go Ministries, a nonprofit organization that partners with local leaders to strengthen churches, 解决人道主义需求, and run sports outreach programs in the Dominican Republic, 海地, 蒙古, 和美国城市. Each player was responsible for raising $1,000 toward expenses. 有了这些资金和无数的捐款, 该团队总共筹集了52美元,000美元——绰绰有余. 在DR, Falcon players and coaches dove into their work, 在一家新诊所刷墙, leading basketball clinics for young children, and playing three basketball games with local players.
SPU awarded NCAA Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence
西雅图 Pacific was honored by the NCAA with a Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence. The award is earned for achieving a four-year academic success rate of 90 percent or higher. The academic success rate is the percentage of student-athletes who graduate within six years of their initial collegiate enrollment. It encompasses virtually all Division II student-athletes, including transfers and those not receiving athletics scholarships. SPU is one of three schools with a 97 percent ASR, tied for the second-highest in all of the Division II schools. “We are extremely proud of the success of our fantastic student-athletes,” says SPU Athletic Director Jackson Stava. “They are a remarkably diligent and driven group of students, and the award is well deserved.” 西雅图 Pacific is one of just two schools in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, and one of only five in the West Region (GNAC, 太平洋西部, and California Collegiate Athletic Association) to receive the honor. Its 97 percent ASR is significantly higher than the national ASR of 72 percent for student-athletes who entered college from 2007 to 2010.
SPU gymnasts compete at USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships
七名西雅图太平洋体操运动员, 由多面手达里安·伯恩斯领衔, 麦肯纳齐默尔曼, 和伊扎·圣·罗曼, received at-large invitations to compete at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships in April in Denton, 德州. That trio was joined by four teammates who qualified for individual events, including Lena Wirth on the vault and balance beam, 秋哈士奇在跳马上, Sienna Brane在高低杠上, 和松松美幸在平衡木上. 伯恩斯, 齐默尔曼, and San Roman were three of the four athletes competing for the all-around championship along with individuals from the eight qualifying teams.
Basketball player Jordan McPhee named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America second team
西雅图 Pacific senior Jordan McPhee was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America second team, an elite national award that recognizes athletic and academic achievement. Just 16 players from the entirety of NCAA Division II were selected for the honor, voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America. McPhee is a business administration major and carries a 3.98年平均绩点. She is a three-time Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Academic honoree. 在球场上, the 5-foot-10 guard helped the Falcons go 23-8 this past season, earn their first-ever trip to the GNAC Basketball championships, and return to the NCAA West Regionals for the first time since 2015.
Women’s basketball team competes in NCAA Division II championships
3月, the Falcons were selected for the NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament, 排在第1位. 西区八支球队的第六种子. 西雅图州立大学首战No . 1. 3 seed UC San Diego at Azusa Pacific University, the regional host school. This was 西雅图 Pacific’s first NCAA Tournament since 2015. “Our goal all year was to get to the NCAA Regionals, 这就是五大联赛竞猜app努力的目标,教练Julie Heisey说, who had her team in the NCAAs for the eighth time in her 13 years at the helm.
Renick Meyer and Scout Cai dominated the Great Northwest Athletic Conference heptathlon and competed in the NCAA Division II championships
西雅图 Pacific freshman Renick Meyer captured the Great Northwest Athletic Conference heptathlon crown in May at Northwest Nazarene University. Thanks in part to a national-caliber 20-foot, 5寸之跃在长, 迈耶结束了为期两天的, 7事件测试与5,114点, combining with sophomore teammate Scout Cai for a 1-2 finish. 蔡也超过了5000人，总共5017人. Their scores moved both into the national top 10. Meyer and Cai are just the seventh and eighth GNAC athletes to surpass 5,000 points. 梅耶的得分现在排名第1. 5 all-time; Cai’s is No. 7. Meyer was the seventh SPU athlete in the 17-year history of the GNAC meet to win the heptathlon. The Falcons have nine conference heptathlon titles altogether. 这一对, along with senior Mary Charleson and sophomore Kate Lilly, went on to compete at the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina, in late May.