A total of 79 UC San Diego student-athletes were named to the 2007-08 California Collegiate Athletic Association All-Academic Team, it was announced on Thursday by the conference office. The Tritons had the most all-academic selections of the 11 CCAA member institutions.

To qualify for the academic all-conference team, student-athletes must be a letterwinner who competed in one of 13 CCAA-sponsored sports (men's cross country, women's cross country, men's soccer, women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's golf, women's tennis, men's outdoor track & field, women's outdoor track & field, baseball, and softball) during the 2007-08 academic year.

Student-athletes must also maintain a GPA of 3.40 or higher in a minimum of 24 semester/36 quarter units completed at the certifying institution. Non-graded units may be included in the 24/36 unit total.

2007-08 UCSD All-Academic Team selections

Women’s cross country/track & field
Brianna Alban
Elena Carter
Jessica Dimascio
Diane Dunn
Emily McGregor
Ashleigh Montgomery
Celia Pourtau
Catherine Strouse
Dana Underwood

Women’s cross country
Kristen Buono
Melanie Swan

Men’s cross country/track & field
Gregory Geldman
Gabriel LaMothe

Women’s soccer Natasha Belak-Berger Chelsey Campbell Allison Lai UC San Diego Media Relations Kelly Mayo Jessica McGovern Lauren Segars Alexia Zatarain

Natasha Belak-Berger

Men’s soccer
David Bakal
Thomas Caplan
Joshua Jackson
Joshua Levy
David Lillo
Luis Salazar
Ali Shams

Women’s volleyball
Kaitlin Potter
Casey Wilson

Women’s basketball Diahnn Futalan Alexis Gaskin Shaina Lipa Laura Moore Meaghan Noud Allison Weston

Alexis Gaskin

Men’s basketball Clint Allard Kelvin Kim Henry Patterson Jonathan Ward Shane Poppen

Kelvin Kim

Women’s tennis
Yekaterina Milvidskaia
Rina Nakano

Men’s golf
Ryan Bailey

Baseball Eric Abraham James Ferguson Christopher Hom Garret Imeson Ryland Macfadyen Kirby St. John

Garrett Imeson

Softball
Randelle Bundy
Danielle Lukk
Allison May
Nicole Saari
Melissa Ward
Christine Zankich

Women’s track & field
Miriam Asaki
Kelly Fogarty
Emily Hildreth
Melissa Karnaze
Jayme Keith
Ashley King
Anna McGregor
Leah Murphy
Kelli Prakash
Linda Rainwater
Breanna Schofield
Christina Sloyer
Jillian Sola
Lyndly Tamura

Men’s track & field
Todd Bettisworth
Bryan Dieffenbach
John Folker
Stephan Johnson
Daniel Macks
Connor McCabe
Colin Ng
Nicolas Sawaya
Jason Thomas
Gary Ward