UW Places 29 Rowers On Academic All-Pac-12 Teams

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June 14, 2016 | Men's Rowing

By: Washington Athletics

A total of 29 Washington rowers earned a spot on the 2016 Academic All-Pac-12 first and second teams, the Pac-12 Conference announced last week.

The Huskies placed 10 men and eight women on the first teams and five men and six women on the second teams.

On the men's side, four Huskies (Guglielmo Carcano, Harrison King, Jernej Markovc and Philip Walczak) earned first-team honors for a second consecutive year while Eric Benca and Lia Roberds went from the second team in 2014 to the first team this time around. Additionally, Finn Schroder earned second-team honors for a second time, along with having made the first team in 2014, while coxswain Andre Mattus made the second team for a second straight year.

For the women, senior Eleni Englert was named a first-team selection for the third straight year while both Jennifer Wahleithner and Vanessa Whattam earned first-team spots for the second year in a row. Additionally, Hannah Allen was named to the first team after having received second-team honors in 2014 and 2015.

Anouschka Fenley and Phoebe Spoors both moved from second-team honors in 2015 to first-team in 2016 while Allison Barstow, Sophia Dalton and Courtney Thompson made the second team for the second year in a row.

Here is the full list of Washington rowers on the 2016 Academic All-Pac-12 Teams:

UW Men on Academic All-Pac-12 First Team
(Name, Year, GPA, Major, Hometown)
• Eric Benca, Sr., 3.36, Business (Human Resources Management), Mercer Island, Wash.
• Guglielmo Carcano, Jr., 3.69, Business (Marketing), Mendrisio, Switzerland
• Graham Henry, Jr., 3.80, Chemical Engineering, Seattle, Wash.
• Luke Khoury, So., 3.92, Chemical Engineering, Long Beach, Calif.
• Harrison King, Jr., 3.84, Mechanical Engineering, Bainbridge Island, Wash.
• Arne Landboe, So., 3.54, Social Sciences, Shoreline, Wash.
• Jernej Markovc, Jr. 3.84, International Studies, Bled, Slovenia
• Lia Roberds, Jr., 3.59, Industrial Engineering, Kirkland, Wash.
• Philip Walczak, Jr. 3.66, Bioengineering, Mill Creek, Wash.
• Jake Zier, Jr. 3.37, Political Science, Orcas Island, Wash.

UW Men on Academic All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Oscar Golberg, Jr., 3.24, Molecular, Cell, or Development Biology, Vancouver, Wash.
• Luca Lovisolo, So., 3.35, Pre-Architecture, Torino, Italy
• Andre Mattus, Jr., 3.28, Microbiology, Arlington, Wash.
• Finn Schroeder, Sr., 3.36, Economics, Lubeck, Germany
• Pietro Zileri Dal Verme, 3.17, International Studies, Florence, Italy

UW Women on Academic All-Pac-12 First Team
• Hannah Allen, Sr., 3.57, Earth & Space Science, Olympia, Wash.
• Eliza Dawson, Sr., 3.54, Atmospheric Sciences, Port Townsend, Wash.
• Eleni Englert, Sr., 3.67, Business (Information Systems), Vista, Calif.
• Anouschka Fenley, Jr., 3.63, English, Oxford, England
• Charlotte Kehoe, Sr., 3.70, History, Vashon Island, Wash.
• Phoebe Spoors, Jr., 3.55, Communication, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Jennifer Wahleithner, Sr., 3.79, Psychology, Highlands Ranch, Colo.
• Vanessa Whattam, Jr., 3.77, Spanish, Richland, Wash.

UW Women on Academic All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Allison Barstow, Sr., 3.49, Communication, Redmond, Wash.
• Melanie Barstow, Sr., 3.32, Public Health, Redmond, Wash.
• Sophia Dalton, Sr., 3.40, International Studies, Seattle, Wash.
• Margaret Phillips, Jr., 3.49, Comparative History of Ideas, Stanwood, Wash.
• Jalyn Stinardo, Jr., 3.47, Psychology, Boise, Idaho
• Courtney Thompson, Sr., 3.45, Communication, University Place, Wash.