Forty-One UW Rowers Earn Pac-12 Academic Honors

June 05, 2018 | Men's Rowing, Student-Athlete Academic Services

A total of 41 Washington men's and women's rowers earned academic recognition today as the Pac-12 Conference announced its All-Academic rowing teams.

A total of 20 members of the men's team and 21 women earned first-team, second-team or honorable mention.

Senior Luke El Khoury was named to the men's first team. Winner of the UW's Schaller Award for the highest GPA on the men's team, El Khoury had a 3.80 grade-point average as a chemical engineering major through the most recently completed academic quarter (winter, 2018). Seven men earned second-team status while 12 were named to the honorable mention list.

On the women's side, sophomore Carmala Pappalardo and senior Kenzie Waltar were both named to the first team. Pappalardo, from Salerno, Italy, boasts a 3.64 grade-point average as a pre-humanities major while Waltar, from Kirkland, Wash., is an English major with a 3.71 GPA. Another 10 women were named to the All-Academic second team while nine more earned honorable mention.

Here is the full list of UW's Pac-12 All-Academic honorees.

2018 Academic All-Pac-12 Men's Rowing Team:

First Team:
Luke El Khoury, Sr., Long Beach, Calif.

Second Team:
Braedan Daste, Sr., Redmond, Wash.
Elliott de Bruin, So., San Francisco, Calif.
Thomas Fuller, So., Menlo Park, Calif.
Harvey Kay, So., Nottingham, England
Arne Landboe, Sr., Shoreline, Wash.
Rielly Milne, Sr., Woodinville, Wash.
Madison Molitor, Jr., Moses Lake, Wash.

Honorable Mention:
David Bridges, So., Portland, Ore.
George Esau, So., Long Lake, Minn.
Andrew Gaard, Jr., Madison, Wis.
Sean Kelly, Sr., Princeton, N.J.
Luca Lovisolo, Sr., Torino, Italy
Michiel Mantel, Jr., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Philipp Nonnast, Jr., Frankfurt, Germany
Blake Owen, Sr., Kirkland, Wash.
Austin Regier, So., Burier, Wash.
Carsten Rossen, So., Seattle, Wash.
Alexander Vollmer, So., Hamburg, Germany
Kimmons Wilson, Jr., Orlando, Fla.

2018 Academic All-Pac-12 Women's Rowing Team:

First Team:
Carmela Pappalardo, So., Salerno, Italy
Kenzie Waltar, Sr., Kirkland, Wash.

Second Team:
Sophie Anderson-Kundig, So., San Francisco, Calif.
Amanda Durkin, Jr., Hingham, Mass.
Valentina Iseppi, So., Gardone Riviera, Italy
Phoebe Marks-Nicholes, Sr., Seattle, Wash.
Chiara Ondoli, Sr., Angera, Italy
Anna Porteous, Sr., Kingston-upon-Thames, England
Calina Schanze, Jr., Behlendorf, Germany
Tabea Schendekehl, So., Dortmund, Germany
Lark Skov, So., Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Jennifer Wren, Jr., Seattle, Wash.

Honorable Mention:
Marley Avritt, So., Newport Beach, Calif.
Marlee Blue, Jr., Seattle, Wash.
Adele Likin, Jr., Seattle, Wash.
Madison Mariani, Jr., Snoqualmie, Wash.
Brooke Mooney, Sr., Peru, Vt.
Julia Paulsen, Sr., Seattle, Wash.
Karle Pittsinger, Sr., Lake Chelan, Wash.
Meg Rutherford, So., Seattle, Wash.
Jessica Thoennes, Sr., Highlands Ranch, Colo.