Four Golden Bears Earn Pac-12 All-Academic Honors

Four Golden Bears Earn Pac-12 All-Academic Honors

June 7, 2012

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Four members of the California men's tennis team have been selected to the Pac-12 Conference All-Academic squads, the league announced on Thursday, June 7.

To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade point average and be a significant contributor.

Senior Nick Andrews received second team honors by the league for the third-straight season. He graduated this May with a degree in Political Economy and a 3.34 grade point average.

Junior Riki McLachlan, who holds a 3.40 grade point average in Political Economy, earned second-team academic laurels for the second year in a row.

Sophomore Ben McLachlan was named to the league's all-academic second team for the first time in his career with a 3.51 grade point average.

Junior Christoffer Konigsfeldt was recognized on the honorable mention list for the second-straight season.

Pac-12 Men's Tennis All-Academic Teams
       
First Team Yr. GPA Major
Nicholas Kamisar, WASH R-Fr. 3.75 Pre-Social Science
Denis Lin, STAN Jr. 3.76 Mechanical Engineering
Max Manthou, WASH So. 3.72 Extended Pre-Major
Nick Meister, UCLA R-Sr. 3.43 Political Science
Daniel Nguyen, USC Sr. 3.40 Communications
Matt Stith, WASH Sr. 3.41 Business Administration
Ryan Thacher, STAN Sr. 3.91 History
Andre Vidaller, ARIZ So. 3.67 Pre-Business
       
Second Team Yr. GPA Major
Nick Andrews, CAL Sr. 3.34 Political Economy
Aaron Clissold, ORE Jr. 3.31 General Social Science
Matt Kandath, STAN Jr. 3.31 Science, Technology & Society
Ben McLachlan, CAL So. 3.51 Undeclared
Riki McLachlan, CAL Jr. 3.40 Political Economy
Dmytro Mamedov, UTAH Jr. 3.38 Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Skyler Tateishi, WASH Sr. 3.37 Biochemistry
Mario Urquidi, ARIZ So. 3.47 Business Management
 
Pac-12 Men's Tennis Academic Honorable Mention:
Robin Cambier, So., ORE; Frank Chen, Jr., ARIZ; Daniel Ho, So., STAN; Jose Izquierdo, Sr., ORE; Bradley Klahn, Sr., STAN; Christoffer Konigsfeldt, Jr., CAL; Kyle McMorrow, Jr., WASH; Alejandro Medinilla, So., UTAH; Adrien Puget, So., UCLA; Benito Suriano, Sr., UTAH; Kieren Thompson, So., ARIZ.