PORTLAND, Ore. – When the Seattle Pacific Falcons aren't logging miles upon miles on training runs or cross country races, they're logging hours upon hours in the classroom.
 
And it shows.
 
Led by four-time honoree Annika Esvelt, a total of 10 SPU distance runners – five women and five men – have been named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Academic team.
 
 

Esvelt, a senior, carries a near-perfect 3.99 grade-point average as an applied human biology major and exercise science minor. She is a multiple-time All-GNAC and All-Region selection in cross country and will be one of the primary contenders for the conference crown on Oct. 26 in Bellingham. She also has multiple All-American honors in track.

 
 

Senior Nicki Yorges made the team for the third time. She is a psychology major with a 3.86 GPA. Earning their second All-Academic awards are juniors Katelyn Flolo (3.95 / applied human biology) and Matise Mulch 3.61 / engineering). Sophomore Anna Prussian (3.69 / undeclared major) is on the squad for the first time.
 
Among the five men, three are collecting their second  All-Academic awards.
 
 

Senior Ben Sheirbon has a 3.80 GPA as a physiology major. Isaac Venable, a junior, is a computer science major with a 3.68, and Nathaniel Gale, also a junior, carries a 3.27 as a political science major.
 
 

Junior Ethan Erickson and sophomore Silas Demmert made the team for the first time. Erickson sports a 3.96 GPA in computer science, and Demmert has a 3.22 in ecology.
 
To qualify for the team, student-athletes must have a 3.20 or higher GPA, must be a sophomore or older, and must be in at least their second year in the program.
 
 
2024 GNAC ALL-ACADEMIC CROSS COUNTRY
WOMEN
Name                 Year    GPA       Major
*#! Annika Esvelt    Sr      3.99      Applied Human Biology / Exercise Science
*Katelyn Flolo       Jr      3.95      Applied Human Biology
*Matise Mulch        Jr      3.61      Engineering
Anna Prussian        So      3.68      Undeclared
*#Nicki Yorges       Sr      3.86      Psychology
 
 
MEN
Name                Year     GPA       Major
Silas Demmert       So       3.22      Ecology
Ethan Erickson      Jr       3.96      Computer Science
Nathaniel Gale      Jr       3.27      Political Science
*Ben Sheirbon       Sr       3.80      Physiology
*Isaac Venable      Jr       3.68      Computer Science
 
!  2021 selection
#  2022 selection
*  2023 selection


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