Academy athletes earn academic all-conference honors

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SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --  Air Force Academy baseball players John Meyers and Dustin Smith were named to the Mountain West Conference Academic All-Conference team July 7.

Meyers, a civil engineering major, earned the honor with a 3.30 grade-point average and finished the season with 18 pitching appearances, striking out 18 batters in 30.2 innings.

Smith, who is also a civil engineering major, held a 3.14 GPA in the classroom, while on the field he had a .320 batting average with 10 doubles and three home runs.

Academy swimmers and divers also racked up conference awards by placing 16 on the MWC Academic All-Conference Team. The Falcons placed 10 men and six women athletes named on the team.

Leading the way for the men was Matt Karmondy and Evan Parr. Karmondy, who was also named to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America University Division Men’s At-Large All-District VII Team, earned his third academic all-conference honor with a 3.84 GPA, majoring in aeronautical engineering. Parr earned his fourth academic all-conference honor with a 3.28 GPA, also majoring in aeronautical engineering.

Andrew Bergman (biology 3.39 GPA), Ryan Moss (mechanical engineering 3.49) and Matt Sievers (computer science 3.67) earned their second academic all-conference honors. Paul Parmenter (social science 3.15) and Nick Uzelac (biology 3.00) and freshmen TJ Cowling (civil engineering 3.23), Spencer Liedl (management 3.83) and Cameron Linder (history 3.25) earned their first academic all-conference honors.

Ginny Miller and Colleen Smith led the way for the women’s team, with both earning their third academic all-conference honors. Miller posted a 3.73 GPA majoring in electrical engineering and Smith had a 3.18 GPA majoring in legal studies.

Lauren Bursey (biology 3.43) and Lindsey Kirchhoff (social science 3.40) both earned their second academic all-conference honors. Andrea Hyma (military strategic studies 3.01) and Amy Get (bio chemistry 3.23) earned their first academic all-conference award.