IRVINE, Calif. – Chaminade University Athletics placed 106 student-athletes on the Academic All-Pacific West Conference Team, announced Wednesday by the conference.
The total is three shy of the department record, set last season. Chaminade had one student-athlete who two played dual sports (
Selena Buttery, women's basketball and women's tennis), making the actual number of student-athletes listed on all 10 of the athletic programs sponsored by the university at 107.
Women's soccer had the most honorees with 22, duplicating the number they had in 2021-22. They also had the highest percentage of rostered student-athletes qualifying for academic all-conference honors at 96 percent (22 of 23 potential qualifiers on its roster).
Men's soccer had 17 on the academic team followed by softball with 15.
Men's basketball had the second-highest percentage of rostered student-athletes at 92 percent with 11 of 12 earning academic kudos.
Men's and women's cross country along with women's tennis had six of its seven rostered student-athletes recognized on the Academic All-PacWest Team.
Eleven Silverswords posted 4.00 grade-point averages during their time at Chaminade with two senior student-athletes –
Peyton Oshiro (men's cross country) and
Hoku Schatz (women's soccer) – wrapping up their playing careers with perfect GPAs.
A record 1,811 student-athletes across the conference were recognized with academic all-conference honors.
To be eligible for Academic All-PacWest honors, student-athletes must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 in a conference-sponsored sport, have attended a minimum two semesters at their current institution and competed in a minimum of one regular season competition during the 2022-23 academic term.
