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May 10, 2007 Spokane, WA – A total of 108 student athletes, including four men and seven women from Saint Martin’s, have been named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track and Field Academic all-star team. Katelynn Blume, a senior from Lacey, WA, was one of three on the women’s side have a perfect 4.00 grade point average. She is a biology major who was one of sixteen to be selected to the team for the third time. Also named to the team for the third time were Caleb Timmer and Robbie Wilbur. Timmer, a senior from Tacoma, WA, was one of the top scholars on the men’s side with a 3.88 GPA as an engineering major. Wilbur, who is a senior from Spanaway, WA majoring in Math, posted a 3.75 grade point average. Four of the thirty-six selected for the second time were from Saint Martin’s including Jessie Dunnam, Chelsi Claussen, Danika Washington and Steven LaLonde. Dunnam, a junior from Kelso, WA, is an education major maintaining a 3.54 GPA. Claussen is a junior from Shelton, WA who has a 3.33 grade point average as a biology major. Washington, a senior from Lacey, WA, is maintaining a 3.74 while LaLonde, a junior from Centralia, WA, is a business major with a 3.30 GPA. Rounding out the academic all-stars for the Saints are Kaleigh Bishop, Taylor Shipman, Jessica Pendon, and Asiki Ayume. Bishop is an education major from Stanwood, WA and has a 3.94 GPA. Shipman, who is currently undecided on her major, has a 3.33 GPA. Pendon, a sophomore from Spanaway, WA, posts a 3.21 as an education major. A senior from Federal Way, WA, Ayume is maintaining a 3.29 grade point average as an engineering major. To be eligible for the academic team, student athletes must have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 and be in at least their second year of competition at their university. They must also qualify to compete in either the GNAC Indoor or Outdoor track and field championship meet. All seven of the Saints’ women athletes eligible were selected to the team.
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