Record 79 EWU athletes selected to Big Sky Fall all-academic team

A record total of 79 Eastern Washington University student-athletes have been honored on the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team for fall quarter 2018. According to a Jan. 25 news release from the university’s Athletic Department, the total includes 32 football players, 18 members of the women’s soccer squad, nine volleyball players, 10 from the men’s cross country team and 10 women’s cross country competitors.

To qualify for the team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.20 cumulative grade point average or better at EWU and meet the requirement of playing in at least half of the team’s compet...