Women’s Triathlon Team and Student-Athletes Earn Academic Honors

Willamette University Women's Triathlon has been honored as a Scholar All-American Team, and seven student-athletes have received individual Scholar All-American honors.

Ella Isaacson, Abbey Staniec, and Sofie Szigeti were named Scholar All-Americans based on their finish at the Collegiate National Championships.  Katie Clemens, Kalima Glascott, Paulina Pioszak, and Natalie Thomas each earned Honorable Mention Scholar All-Americans.

To receive this honor, teams must have an average GPA of 3.2 or greater for the Fall 2024 season. All Individuals who received these honors did so by competing in the 2024 Collegiate Triathlon National Championships in Clermont, Florida. The Scholar All-American Individuals finished with a 3.5 or greater average GPA for the semester while finishing in the top 21 of their Division at the National Championships. The Honorable Mention athletes competed in the National Championships, held a GPA of 3.5 or greater for the semester but finished outside the top 21 in their division.

Women's Triathlon placed seven athletes in the top 30 of the Division III race as the team raced to a fourth-place overall finish at the Collegiate National Championships.  Overall, Willamette earned 247 points and ended up just 14 points shy of third-place Central College.

The Bearcats achieved their highest finish ever in fourth place, surpassing their fifth position in 2023 and elevating four spots from their eighth place in 2022.