WESTERVILLE, Ohio – Washington University in St. Louis had 86 Scholar-Champions named to the 2026 University Athletic Association (UAA) Fall Academic All-Conference team, the Association announced on Tuesday.
 
To earn a spot on the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must have completed one full year of college study at their present institution and carry a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.5, which is equivalent to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) academic threshold for Academic All-District and Academic All-America honors. This fall, a total of 552 student-athletes were honored with All-Academic accolades, representing approximately 77 percent of the total eligible UAA student-athletes.
 
The Bears led the way in both women's and men's soccer.
 
Women's Cross Country (15)
Taylor Buese
Sally Carrington
Gianna Ezekwe
Kira Larner
Vivienne Larson
Lucinda Laughlin
Maddy Lee
Amelie Maltz
Avery Nason
Lauren Raley
Mackenzie Raue
Megan Raue
Leah Sekulich
Sofia Sheldon
Grace Todd
 
Men's Cross Country (18)
Ryan Brinker
Caleb Brox
Dominic Buckman
Calvin Crossland
Paul Fleck
Charlie Glatz
Sean Green
Charlie Houck
Russell Kramer
Will Liu
Ben Lorenz
William Newkirk
Gavin O'Connor
Bankson Roach
Will Ruszkowski
Rishi Shadaksharappa
Ilan Sherman-Kadish
Max Sudrzynski
 
Women's Soccer (24)
Jadyn Aling
Regan Cannon
Olivia Clemons
Cami Colpitts
Chandler Davey
Noelle Dolan
Heidi Fesler
Allie Goulding
Suzie Green
Alexandra Karolak
Kassidy Lanthier
Grace Lynch
Kate Martin
Monica Morales-Martinez
Ridley Newton
Annika Park
Anna Rosato
Charlotte Shapiro
Lauren Simon
Sophia Smith
Keira Smyser
Addison Soroka
Maya Stevenson
Sophie Viscovich
 
Men's Soccer (22)
Wole Adeoye
Will Atticks
Nik Avillo
Noah Cooney
Hale Fernandez
Quentin Gomez
Immanuel Goveas
Roshan Greene
Nick Hammond
Jack Hayeems
Yash Kshirsagar
Cal L'Hommedieu
Colin Link
Liam Oiknine
Owen Ross
Carter Sasser
Ethan Talapatra
Anthony Tarantelli
Sebastian Valdes
Quentin Wallace
James Whitehurst
Ethan Wirtschafter
 
Volleyball (7)
Isabel Campie
Eileen Chavez
Nia Jones
Abby Krause
Ellie Laird
Baylor McInturff
Naya Ohuabunwa
 
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