CALIFORNIA – Despite the abrupt and disappointing cancellation to the spring sports' season, it did not stop 15 Cal State Dominguez Hills student-athletes from the sports of softball, baseball, women's track & field and men's golf from joining a new record 448 others in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in being named to the conference's Spring All-Academic team for an outstanding performance in the {virtual} classroom.
The CCAA Spring All-Academic team also consists of student-athletes from the women's golf and men's track & field teams, two programs CSUDH does not sponsor. The CCAA recognizes individuals academically per season – fall, winter and spring – for all conference-sponsored sports. In order to earn CCAA All-Academic team honors, a student-athlete must be of sophomore athletic standing or higher and own a 3.3 cumulative grade-point average or better while competing in a Conference-sponsored sport in that season.
Track & field and softball each had six representatives to lead the way for Dominguez Hills. Men's golf senior
Raynard Belmonte (Business Administration, softball seniors
Kendelle Messersmith (Criminal Justice),
Jessica Lane (Physical Education) and
Jade Loe (Public Administration) have made the CCAA Spring All-Academic team all three years while track & field seniors
Karla Angulo (Physical Education) and
Maryjane Smith (Physical Education); baseball junior
Jeremy Ciolek (Criminal Justice) and softball junior
Alyssa Olague (Physical Education) return from last year's honors.
