Four Mountain Lions receive academic honors
COLORADO SPRINGS- Basketball players Jordan Carter, Payden Ackerman, Lauren Wolfinger and Ashley Miller were named to the 2011-12 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Academic Honor Roll this week.
A sophomore communications major from Littleton, Carter carries a 3.31 GPA and has played in every game this season. He has accumulated seven blocks, the third most on the team.
Ackerman is a senior communications student from Trinidad who boasts a 3.91 GPA and is currently fifth all-time in 3-pointers made by a Mountain Lion.
Out of Silver Creek High School in Longmont, Wolfinger holds a 3.40 GPA as a communications major. The junior is currently third on the team in assists and has the second most 3-pointers made. This is her second RMAC All-Academic award in as many opportunities.
Miller is a communications major carrying a 3.51 GPA. The senior from Ellicott is currently leading the team in blocks with 17, a mark that is good enough for fifth in the RMAC.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ashley Miller | 24 | G/F | Sr |
 | Ashley Miller | 24 | G/F | Sr |
 | Ashley Miller | 24 | G/F | Sr |
 | Ashley Miller | 24 | G/F | Sr |
 | Payden Ackerman | 34 | G | |
 | Payden Ackerman | 34 | G | |
 | Payden Ackerman | 34 | G | |
 | Payden Ackerman | 34 | G | |
 | Jordan Carter | 34 | F | Fr |
 | Jordan Carter | 5 | F | Jr |
 | Jordan Carter | 24 | F | So. |
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