Track & Field | 6/7/2010 11:06:48 PM

MONMOUTH, Ore. - Zoe Skordahl and Erika Snawder have been added to the 2010 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track & Field Academic Team to give Western Oregon 12 selections during the 2010 season.

Skordahl earned the honor with a 3.476 grade point average as a Communication major and Spanish minor. This sophomore from Oakridge, Ore. (Oakridge High School) competed for the Wolves in indoor and outdoor track & field, and cross country during the 2009-10 school year. Skordahl also registered strong performances on the track, as she earned top 10 finishes in school history during the outdoor season in the 800m (8th, 2:17.84) and as part distance medley relay team (6th, 12:47.74).

Snawder, who also competed in all three sports for Western Oregon this season, captured the Academic All-GNAC honor with a 3.615 GPA as an American Sign Language major with an emphasis in English interrupting. Snawder hails from Salem (South Salem High School) and came to Western Oregon after a one-year stop at Linfield. Snawder's name is also peppered throughout the Wolves' record books as she ranks fifth in the indoor mile (5:12.38), sixth in the outdoor 1500m (4:39.86) and ninth in the outdoor 5k (18:25.34). Snawder was also a member of the distance medley relay team which captured sixth place during the indoor season (12:47.74).

Skordahl and Snawder joined other WOU women Alee Rowley, Tricia Morrison, Amanda Wright, Ali Mosher and Kelsey Neilson on the GNAC Academic team. Justin Karr, Braxton Jackson, Brandon Snook, Matt McCrary and Matt Schryvers all represented the men's team.

To be eligible for the academic team, student-athletes must have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 and be in at least their second year of competition at their university. They must also qualify to compete in either the GNAC Indoor or Outdoor championship meet.