Jelvon Butler - 2018 UCLA Track and Field (photo by Don Liebig)Jelvon Butler - 2018 UCLA Track and Field (photo by Don Liebig)
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Jelvon Butler (photo by Don Liebig, UCLA Photography)

Seventeen Bruins Named MPSF Indoor All-Academic

Track & Field

Ten Bruin women and seven men receive academic honors.

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The UCLA track and field team placed 17 student-athletes on the MPSF Indoor Track and Field All-Academic teams for 2018.

Ten women were named to the squad - redshirt junior pole vaulter Elleyse Garrett, senior pentathlete Kendall Gustafson, senior sprinter/jumper Jessie Maduka, senior hurdler Pattriana Perry, senior sprinter Jelvon Butler, senior jumper Efe Agege, redshirt junior high jumper Kaelin Davis, sophomore high jumper Mikella Lefebvre-Oatis, and redshirt freshmen distance runners Claire Markey and Kelly Bernd. Garrett and Maduka each received their third career honor, while Gustafson, Perry and Butler earned their second.

Seven UCLA men received all-academic honors, including six distance runners in senior Daniel De La Torre, redshirt junior Scott Snow, redshirt sophomore George Gleason, sophomores Riley Kelly and Millen Trujillo, and redshirt freshman Chris Morzenti. Joining them is redshirt freshman thrower Nate Esparza. Snow, Gleason and Trujillo earned their second consecutive all-academic honors.

The All-Academic MPSF Scholar-Athletes must hold a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average, have competed in 50% or more of the team's competitions, be at least a sophomore academically and have completed one full academic year at the institution prior to the season.