LA GRANDE, Ore. – Ivory Linger, a member of the Multnomah University women's golf team, is one of 10 spring sports athletes from the school who have been named to the 2017-18 U.S. Bank Academic All-Cascade Collegiate Conference Team for their performances in the classroom as announced recently by the conference office.
 
To earn recognition as a CCC scholar-athlete, a student must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.2 and at least sophomore standing academically.
 
Linger, a junior from Pollock Pines, Calif., is an Bible and History double major.  During the CCC Golf Championships recently at the Pronghorn Resort in Bend, Ore., which was hosted by Multnomah, she finished 24^th with a score of 242.
 
Along with Linger, other Lions from spring sports teams on the Academic All-CCC Team are Travis Gardner, Michael Kochis, Robert Kochis, Marcus Krause, Daniel Larabee and Brice Robell from men's track and field, Moriah Paterson from women's track and field, and Jackson Coleman and Robbie Miller from men's golf.  In all, 325 spring sports athletes from the conference's 11 full-time members and eight associate members received Academic All-CCC recognition.  Multnomah athletes, including those from fall and winter sports, received 29 Academic All-CCC honors in 2017-18.
                                                                                                                                             
2017-18 Multnomah University Academic All-CCC Honorees
 
Men's Soccer
Joshua Gulliford, Jr., Vancouver, Wash. (Biology)
Michael Kochis, Jr., Yuma, Ariz. (Biology)
Robert Kochis, Sr., Yuma, Ariz. (Bible/History)
Marcus Krause, Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo. (Psychology)
Austin McKee, Jr., Kenai, Alaska (Bible/Business)
Fischer Rogers, So., Anchorage, Alaska (Bible)
Trent Ward, Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo. (Biolgy)
 
Volleyball
Miranda Halverson, Jr., Molalla, Ore. (Accounting)
Marissa Rhodes, Jr., Clackamas, Ore. (Bible/Psychology)
 
Men's Cross Country
Robert Kochis, Sr., Yuma, Ariz. (Bible/History)
Daniel Larabee, So., Beaverton, Ore. (Business/Bible)
 
Women's Cross Country
Lucia Morud, Sr., Scappoose, Ore. (Bible/Business)
Moriah Paterson, Jr., Hamden, Ohio (Bible/English)
 
Men's Basketball
Andy Brown, Jr., Taichung, Taiwan (Business & Organizational Psychology)
Ben Grandle, Jr., Molalla, Ore. (Business/Bible)
 
Women's Basketball
Anissa Behymer-Smith, Sr., Reno, Nev. (Biblical and Theological Studies/Hebrew)
Lilly Funk, So., Portland, Ore. (Business & Organizational Psychology)
Bethany George, Jr., Beaverton, Ore. (Biblical and Theological Studies)
Valerie Wakefield, Sr., Mulino, Ore. (Business Administration/Biblical Theological Studies)
 
Men's Golf
Jackson Coleman, Jr., Salt Lake City, Utah (English)
Robbie Miller, Sr., Woodland, Calif. (Bible)
 
Women's Golf
Ivory Linger, Jr., Pollock Pines, Calif. (Bible/History)
 
Men's Track & Field
Travis Gardner, Sr., Tucson, Ariz. (Bible/Psychology)
Michael Kochis, Jr., Yuma, Ariz. (Biology)
Robert Kochis, Sr., Yuma, Ariz. (Bible/History)
Marcus Krause, Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo. (Psychology)
Daniel Larabee, So., Beaverton, Ore. (Bible/Business)
Brice Robell, Sr., San Diego, Calif. (Business/Organizational Psychology)
 
Women's Track & Field
Moriah Paterson, Jr., Hamden, Ohio (Bible/English)