PORTLAND, Ore. – The Western Washington University women's basketball team had four players selected to the 2019-20 Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
 
Senior guard Lexie Bland led the Vikings four selections as a three-time honoree on the all-academic team. She is joined by two-time selections junior guard Dani Iwami and junior forward Kelsey Rogers, and sophomore guard Avery Dykstra. 
 
Bland, a senior kinesiology major out of Ellensburg, Wash., has maintained a 3.55 GPA in the classroom throughout her student-athlete career. On the court, she is a key part behind the Vikings 15-5 overall record and 9-3 mark in GNAC play. She is averaging 8.2 points, 3.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game. She becomes the seventh player in program history to earn three GNAC Academic All-Star awards in a career.
 
Iwami (3.62, Environmental Studies) and Rogers (3.35, Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies) have earned the award in both years they have been eligible, and Dykstra (3.62, Business) was selected to the team in her first year eligible as a sophomore.
 
WWU's four selections were part of a group of 48 student-athletes named to the team, which honors excellence in the classroom while committing to the rigor of being part of a collegiate athletic program. Nominees must be of sophomore eligibility or greater, have a minimum cumulative GPA or 3.20 or greater, be a letterwinner on their team and must be in their second season at the nominating institution.
 

Name	Academic Major	Year	GPA	Hometown
Lexie Bland***	Kinesiology	Sr.	3.55	Ellensburg, WA
Avery Dykstra	Business	So.	3.62	Everson, WA
Dani Iwami**	Environmental Studies	Jr.	3.62	Seal Beach, CA
Kelsey Rogers**	Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies	Jr.	3.35	Bothell, WA
* number of GNAC academic awards in career

  More information on WWU Basketball can be found online at WWUVikings.com/WBB and via social media on Twitter (@WWUBasketball), Instagram (@wwu.basketball) and Facebook (@WWUwomensbball).
  One of the premier basketball programs in NCAA Division II, recording a 20-win season in seven of the last 11 seasons, and 34 times in the 48-year history of the program. WWU has 20 seasons of 20 or more wins under head coach Carmen Dolfo, who is the winningest coach of any sport at WWU and ranks among Division II active and all-time coaching leaders in wins with 605, win percentage and 20-win seasons. The Vikings have reached the NCAA II Tournament in 16 of 21 seasons at the Division II level with two trips to the Final Four. The program has 1,037 all-time wins in the 48-year history of the program, and according to available records, is one of just 16 women's college basketball team across all divisions and levels to reach the milestone.