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NORTHWEST NOTES: April 15, 2020

| April 15, 2020 1:10 AM

Zags Kispert, Campbell, Wirth

earn scholar-athlete honors

Gonzaga junior Corey Kispert was named the DI-AAA ADA Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year, and was selected to the 2020 Division I-AAA ADA Men’s Scholar-Athlete Team.

The business administration major has a 3.43 GPA.

Nigel Williams-Goss was the last Zag to be named the DI-AAA ADA Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2017. Former GU standouts Kyle Wiltjer and Kelly Olynyk also received the award in 2016 and 2013.

Gonzaga women’s basketball players Katie Campbell and Jenn Wirth were both selected to the Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association (ADA) 18th annual Scholar-Athlete Team. Campbell is set to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in psychology this year with a 3.36 GPA.

Wirth, a junior forward, is currently pursuing a degree in psychology and carries a 3.36 GPA.

Under women’s basketball coach Lisa Fortier, Campbell and Wirth, along with Chandler Smith (twice named), Kiara Kudron, Shelby Cheslek and Sunny Greinacher have been named to the Division 1-AAA ADA Women’s Scholar-Athlete Team.