Palo Alto, Calif. – Senior Alyssa Thompson was named the Pac-12 Women's Track and Field Scholar Athlete of the Year on Saturday. Thompson carries a perfect 4.00 grade-point average as a physiology major at Arizona, where she was recently named the Arizona Athletics valedictorian for her class.

"Knowing all the work that Alyssa puts into everything that she does, this is a well deserved Honor for her as well as the University of Arizona, and the Tucson community," said head coach Fred Harvey. "This is one hundred percent what we stand for in Wildcat Country."

A two-time Pac-12 All-Conference performer and NCAA Second Team All-American in 2016, Thompson has excelled in her senior season by setting personal-bests in both the pentathlon and heptathlon, culminating with a podium finish in third place at last weekend's Pac-12 Track & Field Combined Events Championships. Thompson has been a model student along with her consistent improvement in competition, earning Pac-12 All-Academic First Team and USTFCCCA All-Academic honors in 2016 as well as ACC and USTFCCCA All-Academic accolades during her freshman year at Wake Forest. The Tucson native plans to continue her education in Arizona's College of Medicine next year.
 
 
Catch Alyssa Thompson compete in the Pac-12 Championships today, May 12th, competing in the long jump.
 
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