Cuesta College's 2023 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Olivia Missler has been selected to the 2022-23 California Community College Athletic Association's Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll.
Olivia Missler was an exemplary student-athlete over her two years at Cuesta and, as the recipient of the Cuesta's Warren Hansen Scholar-Athlete of the Year, she reached the highest achievement in both academics and athletics.
Olivia was the indispensable player for Cuesta's Women's Basketball team for two seasons and matched her excellence on the court to a superior performance in the classroom. She was selected as both Cuesta Women's Basketball's 2023 Player of the Year and Cuesta Athletics' top female scholar-athlete. Missler joined the Cougars as part of Coach Casey Blair's first recruiting class and earned all-Western State Conference First Team honors on the hardwood after each of her two seasons, while also earning repeat selections to all-WSC Academic Team in the classroom. In her sophomore season, Missler led the Cougars with 11.6 points per game and became the 25th player in program history to eclipse 500 career points. She completed her academic career with a straight A's in the classroom, while Majoring in Psychology with a perfect 4.0 in 62.5 units
Olivia decided to stay close to home and attend California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Cuesta Scholar-Athletes (*Top Scholar-Athlete)
1986 Dana Blankenship, Women's Volleyball
1988 Todd Bates, Men's Water Polo & Swimming
1997 Kathy Andoli, Women's Soccer
1999 Bryan Parker, Men's Basketball
2000 Joe Hatke, Men's Swimming*
2001 Derek Bradley, Men's Water Polo & Swimming
2001 Amy Sperry, Women's Volleyball
2002 Savio Gomes, Men's Water Polo & Swimming
2003 Jeremy Waldram, Wrestling*
2003 Leilani Greene, Women's Track & Field
2005 Jared Hollows, Men's Track & Field
2005 Lauren Villa, Women's Basketball
2009 Chloe Redman, Women's Tennis
2010 Alex Ramirez, Softball
2011 Nic Lalanne, Men's Water Polo & Swimming
2012 Malte Kramer, Men's Basketball*
2013 Spencer Silva, Men's Water Polo & Swimming
2014 Geoff Merker, Wrestling
2015 Molly Casey, Women's Water Polo & Swimming
2016 John Sinclair, Wrestling
2017 Miranda Daschian, Women's Track & Field
2018 Chandler Mankins, Men's Water Polo & Swimming
2018 Mia Viss, Women's Water Polo & Swimming
2022 Christelle Mouret, Women's Volleyball
2022 Jacob Sill, Men's Water Polo & Swimming
2023 Olivia Missler, Women's Basketball
