University of Minnesota Athletics
MALE SCHOLAR-ATHLETES HONORED BY ACADEMIC COUNSELING AND STUDENT SERVICES
3/6/2001 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Among the 180 men who were honored for posting a 3.0 or higher grade point average over the last year is an elite group honored with the Top Five Award. These five scholar-athletes are junior or senior Golden Gophers with the highest cumulative grade point averages within the Men's Athletics Department.
A native of Buseck, Germany, junior placekicker Mike Albert is a three- time Scholar-Athlete Award winner. Albert handled kickoff duties for the Golden Gopher football team for the majority of the 2000 season. An International Business major in the Carlson School of Management, he earned Academic All-Big Ten honors as a sophomore and collected his first varsity letter this past season.
Joseph Corr, a Redmond, Wash., native is a three-year letterwinner on the cross country team. He is a two-time United State Cross Country Association All-American and a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. He also earned All-Big Ten honors twice in 1998 and 1999 and All- District V honors in 1999. Corr is majoring in political science.
A junior from Des Moines, Iowa, Andrew Tank has been a member of the Golden Gopher men's golf team since the 1997-98 season. Tank, a business major in the Carlson School of Management, tied for first place in last summer's State Open qualifying with a 67. During his time at Dowling High School, Tank earned four letters with his two-time state championship team and was a dual meet medalist on seven occasions in his final two season as a prep golfer. He has yet to see action in collegiate golf tournaments for the Maroon and Gold.
Santiago Fernandez, a senior from Bogota, Columbia, has been a valuable member of the Minnesota golf team for the past four seasons. A senior majoring in management information systems at the Carlson School of Management, Fernandez has maintained an average of 78.6 while playing in 17 rounds for the Maroon and Gold. His career low round of 66 came at the Northern Collegiate Invite during the 1998-99 season. In addition, Fernandez was the youngest player ever to win the Columbian Open, winning the 1995 title at the age of 16.
Junior Justin Conner, a native of Dallas, Texas, was Minnesota's only gymnast to qualify in the all-around for the NCAA Qualifying meet a year ago. He went on to finish in the 18th spot at the NCAA Championships, posting a score of 53.200. A business finance major in the Carlson School of Management, Conner has been one of Gold Country's most consistent gymnasts in the past two season, competing in all nine of Minnesota's competitions in both his freshman and sophomore seasons.
2000-01 Scholar-Athlete Award Winners
Jason Amidon
Benjamin Birk
Chad Drexler
Brady Endl
David Hrncirik
Jason Kennedy
Joshua Krogman
Daniel McGrath
Craig Molldrem
David Roach
James Rollins
Jason Shupe
Dan Thompson
Chris Woodrow
Football
Akeem Akinwale
Michael Albert
Dustin Braun
Derek Burns
Mike Cernoch
Justin Fraley
Scott Guetzlaff
Ben Hamilton
James Josetti
Benji Kamrath
Nathan Klosterman
Joshua Kurtz
Daniel Kwapinski
Mark McElroy
Andrew Merrill
Steve Murray
Astein Osei
Matthew Poreba
Peter Prudden
Darrel Reid
Dominique Sims
Stephen Soden
Eric Stenzel
Ben West
Michael Wojciechowski
Richard Wymer
Blake Zochert
Men's Basketball
Michael Bauer
Wade Hokenson
Justin Lorang
Men's Cross Country
Michael Bialick
Joseph Corr
Joshua Dobell
Andrew Kummer
Luke Mullranin
Men's Golf
Matt Anderson
Zachary Faulds
Santiago Fernandez
Ben Meyers
David Morgan
Bryan Santee
Wihelm Schauman
Justin Smith
Andrew Tank
Men's Gymnastics
Jeffrey Cohen
Justin Conner
Randal Direen
Todd Guilbeau
Gabriel Suarez Boden
Men's Hockey
Nicholas Anthony
Matt Koalska
Daxson Leepart
Joey Martin
Dylan Mills
John Pohl
Grant Potulny
Troy Riddle
Chad Roberg
Men's Swimming and Diving
Mark Atwood
Kristopher Carver
Chris Forrest
Karl Frisinger
Brian Gettelfinger
David Heraly
Dan Little
Dov Malnik
Alex Massura
Michael Melrose
Justin Mortimer
Allen Ong
Brian Porter
Aaron Shilt
Men's Tennis
Jorge Duenas
Thomas Haug
Harsh Mankad
Edward Marques
Eric Robertson
Jon Svensson
Christopher Wettengel
Men's Track and Field
Todd Bordewick
Steven Burkholder
Vince Donahoe
Michael Ehlers
Scott Ferguson
Jesse Madsen
Benjamin Meyer
Curt Schoenfelder
Adam Steele
Matthew Taylor
Andy Tilstra
Andrew Wiberg
Jorann Williamson
Wrestling
Eric Anderson
Owen Elzen
Brett Lawrence
Tyler Marr
Josh McLay
Brad Pike
