University of Minnesota Athletics
Big Ten Announces Winter Academic All-Conference Teams
4/9/2002 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Penn State had the most athletes honored with 46, followed by Iowa's 41, while Minnesota and Illinois both had 40. The Big Ten Academic All- Conference honorees also achieved excellence "on the field." Minnesota sophomore Lindsay Whalen earned Big Ten Player of the Year honors in women's basketball while carrying a 3.42 GPA in Sports Management.
Minnesota Honorees Name Yr GPA Major Hometown Men's Basketball Michael Bauer SO 3.03 Kinesiology Hastings, Minn. Women's Basketball Kadidja Andersson SO 3.58 Undecided Stockholm, Sweden Lindsay Lieser JR 3.63 Kinesiology New London, Minn. Corrin Von Wald JR 3.22 Architecture Hudson, Wis. Lindsay Whalen SO 3.42 Sports Management Hutchinson, Minn. Men's Gymnastics Gabriel Suarez Borden SO 3.01 Undecided Forest Lake, Minn. Women's Gymnastics Jenny Alf JR 3.36 Kinesiology Ripon, Wis. Megan Beuckens SR 3.23 ICP/Pre-dentistry Brandon, S.D. Leigh Dixon JR 3.28 Biology Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Carrie Hortsch SO 3.26 Criminal Justice Apple Valley, Minn. Alicia Opsahl SO 3.53 Family Social Sciences Forest Lake, Minn. Mary Skokut SO 3.88 English Carmel, Ind. Men's Swimming and Diving Mark Atwood JR 3.49 History Alexandria, Minn. Kris Carver SO 3.87 Undecided Ypsilanti, Mich. Chris Forrest SR 3.36 Elementary Education Appleton, Wis. Brian Gettelfinger SO 3.84 Chemical Engineering Jeffersonville, Ind. David Heraly SO 3.37 Undecided Cedarburg, Wis. Dov Malnik SR 3.33 Finance and Intl. Bus. Rishon le-zion, Israel Mike Melrose JR 3.74 Business Management Eau Claire, Wis. Justin Mortimer JR 3.38 Mechanical Engineering Milton, Mass. Allen Ong JR 3.21 Comp. Science and Tech. Ipoh, Malaysia Brian Porter SR 3.11 Speech Communication Omaha, Neb. Eric Wiken JR 3.67 Biology Milwaukee, Wis. Women's Swimming and Diving Kim Bahmer JR 3.59 Music Education Shakopee, Minn. Dana Baum JR 3.88 Elementary Education Carson City, Nev. Sarah Bohlsen SO 3.31 Undeclared Sartell, Minn. Jessica Crawford SR 3.67 Biology Cedar Falls, Iowa Carol Crouthamel SO 3.14 Secondary Education Southhampton, Pa. Karen Egerman SR 3.53 Ecology/Evolution Richmond, Minn. Ari Gardner JR 3.14 Journalism San Clemente, Calif. Lauren Guzauskas SO 3.05 Undeclared Oak Park, Ill. Holly Hanneman JR 3.08 Psychology Mequon, Wis. Shannon Jackson SO 3.47 Economics/Pre-Med Andover, Minn. Anne Koller SR 3.16 Int. Relations/Japanese Milwaukee, Wis. Shauna Riggs JR 3.15 Journalism Eden Prairie, Minn. Juleen Rodakowski SO 3.02 Kinesiology Rochester, Minn. Kristin Rygg SR 3.21 Biology Kalispell, Mont. Wrestling Eric Anderson SO 3.51 Pre-Kinesiology Browerville, Minn. Owen Elzen SR 3.40 Health and Wellness Eyota, Minn. Josh McLay SO 3.29 Pre-History Hastings, Minn.
