University of Minnesota Athletics
Minnesota Gains 42 Winter Big Ten All-Academic Accolades
4/2/2003 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Women's swimming had 16 members eligible, including Sarah Solfelt (Eden Praire, Minn.) who had a 4.0 in finance/Spanish. Bjorn Lundin (Bjaerred, Sweden) was one of nine men's swimmers to be eligible with a 3.84. The women's gymnastics team had six members selected, including Mary Skokut (Carmel, Ind.) who has a 3.94. Guillermo Alvarez (Denver, Colo.) had a 3.74 and was one of four athletes eligible for men's gymnastics. Khadidja Anderson (Stockholm, Sweden) had a 3.62 and was one of four women's basketball players to receive the honors, while Rick Rickert (Duluth, Minn.) had a 3.18 for the men's basketball team. Josh McLay (Hastings, Minn.) claimed the honors for the wrestling team.
Men's Basketball Class GPA Major Hometown Jeff Hagen So. 3.08 Sports Studies Minnetonka, Minn. Rick Rickert So. 3.18 Undecided Duluth, Minn.
Women's Basketball Khadidja Anderson Jr. 3.62 Journalism Stockholm, Sweden Lindsay Lieser Sr. 3.55 Kinesiology New London, Minn. Corrin Von Wald Sr. 3.38 Architecture Hudson, Wis. Lindsay Whalen Jr. 3.24 Sports Mgmt Hutchinson, Minn.
Men's Gymnastics Joseph Alberts So. 3.72 Political Sc. San Antonio, Texas Guillermo Alvarez So. 3.74 Spanish Denver, Colo. Joe Moore So. 3.37 Psychology Cedarburg, Wis. Gabriel Suarez Jr. 3.04 Psychology White Bear Lk, Minn.
Women's Gymnastics Jenny Alf Sr. 3.62 Kinesiology Ripon, Wis. Leigh Dixon Sr. 3.17 Biology Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Alicia Opsahl Jr. 3.38 Family Social Forest Lake, Minn. Science/Business Mary Skokut Jr. 3.94 Child Psych. Carmel, Ind. Kelly Watson Sr. 3.75 Kinesiology Brampton, Ont. Carolyn Yernberg So. 3.83 Communications Blaine, Minn.
Men's Swimming Nathan Bernier So. 3.29 IT Woodinville, Minn. Brian Gettelfinger Jr. 3.75 Chem. Eng. Jeffersonville, Ind. Ben Herdt Sr. 3.02 Spanish East Lansing, Mich. Bjorn Lundin So. 3.84 Engineering Bjaerred, Sweden Michael Melrose Sr. 3.77 Business Eau Claire, Wis. David Moulder So. 3.24 Comp. Eng. Madison, Ala. Justin Mortimer Jr. 3.37 Material Science Milton, Mass. /Physics Allen Ong Sr. 3.36 Computer Science/ Ipoh, Malaysia Technology Lucas Petersen So. 3.24 Chem. Eng. Soldotna, Alaska
Women's Swimming Kim Bahmer Sr. 3.58 Music Ed. Shakopee, Minn. Dana Baum Sr. 3.92 Elem. Ed. Carson City, Nev. Maria Bigwood Sr. 3.50 Aerospace Eng. Fergus Falls, Minn. Abbie Bowden So. 3.37 Architecture Olathe, Kan. Rebecca Cornthwaite So. 3.86 Journalism Adelaide, So. Australia Carol Crouthamel Jr. 3.21 Elem. Ed. Eau Claire, Wis. Arianna Gardner Sr. 3.05 Psychology/ San Clemente, Calif. Marketing Lauren Guzauskas Jr. 3.60 Anthropology Oak Park, Ill. Holly Hanneman Sr. 3.08 Child Psych. Mequon, Wis. Keri Hehn Sr. 3.16 Nursing Fargo, N.D. Shannon Jackson Jr. 3.63 Human Resource Andover, Minn. Development Melissa Kaiser So. 3.16 Elem. Ed. Eau Claire, Wis. Juleen Rodkowski Jr. 3.25 Kinesiology Rochester, Minn. Kristin Rygg Sr. 3.29 Biology/ Kalispell, Mont. Physiology Sarah Solfelt So. 4.00 Finance/Spanish Eden Praire, Minn. Jessica Crawford Jr. 3.70 Biology Cedar Falls, Iowa
Wrestling Josh McLay So. 3.14 History Hastings, Minn.
