University of Minnesota Athletics
GEN:Fall Academic All-Conference Teams Include 45 Golden Gophers
12/8/2004 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
The Gophers ranked sixth in the Big Ten in number of student-athletes honored this fall despite being tied with Illinois and Purdue for the fewest number of fall sports at five. Indiana ranked first in the conference with 71 All-Academic student-athletes but also tied for the most fall sports with seven. Purdue had 36 student-athletes honored while Illinois had 30.
Minnesota's women's cross country team had the most honorees in its respective sport with 17, two more than Michigan. The fourth-ranked Golden Gopher women's volleyball team placed six student-athletes on the team, while the Gopher football team had 11; women's soccer seven, and men's cross country four.
Ten Gopher student-athletes earned Academic All-Conference honors each year they were eligible for the award. Mike Bialick and Joshua DoBell from the men's cross country team, Paula Hoffert, Kimberly Magee, Darja Vasilijeva and Sarah Hesser from the women's cross country team, football student-athlete Dominique Sims and volleyball team members Amanda Hokenson, Lisa Reinhart and Lindsey Taatjes were multiple Big Ten All-Academic selections during their careers.
A complete list of the Big Ten Academic All-Conference teams can be found at: http:// bigten.collegesports.com/genrel/120804aab.html
Minnesota's 2004 Academic All-Big Ten for Fall Sports
Men's Cross Country (4) Name Year Major Hometown Mike Bialick SR Kinesiology Wayzata, Minn. Joshua DoBell SR Psychology Mankato, Minn. Ben Hanson JR Chemistry Montrose, Minn. Trent Riter JR Civil Engineering Shoreview, Minn. Women's Cross Country (17) Name Year Major Hometown Emily Brown SO Nutrition West Allis, Wis. Carly Emil JR Family Consumer Manda, N.D. Science Jen Hess SR Cultural St.s/ Paynesville, Minn. Comparative Lit Paula Hoffert SR Psychology Lewiston, Minn. Kimberly Magee SR Elementary Ed. Bloomington, Minn. Darja Vasilijeva SR African-American Jelgava, Latvia Studies Theresa Ascheman JR Psychology Easton, Minn. Dianna Berlinerblau JR Business/Finance/ Andover, Minn. Global St. Sarah Hesser SR Child Psychology Minneapolis, Minn. Stacia Kalinoski SO Journalism Thief River Falls, Minn. Amy Lindner JR Sports Mgmt. Sioux Falls, S.D. Harper McConnell JR Business Admin. Manhattan, Kan. Lisa Remark SO Health Moorhead, Minn. Jenna Trask SO Genetics Wausau, Wis. Annie Wells JR Communications Maple Grove, Minn. Lauren Williams JR Nutrit. Science Edina, Minn. Stefanie Zeihen SO Nursing Wausau, Wis. Football (11) Name Year Major Hometown Tony Brinkhaus SO Undeclared Bloomington, Minn. Greg Eslinger JR Inter-College Prg. Bismarck, N.D. Jason Lamers JR Envir. Design Kaukauna, Wis. Mark Losli SR Finance/Mgmt. Spring Lk. Park, Minn. Info Systems Pat McCarthy JR Sports Studies Neenah, Wis. Logan Payn SO Pre-Housing Studies Lutz, Fla. Jarod Posthumus SR Business Marketing St. Cloud, Minn. John Shevlin SO Pre-Communication Eagan, Minn. Dominique Sims SR Animal Science Minneapolis, Minn. Matt Spaeth JR Marketing Albertville, Minn. Tyson Swaggert JR Mathematics Buffalo, Minn. Women's Soccer (7) Name Year Major Hometown Nicki Burnie JR Elementary Ed. Menomonee Falls, Wis. Annie Carr JR Finance East Greenbush, N.Y. Jenn Cressman SR Marketing Duluth, Minn. Becky Dellaria JR Chemistry Woodbury, Minn. Laura Hoppe JR Family Social Coon Rapids, Minn. Sciences Kaitlin Neary JR Psychology Tacoma, Wash. Tierney Palmer-Klein JR English Minneapolis, Minn. Volleyball (6) Name Year Major Hometown Jen Bowman SR Human Resource Dev. Maple Grove, Minn. Jessica Byrnes JR Sports Studies Minnetonka, Minn. Amanda Hokenson SR English Andover, Minn. Meredith Nelson SO Undecided St. Croix Falls, Wis. Lisa Reinhart SR Elementary Education White Bear Lake, Minn. Lindsey Taatjes SR Child Psychology Prinsburg, Minn. * For all sports, year indicates academic classification
