University of Minnesota Athletics
Minnesota Gains 51 Winter Big Ten All-Academic Accolades
3/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
The Big Ten Conference announced that 51 student-athletes from the University of Minnesota have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the winter season. Minnesota sports included in the winter were men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s swimming and wrestling. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a career grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better.
Men’s basketball was highlighted by Jamal Abu-Shamala (Shakopee, Minn.), who was one of six players to play in all 34 games for a Golden Gopher team that went 20-14 and participated in the NIT. The women’s basketball team had five players on the list highlighted by Emily Fox (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) who was named First-Team All-Big Ten, led Minnesota with 17.2 ppg, was fourth in the Big Ten in scoring and helped lead the Golden Gophers to a 20-12 record and an NCAA Tournament appearance.
The women’s gymnastics team list had six gymnasts highlighted by Carmelina Carbajal (Albuquerque, N.M.), who owns or is tied for the team’s highest score in three of the four events, plus the all-around this season. Men’s gymnastics has six Academic All-Big Ten honorees highlighted by Kit Beikman (Brighton, Colo.) who is the nation’s No. 4-ranked performer on pommel horse and has turned in each of the Gophers’ top five routines on the apparatus this season, including a 15.00 at Oklahoma on March 15.
Minnesota’s women’s swimming team had 17 honorees, including Jenny Shaughnessy (Rochester, Minn.), who was an All-American in the 400 IM, the 400 Freestyle Relay and the 800-Freestyle Relay. Shaughnessy also won the Big Ten Championship in the 400 IM and 800 Freestyle Relay. The men’s swimming team had 11 Academic All-Big Ten honorees highlighted by Tyler Schmidt (Topeka, Kan.) who is a six-time All-American, finished third in the 100-freestyle at the Big Ten Championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships in six different events.
Wrestling had five members named to the Big Ten All-Academic team highlighted by 2007 All-America and two-time Big Ten Champion C.P. Schlatter (Massillion, Ohio).
Men’s basketball was highlighted by Jamal Abu-Shamala (Shakopee, Minn.), who was one of six players to play in all 34 games for a Golden Gopher team that went 20-14 and participated in the NIT. The women’s basketball team had five players on the list highlighted by Emily Fox (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) who was named First-Team All-Big Ten, led Minnesota with 17.2 ppg, was fourth in the Big Ten in scoring and helped lead the Golden Gophers to a 20-12 record and an NCAA Tournament appearance.
The women’s gymnastics team list had six gymnasts highlighted by Carmelina Carbajal (Albuquerque, N.M.), who owns or is tied for the team’s highest score in three of the four events, plus the all-around this season. Men’s gymnastics has six Academic All-Big Ten honorees highlighted by Kit Beikman (Brighton, Colo.) who is the nation’s No. 4-ranked performer on pommel horse and has turned in each of the Gophers’ top five routines on the apparatus this season, including a 15.00 at Oklahoma on March 15.
Minnesota’s women’s swimming team had 17 honorees, including Jenny Shaughnessy (Rochester, Minn.), who was an All-American in the 400 IM, the 400 Freestyle Relay and the 800-Freestyle Relay. Shaughnessy also won the Big Ten Championship in the 400 IM and 800 Freestyle Relay. The men’s swimming team had 11 Academic All-Big Ten honorees highlighted by Tyler Schmidt (Topeka, Kan.) who is a six-time All-American, finished third in the 100-freestyle at the Big Ten Championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships in six different events.
Wrestling had five members named to the Big Ten All-Academic team highlighted by 2007 All-America and two-time Big Ten Champion C.P. Schlatter (Massillion, Ohio).
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