University of Minnesota Athletics
126 Gophers Earn Academic All-Big Ten Honors
6/2/2010 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
University of Minnesota student-athletes capped off a banner year, placing 126 individuals on Spring 2010 Academic All-Big Ten Teams. The total is the second most in the league, behind only Ohio State's 186.
Minnesota, which ranked fifth in the most recent Division I Learfield Directors' Cup standings released April 29th, competes in nine spring sports - baseball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track & field, softball and rowing. Men's and women's ice hockey are also included in the Spring Academic All-Big Ten listings as at-large sports.
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.
Minnesota's track & field teams totaled 54 total honorees, with the Big Ten Champion men's squad accounting for 23 honorees and the women's program boasting 31.
Other notable academic performances on the men's side were turned in by the recently crowned Big Ten Champion baseball team, which placed 14 student-athletes on the Academic All-Big Ten team, the hockey team, which had nine honorees, and the tennis team, which saw 70 percent (7 of 10) of its student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten honors.
On the women's side, the rowing program and Frozen Four participant hockey team both reached double figures with 12 and 10 honorees, respectively.
The Big Ten Spring Academic All-Big Ten Conference Team recognized the athletic and academic excellence of 1,037 spring and at-large sports student-athletes.
The list of honored student-athletes features 79 baseball players, 71 softball players, 117 women's rowers, 40 women's and 54 men's golfers, 55 women's and 50 men's tennis standouts, 191 women's and 145 men's track and field athletes and 134 women's (representing water polo, ice hockey, fencing, synchronized swimming, lightweight rowing, lacrosse, pistol and rifle) and 101 men's (representing ice hockey, volleyball, lacrosse, fencing, rowing, pistol and rifle) at-large athletes.
2010 Spring Academic All-Big Ten Selections
Ohio State-186
Minnesota-126
Indiana-104
Penn State-103
Michigan State-95
Wisconsin-93
Michigan-75
Iowa-74
Northwestern-65
Illinois-61
Purdue-55
Minnesota Academic All-Big Ten Selections (by sport)
Baseball (14)
Brooks Albrecht, Jr. (Management Information Systems)
Kyle Knudson, Sr. (Sports Management)
Michael Kvasnicka, Jr. (Undeclared)
Troy Larson, So. (Pre-Medicine)
Austin Lubinsky, So. (Undeclared)
Scott Matyas, Jr. (Sports Management)
Nick O'Shea, So. (Mechanical Engineering)
AJ Pettersen, So. (Economics)
Matt Puhl, So. (Undeclared)
Luke Ramussen, Jr. (Finance)
Seth Rosin, Jr. (Business & Marketing Education)
Tim Ryan, Jr. (Actuarial Science)
Kurt Schlangen, So. (Finance/Accounting)
Cullen Sexton, Jr. (Finance)
Men's Ice Hockey (9)
Jacob Cepis, Jr. (Business & Marketing Education)
Ryan Flynn, Sr. (Finance)
Mike Hoeffel, Jr. (Business & Marketing Education)
Nick Larson, So. (Psychology)
Taylor Matson, So. (Undeclared)
Kent Patterson, So. (Undeclared)
Nico Sacchetti, So. (Finance)
Brian Schack, Sr. (Business & Marketing Education)
Jordan Schroeder, So. (Undeclared)
Men's Golf (3)
Thomas Campbell, Sr. (Sports Management)
David Haley III, So. (Sports Management)
Tim Peterzen, So. (Business & Marketing Education)
Men's Tennis (7)
Dino Bilankov, Sr. (Communication Studies)
Julian Dehn, So. (Finance)
Sebastian Gallego, Jr. (Finance)
Jonathan Hadash, Jr. (Economics)
Michael Sicora, So. (Finance)
Eddie Svenda, So. (Marketing)
Tobias Wernet, Jr. (International Business)
Men's Track & Field (23)
Matthew Barrett, Sr. (Statistics)
Raymond Blackledge, Sr. (Architecture)
Kevin Bradley, So. (Undeclared)
Matthew Clauer, So. (Business)
Trey Davis, So. (History)
Addison Demer, So. (Genetics, Cell Biology & Developmen
Sean Duling, So. (Political Science)
Pieter Gagnon, So. (Mechanical Engineering)
Micah Hegerle, So. (Kinesiology)
John Holton, So. (Bio-Systems Engineering)
Paul Hoplin, So. (Education)
Tyler Kleinhuizen, So. (Kinesiology)
Joseph McFarland, So. (Mechanical Engineering)
R.J. McGinnis, Sr. (Sports Management)
Sean Olson, So. (Finance)
David Pachuta, Jr. (Biology)
Joseph Plencer, Sr. (Economics)
Andrew Richardson, So. (Undeclared)
Joseph Schwecke, Jr. (Sports Management)
Michael Shelendich, So. (Biochemistry)
Patrick Silovich, Sr, (Kinesiology)
Aaron Studt, Sr. (Business & Marketing Education)
Michael Torchia, Sr. (Biochemistry/History/Italian)
Softball (7)
Whitney Erickson, Jr. (Applied Kinesiology)
Sammie Howard, So. (Elementary Education)
Alissa Koch, So. (Undeclared)
Mallory Mitchell, Jr. (Kinesiology)
Natalie Neal, Jr. (Finance)
Dannie Skrove, So. (Undeclared)
Tina Watts, Sr. (Psychology)
Women's Golf (4)
Michele Edlin, Jr. (Undeclared)
Christine Herzog, Sr. (Pre-Business)
Mary Narzisi, Jr. (Undeclared)
Teresa Puga, Jr. (Undeclared)
Women's Ice Hockey (10)
Kelli Blankenship, Sr. (Kinesiology)
Sarah Erickson, So. (Undeclared)
Brittany Francis, Sr. (Business & Marketing Education)
Alyssa Grogan, So. (Undeclared)
Chelsey Jones, Sr. (Sociology)
Nicole Ludwigson, So. (Undeclared)
Michelle Maunu, Sr. (Applied Kinesiology)
Anne Schleper, So. (Undeclared)
Kelly Seeler, So. (Undeclared)
Alexandra Zebro, Sr. (Physiology)
Women's Rowing (12)
Erika Berg, So. (Human Resource Development)
Debbie Brzozowski, So. (Recreation Park & Leisure Studies)
Rebekah Brzozowski, Sr. (Kinesiology)
Christine Cira, Sr. (Marketing)
Cassie Drozynski, So. (Kinesiology)
Nicole Fisher, Jr. (Psychology)
Shannon Gates, Jr. (Kinesiology)
Teresa Logemann, Jr. (Architecture)
Katelyn Nichols, Sr. (Applied Economics)
Michele Peterson, Sr. (Biomedical Engineering)
Jenna Schuder, Sr. (Interdisciplinary Studies-Architectu
Linnea Trandem, Jr. (Global Studies)
Women's Tennis (6)
Alessandra Ferrazzi, Jr. (Entrepreneurial Management)
Peta Forsyth, Jr. (Kinesiology)
Tijana Koprivica, Sr. (Human Resource Development)
Jackie Sperling, Sr. (Elementary Education)
Mariana Spilca, Sr. (Public Policy)
Magdalena Wiecha, So. (Undeclared)
Women's Track & Field (31)
Gabriel Anderson, Sr. (Public Policy)
Emily Betz, So. (Undeclared)
Jamie Dittmar, Jr. (Inter-College Program)
Caitlyn Dongoske, So. (Undeclared)
Megan Duwell, Sr. (Marketing)
Katelan Dyson, So. (English)
Nyoka Giles, So. (Undeclared)
Tari Helmers, Jr. (Biology, Society & Environment)
Linnea Johnson, So. (English)
Jeri Johnson-Chambers, So. (Undeclared)
Kelsey Joson, So. (Undeclared)
Amy Kubat, So. (Undeclared)
Amy Laskowske, Sr. (Global Studies)
Meghan Mason, Sr. (Epidemiology)
Felicitas Mensing, Sr. (Mechanical Engineering)
Emma Miller, Sr. (Math)
Portia Okoroji, So. (Child Psychology)
Paige Orcutt, So. (History)
Becca Pinkerton, So. (Chemical Engineering)
Stephanie Price, So. (Nursing)
Kathryn Ritter, So. (Undeclared)
Alicia Rue, Sr. (Math)
Megan Smith, So. (Kinesiology)
Kelly Staples, So. (Biology)
Jill Steinbach, Jr. (Kinesiology)
Nicole Tzanakis, Jr. (Biochemistry)
Mallory Van Ness, Sr. (Bachelor of Design in Architecture)
Todea-Kay Willis, So. (Undeclared)
Kelly Wilson, Sr. (Nutrition)
Elizabeth Yetzer, Jr. (Elementary Education)
Kayla Zander, Jr. (Architecture)
