Michigan State University Athletics
MSU Student-Athletes Receive Academic All-Big Ten Honors
5/29/2001 12:00:00 AM | General
May 29, 2001
PARK RIDGE, ILL. - The Big Ten Conference announced its Spring Academic All-Big Ten Conference Team and 48 Spartans were among those honored. To be eligible for the Academic All-Big Ten team, an athlete must be a letterwinner in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a career grade-point average of 3.0 or better.
The ice hockey team led MSU with eight honorees named to the Academic At-Large squad. The women's track squad and crew each had seven honorees apiece, while baseball, men's track and softball teams had five each.
Below is a listing of MSU's 2001 Spring Academic All-Big Ten Conference honorees.
Name, Year, GPA, Major, Hometown/High School Charlie Braun, Baseball, So., 3.85, No-preference, Grosse Pointe, Mich./Grosse Pointe South Chris McCuiston, Baseball, Jr., 3.32, Finance, Birmingham, Mich./Seaholm Dylan Putnam, Baseball, Jr., 3.78, Kinesiology, Ann Arbor, Mich./Orchard Lake St. Mary's David Strunk, Baseball, Sr., 3.48, Mechanical engineering, Harper Woods, Mich./Bishop Gallagher Don Watchowski, Baseball, Jr., 3.00, Kinesiology, Shelby Twp., Mich./Utica Eisenhower Krista Buzzell, Crew, Jr., 3.75, Packaging, Fenton, Mich./Linden Nicole DeMott, Crew, Sr., 3.76, Civil engineering, Rogers, Minn./Buffalo Angela Lound, Crew, Sr., 3.12, Chemical engineering, Holland, Mich./West Ottawa Rachel Miller, Crew, So., 3.65, Electrical engineering, Meeteetse, Wyo./Meeteetse Nicole Pefley, Crew, Sr., 3.16, Nutritional science, Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Central Amy Silder, Crew, So., 3.92, Biosystems engineering, Naperville, Ill./Naperville North Cassandra Weddel, Crew, Jr., 3.27, Kinesiology, East Tawas, Mich./Woodbridge Brent Goik, Men's Golf, Sr., 3.19, Business administration, Bay City, Mich./Central Eric Jorgenson, Men's Golf, Jr., 3.03, Health studies, Big Rapids, Mich./Big Rapid John Koskinen, Men's Golf, So., 3.44, Kinesiology, Baraga, Mich./Baraga Emily Bastel, Women's Golf, Jr., 3.04, Marketing, Upper Sandusky, Ohio/Upper Sandusky Allison Fouch, Women's Golf, So., 3.62, Pre-medicine, Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids Ann Marie Kersten, Women's Golf, So., 3.69, Engineering, Oak Harbor, Ohio/Oak Harbor HS Becky Gray, Softball, Jr., 3.20, Education, Burr Oak, Mich./Burr Oak Lacy Hauxhurst, Softball, So., 3.23, Telecommunications, Westminster, Calif./Westminister Sandy Lewis, Softball, So., 3.61, Human biology, Empire, Mich./Glen Lake Margaret Schick, Softball, So., 3.95, Human biology, Grass Lake, Mich./Chelsea Niki Stemberger, Softball, Jr., 3.31, Communication, San Jose, Calif./Archbishop Mitty Adam Hourani, Men's Tennis, So., 3.72, Business administration, Lansing, Mich./Lansing Catholic Central Jimmy McGuire, Men's Tennis, So., 3.15, Communication, Columbus, Ohio/Upper Sandusky Heidi Leffler, Women's Tennis, Jr., 3.34, Marketing, East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing Amanda McGinnis, Women's Tennis, Jr., 3.04, Kinesiology/Pre-medicine, East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing Natasha Skogerboe, Women's Tennis, Sr., 3.33, Human biology, Coon Rapids, Mich./Blaine Matt Deering, Men's Track, Sr., 3.29, General business, Dowagiac, Mich./Dowagiac Matt Ingram, Men's Track, Sr., 3.84, Environmental biology, Lyons, Mich./Portland Steve Manz, Men's Track, So., 3.31, Lyman Briggs School, West Branch, Mich./Ogemaw Heights Paul Terek, Men's Track, Sr., 3.23, Mechanical engineering, Livonia, Mich./Livonia Franklin Aaron Usher, Men's Track, Sr., 3.50, Statistics, Gregory, Mich./Grass Lake Erin Alexander, Women's Track, So., 3.25, Marketing, Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc Shanna Ashley, Women's Track, Jr., 3.06, Bio-chemistry, Clarendon, Jamaica/Clarendon College Katie Bonner, Women's Track, Jr., 3.24, Psychology, Canton, Mich./Plymouth Salem Cindy Durocher, Women's Track, So., 3.76, No-preference, Parry Sound, Ont./Parry Sound Nicole Grucz, Women's Track, So., 3.22, Kinesiology, Utica, Mich./Utica Shannon Houseman, Women's Track, Sr., 3.50, Marketing, Alto, Mich./Caledonia Ann Somerville, Women's Track, Jr., 3.76, Kinesiology, Ironwood, Mich./Luther L. Wright Joe Blackburn, At-Large (Ice Hockey), Sr., 3.19, Special education, Livonia, Mich./Livonia Churchill Andrew Bogle, At-Large (Ice Hockey), Sr., 3.24, Engineering, Calgary, Alta./Strathcona Tweedsmuir School Brad Fast, At-Large (Ice Hockey), So., 3.50, General business, Fort St. John, B.C./North Peace Secondary School Troy Ferguson, At-Large (Ice Hockey), So., 3.49, Kinesiology, Kitchener, Ont./Ann Arbor Pioneer High School Joe Goodenow, At-Large (Ice Hockey), Jr., 3.00, Animal science, Detroit, Mich./Ann Arbor Pioneer High School Adam Hall, At-Large (Ice Hockey), Jr., 3.29, No-preference, Kalamazoo, Mich./Ann Arbor Pioneer High School Ryan Miller, At-Large (Ice Hockey), So., 3.07, No-preference, East Lansing, Mich./Sault Area High School Damon Whitten, At-Large (Ice Hockey), Sr., 3.27, Communication, Brighton, Mich./Brighton
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