Big Ten Announces Fall Academic All-Conference Teams
12/7/2005 12:00:00 AM | General
Dec. 7, 2005
PARK RIDGE, Ill. -
Big Ten All-Conference Academic Teams Release
Download Free Acrobat Reader
As the fall term of the 2005-06 school year comes to a close, the Big Ten recognizes a total of 603 fall sports athletes who have been named to the Academic All-Conference Team. Fifty-five student-athletes from Michigan State made the fall 2006 list, including a school-record 18 football players. The list of honored student-athletes features 53 men's and 88 women's cross country runners, 54 field hockey players, 159 football players, 57 men's and 127 women's soccer athletes and 65 volleyball players. 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.
At least nine Big Ten student-athletes have maintained unblemished GPAs. A trio of women's cross country runners boast a 4.0 GPA in Minnesota's Allison Joelson (So., Elementary Education) and the Purdue duo Anne Dillavou (So., Retail Management) and Anne King (Jr., Industrial Engineering). In women's soccer, Minnesota's Hailey McCarthy (So., International Business), Purdue's Kate Mills (So., Movement and Sports Science) and Wisconsin's Jessica Ring (Gr., Sociology/Pre-Law) have all earned a perfect GPA. In football, Indiana's Kevin Trulock (So., Biology) and Iowa's Adam Shada (So., Pre-Business) also claimed 4.0 GPAs, while Purdue's Leah Wischmeier (Sr., Health Sciences) has maintained a 4.0 as a member of the Boilermaker volleyball team.
The Big Ten Academic All-Conference award winners also achieved excellence outside of the classroom. In cross country, Tim Nelson (Jr., Communications Arts) and Christian Wagner (So., Engineering Mechanics) placed 18th and 58th, respectively, to help the Wisconsin men's squad finish first at the NCAA Championship and earn its fourth national title in school history, while Illinois' Cassie Hunt (Jr., Sport Management) was named Big Ten Athlete of the Year after claiming her first individual conference title. In field hockey, Indiana's Kayla Bashore (Gr., Biology) collected Player of the Year accolades as she led the Hoosiers to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Penn State's Kaleena Walters (Sr., Psychology) was tabbed volleyball's Defensive Player of the Year after leading the Nittany Lions to their third consecutive Big Ten title. In women's soccer, PSU's Tiffany Weimer (Sr., Journalism) collected Offensive Player of the Year laurels for the second consecutive year, while Penn State's Lindsay Bach (Gr., Communications Sciences and Disorders) and Illinois' Christen Karniski (Sr., English) shared Defensive Player of the Year accolades. In men's soccer, Northwestern's Brad Napper (Sr., Sociology) and Brad North (Jr., Radio/Television/Film) and the Penn State duo of Conrad Taylor (So., Health and Human Development) and David Walters (Sr., Recreation and Park Management) earned All-Big Ten first-team honors. On the football field, three Academic All-Big Ten performers have already been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first-team in Indiana's Will Meyers (Jr., Accounting), Iowa's Mike Elgin (Sr., Mechanical Engineering) and Penn State's Paul Posluszny (Jr., Finance).
School-by-School Breakdown
School Fall Honorees Fall Sports School Fall Honorees Fall SportsIllinois 35 5 Minnesota 52 5Indiana 71 7 Northwestern 56 6Iowa 41 6 Ohio State 58 7Michigan 70 7 Penn State 71 7Michigan State 55 7 Purdue 44 5 Wisconsin 50 6
Michigan State Student-Athlete Honorees (Complete lists attached as .pdf) Men's Cross Country Matt Bartlebaugh, Michigan State Jr. History Napoleon, Mich. Nathan Egger, Michigan State Sr. Physiology Bath, Mich. Nick Oertel, Michigan State Jr. Finance Goodrich, Mich. Jim Pancoast, Michigan State Jr. Geography Stevensville, Mich. Justin Zanotti, Michigan State Jr. Criminal JusticeChesterfield, Mich.
Women's Cross Country Emily Adama, Michigan State So. Public Policy Newaygo, Mich. Brittany Ballard, Michigan State Sr. Criminal JusticeMidland, Mich. Katie Forsyth, Michigan State Jr. Education Bath, Mich. Michelle Rafferty, Michigan State Jr. English Carmel, Ind. Lisa Senakiewich, Michigan State So. English Davison, Mich.
Field Hockey Becky Bolen, Michigan State Sr. Zoology Redbank, N.J. Breanna Harpstead, Michigan State Sr. Biochemistry/Molecular Biology West Chester, Pa. Michelle Huynh-Ba, Michigan State Sr. Hospitality Business Hockessin, Del. Jessica Miller, Michigan State Sr. Psychology San Diego, Calif.Megan Nimke, Michigan State Jr. Marketing Ann Arbor, Mich.
Football Kiel Beltinck, Michigan State Jr. Human Biology Mount Pleasant, Mich. Todd Boleski, Michigan State So. General Business Administration Dearborn Heights, Mich. Kyle Brown, Michigan State Sr. Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science W. Bloomfield, Mich. Brian Bury, Michigan State Gr. Food Industry Management Marion, Ohio Pete Clifford, Michigan State Jr. Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science Salem, N.H. Cole Corey, Michigan State Jr. General Management Tecumseh, Mich. Deon Curry, Michigan State So. No-preference Oakland Township, Mich. Tom Dance, Michigan State So. General Business Administration - Pre-law Erie, Pa. Brandon Fields, Michigan State Sr. Kinesiology Toledo, Ohio Brett Kahn, Michigan State Jr. Kinesiology Trenton, Mich. Travis Key, Michigan State So. Packaging Three Rivers, Mich. Justin Kershaw, Michigan State So. No-preference Columbus, Ohio Chris Morris, Michigan State Gr. Finance Lambertville, Mich. Jelani Nantambu, Michigan State So. Marketing Southfield, Mich. Gordon Niebylski, Michigan State Gr. Supply Chain Management Farmington, Mich. Eric Smith, Michigan State Gr. Criminal Justice Groveport, Ohio Drew Stanton, Michigan State Sr. Kinesiology Farmington Hills, Mich.
Men's Soccer Ryan Dick, Michigan State Jr. Kinesiology Rochester Hills, Mich. Greggory Doster, Michigan State Sr. Accounting Frankfort, Ill. Stephen Doster, Michigan State Sr. Packaging Frankfort, Ill. Matthew Kreikemeier, Michigan State Jr. Human Biology Chesterfield, Mo. Michael Thomson, Michigan State Sr. Kinesiology East Lansing, Mich. Jason Tillman, Michigan State Jr. Supply Chain Management Brighton, Mich. Kaleb Thornhill, Michigan State Jr. Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science Lansing, Mich.
Women's Soccer Katherine Boyd, Michigan State So. Marketing Rochester, Mich. Shannon Collar, Michigan State Sr. Nursing Plano, Texas Erin Doan, Michigan State So. Pre-Med Dearborn, Mich. Emma Harris, Michigan State Sr. Marketing Portage, Mich. Erin Konheim, Michigan State Sr. Education West Bloomfield, Mich. Linsey Laskowski, Michigan State Jr. General Management Troy, Mich. Nina Mastracci, Michigan State Sr. Human Biology Troy, Mich. Callie McCarthy, Michigan State So. Packaging Okemos, Mich. Maureen Pawlak, Michigan State So. Kinesiology Commerce Township, Mich. Katherine Peters, Michigan State Sr. Nutritional Science Troy, Mich. Emily Wiegand, Michigan State Sr. History Portage, Mich. Jenee Witherspoon, Michigan State Jr. Zoology Midland, Mich.
Volleyball Brooke Langston, Michigan State Sr. Apparel &Textile Design Germantown, Tenn. Megan Wallin, Michigan State Sr. (Grad) Communications Sarasota, Fla. Miken Trogdon, Michigan State So. Criminal Justice Lisle, Ill.
Players Mentioned
