Big Ten Announces Winter Academic All-Conference Teams
3/31/2006 12:00:00 AM | General
March 31, 2006
EAST LANSING, Mich. - As the winter term of the 2005-06 school year comes to a close, the Big Ten recognizes a total of 433 winter sports student-athletes who have been named to the Academic All-Conference Team. Forty-five student-athletes from Michigan State made the winter 2006 list in the sports of men's basketball (3), women's basketball (6), women's gymnastics (4), men's swimming and diving (7), women's swimming and diving (19) and wrestling (6). The 19 women's swimming and diving honorees were the most for any Big Ten school in that sport. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, 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.
School-By-School BreakdownSchool - Honorees - SportsIllinois - 33 - 6Indiana - 32 - 5Iowa - 38 - 7Michigan - 45 - 7Michigan State - 45 - 6Minnesota - 59 - 7Northwestern - 25 - 5Ohio State - 44 - 7Penn State - 44 - 7Purdue - 36 - 5Wisconsin - 36 - 5
Michigan State Student-Athlete Honorees (Year indicates academic classification)
Men's Basketball (Name, Year, Major, Hometown)
Jason Aerts, SR, Mechanical Engineering, Pentwater, Mich.; Idong Ibok, SO, No Preference, Lagos, Nigeria; Drew Neitzel, SO, Interdisciplinary Humanities, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Women's Basketball (Name, Year, Major, Hometown)
Lindsay Bowen, SR, Kinesiology, Dansville, Mich.; Maggie Dwyer, SO, Family Community Service, Grand Haven, Mich.; Katrina Grantham, JR, Accounting, Saginaw, Mich.; Laura Hall, SO, General Business/Pre-Law, Temperance, Mich.; Victoria Lucas-Perry, JR, Finance, Flint, Mich.; Liz Shimek, SR, General Management, Empire, Mich.
Women's Gymnastics (Name, Year, Major, Hometown)
Sarah Alexander, SR, Kinesiology, Kernersville, N.C.; Kristen Coleman, JR, Kinesiology, Cornwall, Ontario; Victoria Iakounina, JR, No Preference, Dumfries, Va.; Megan McNally, SO, Interior Design, St. Paul, Minn.
Men's Swimming and Diving (Name, Year, Major, Hometown)
Matt Akerley, JR, International Relations, Marquette, Mich.; Ian Clutten, SR, Civil Engineering, Capetown, South Africa; David Habel, SR, Civil Engineering, Cincinnati, Ohio; Nick Harley, SR, Advertising, Rockford, Mich.; Matt McNichols, SO, Packaging, Naperville, Ill.; Johan Sunryd, SR, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Molndal, Sweden; Matt Wisniewski, SR, Accounting, Plymouth, Mich.
Women's Swimming and Diving (Name, Year, Major, Hometown)
Lindsay Bockstiegel, JR, Mechanical Engineering, Cincinnati, Ohio; Eve Brusie, JR, Physiology, Grand Haven, Mich.; Katie Edwards, JR, Advertising, Livonia, Mich.; Courtney Ellabarger, SR, Psychology, Carmel, Ind.; Tesla Hughes, SR, Criminal Justice, Taft, Tenn.; Katrina Kniff, SR, Child Development, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Basak Oguz, JR, Mechanical Engineering, Ankara, Turkey; Megan Reponen, JR, Animal Science, Maitland, Fla.; Amber Rodin, JR, Elementary Education, Grosse Pointe, Mich.; Lindsay Rodin, SR, Accounting, Grosse Pointe, Mich.; Dani Sawyer, JR, Zoology, Chelsea, Mich.; Allison Sayers, JR, Hospitality Business, Chelsea, Mich.; Amy Schmidt, JR, Dietetics, Grand Ledge, Mich.; Amber Schroeder, JR, Human Biology, Rockford, Ill.; Erika Templeton, SR, Physiology, Canton, Ohio; Marsena Vranesic, SR, Marketing, Lebanon, Pa.; Danielle Williams, SO, Marketing, Dorchester, Ontario; Amanda Wyman, SO, Psychology, Essexville, Mich.; Carly Zenk, JR, Elementary Education, Southgate, Mich.
Wrestling (Name, Year, Major, Hometown)
Jeremy Bloom, SO, Nursing, Williamston, Mich.; R.J. Boudro, SR, Sociology, Richmond, Mich.; Abe Cross, SO, No Preference, Perry, Mich.; Clint Frutiger, SO, General Management, Petersburg, Mich.; Rex Kendle, SO, Biological Science - Interdept., Edwardsburg, Mich.; Darren McKnight, SR, Accounting, Hixson, Tenn.
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