Jeff Lerg Earns Academic All-District Honors
5/25/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
May 25, 2007
East Lansing, Mich. - - Michigan State sophomore goaltender Jeff Lerg (Livonia, Mich.) has earned Second Team Academic All-District Honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Lerg, Human Resource Management major, boasts a 3.68 cumulative grade point average.
Lerg excels both on the ice and in the classroom, in addition to his involvement in the community. In 2006-07, Lerg boasted a 2.41 GAA, .931 save percentage and posted three shutouts in 42 games as he backstopped the Spartans to the 2007 NCAA Championship. Lerg was perhaps at his best in the NCAA Tournament, as he allowed just five goals in four tournament games (1.25 GAA, .954 sv%). He was named NCAA Midwest Regional MVP and also to the Frozen Four All-Tournament Team. Lerg will also be honored as the 2006-07 USA Hockey College Player of the Year in June.
CoSIDA Academic All-District IV 2007 Men's At-Large Teams - University Division
FIRST TEAM
Joseph Sykora, ALABAMA, Jr. Daphne, AL 4.00 Accounting
Kellen Harkness OHIO STATE, Sr. Wuyllap, Wash. 3.84 Operations Management
Eric Tannenbaum MICHIGAN, Sr. Naperville, Ill. 3.84 Neuroscience
Marcel Kleiner CINCINNATI, Sr. Heilbronn, Germany 3.93 Marketing
Alex Birchmeier WESTERN MICHIGAN, Jr. Midland, Mich. 3.94 Psychology
Will Hooper WAYNE STATE, Sr. Woodbridge, Ont. 3.92 Accounting
Vlad Polyakov ALABAMA, Sr. Petropavl, Kazakhstan 3.67 Marketing
Apostolis Tsagkarakis ALABAMA, Sr. Athens, Greece 3.72 Health Care Management
John Zaller DAYTON, Sr. Lyndhurst, OH 3.93 Finance & Business Economics (Double Major)
Bjorn Schantz CLEVELAND STATE, Sr. Loddekopinge, Sweden 3.89 International Business and Marketing
Brady Crosby WESTERN MICHIGAN, Sr. Livonia, Mich. 3.77 Finance
SECOND TEAM
Steven Segerlin AUBURN, Sr. Webster, N.Y. 3.21 Building Science
Wynn Michalak CENTRAL MICHIGAN, Jr. Caro, Mich. 3.81 Physical Education/Mathematics
Brian Hung MICHIGAN, Sr. Hong Kong, China 3.76 Business Administration
Jeff Lerg MICHIGAN STATE, So. Livonia, Mich. 3.68 Human Resource Management
Wes Brown WESTERN KENTUCKY, Jr. Bowling Green, Ky. 3.89 Biology
Mitch Miller WESTERN KENTUCKY, So. Phoenix, Ariz. 4.00 History
Jeff Jakaitis LAKE SUPERIOR STATE, Sr. Rochester, MN 3.47 Business
Michael Wolfe TENNESSEE, Jr. Bartlesville, Okla. 3.70 Mechanical Engineering
Wes Wieser OHIO STATE, So. Chesterfield, Mo. 3.88 Computer Sciences and Engineering
