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The NCAA News - News & FeaturesApril 29, 1996Men's women's at-large academic all-Americans announced -- Virginia, North Central standouts lead men's squadA soccer player from Virginia and a cross country champion from North Central lead the GTE Academic All-America men's at-large teams for fall and winter sports. Mike Fisher, who led Division I soccer in scoring in his junior season, is the university division's GTE Academic All-America Team Member of the Year. The biology major with a 3.350 grade-point average was honored as the individual who best represents the qualities of an Academic All-America team member. In the college division, North Central's John Weigel was honored. Weigel, a senior elementary education major with a 3.590 GPA, won the individual title at the 1995 Division III Men's Cross Country Championships and led his team to a second-place finish. The complete university- and college-division teams, as selected by the 1,800-member College Sports Information Directors of America, follow: University division FIRST TEAM Brady Bonsall, Nebraska, cross country, 3.920 grade-point average in mathematics; Ray Carey, Stanford, swimming, 3.220 in classics (premedicine); Denis Mark Carroll, Providence, cross country, 3.360 in business administration; Mike Fisher, Virginia, soccer, 3.350 in biology; Chris Fox, Brown, soccer, 3.930 in business economics; Les Gutches, Oregon State, wrestling, 3.210 in anthropology; Jon Kelling, UC Santa Barbara, swimming, 3.930 in cell and developmental biology; Nick Kittredge, California, water polo, 3.770 in psychology; Scott Lamphear, Wisconsin, soccer, 3.600 in chemical engineering; Ofri Porat, Syracuse, gymnastics, 3.960 in finance; Stuart Reid, Penn State, soccer, 3.470 in geography; Joaquin Romera, Wright State, swimming, 4.000 in systems engineering; Nathan Alan Smith, Navy, swimming, 3.310 in aerospace engineering; Bernie Zeruhn, Minnesota, swimming, 3.930 in management; Scott Ziemba, Marquette, soccer, 3.980 in psychology. SECOND TEAM Brad Barnes, Southwest Missouri State, soccer, 4.000 in accounting; Andy DeVooght, Georgia, swimming, 3.850 in biology; Scott DeWolf, Texas A&M, swimming, 3.880 in political science; Jason Hamma, Montana, cross country, 4.000 in business administration; Karl Haushalter, Rice, swimming, 4.060 (4.000 scale) in chemistry; Michael Kledel, Florida, swimming, 3.910 in business; Jeremy Killen, Oklahoma, gymnastics, 3.820 in health and sports sciences; Joe Lelbold, Xavier (Ohio), swimming, 4.000 in natural science (premedicine); Bill Lester, Notre Dame, fencing, 3.530 in biochemistry/philosophy; Jon Pillow, Arizona, cross country, 4.000 in math/philosophy; Sigurd Slaastad, Northern Illinois, soccer, 3.970 in physical therapy; Kevin Sullivan, Michigan, cross country, 3.370 in civil and environmental engineering; Marc Thorne, Cornell, soccer, 3.990 in biological sciences; Ryan Tobin, Nebraska, wrestling, 3.590 in business administration; Dan Trebil, Minnesota, ice hockey, 3.630 in civil engineering; Jeff Walter, Wisconsin, wrestling, 3.700 in physical therapy. THIRD TEAM Omar Amr, UC Irvine, water polo and swimming, 3.500 in biological sciences; Travis Berger, Penn State, soccer, 3.620 in administration of justice; Chris Boardman, Ball State, cross country, 3.960 in architecture; Joe Burch, Bowling Green, soccer, production and operations management (no GPA reported); Jason Christie, Nebraska, gymnastics, 3.530 in electrical engineering; Jeff Cline, Lehigh, swimming, 3.700 in molecular biology; Chris Graber, Virginia, swimming, 3.830 in chemistry; Bjorn Hansen, Northeastern, soccer, 3.830 in international business; John Luviano, Massachusetts, water polo, 3.760 in accounting; Darren Maloney, Western Michigan, ice hockey, 3.800 in anthropology; Joseph Marus, North Carolina State, swimming, 3.910 in zoology; Kirk Nielsen, Harvard, ice hockey, 3.680 in biology; Jonathan Pillow, Tulsa, cross country, 4.000 in biological sciences; Chris Severy, Colorado, cross country, 4.000 in biochemistry; Joseph Ivan Wirgau, North Carolina State, cross country, 3.980 in chemistry. College division FIRST TEAM
Jeff Allen, Wartburg, cross country, 3.950 in mathematics; Paul Andrew, Plymouth State, soccer, 3.920 in political science; Matt Brill, North Central, cross country, 3.650 in international business/Japanese; Adam Burgasser, UC San Diego, diving, 3.970 in physics; Mike Habalar, Slippery Rock, soccer, 3.970 in social studies/ SECOND TEAM Tim Barshinger, Kutztown, cross country, 3.970 in secondary education; Edward Breuer, Belmont Abbey, cross country, 4.000 in mathematics; Dan Cliburn, Illinois College, wrestling, 3.920 in computer science and math; Ashley Fothergill, Long Island-C. W. Post, soccer, 3.910 in graphic design; Jason Golonka, Northeast Missouri State, cross country, 3.520 in accounting; Oliver Grund, Ashland, cross country, 3.790 in political science/philosophy; Nathan Hottle, Washington and Lee, swimming, 3.790 in physics/engineering; Jason Krug, Mankato State, ice hockey, 3.730 in business administration; Mark Law, Rose-Hulman, cross country, 3.980 in chemical engineering; Cris Maybury, Rochester Institute of Technology, ice hockey, 3.450 in business management; Mike Mravie, St. Francis (Illinois), soccer, 3.920 in math and accounting; Jason Sanders, Illinois College, cross country, 4.000 in history; Bradley Van Sickle, Muskingum, soccer, 3.960 in neuroscience; Jeremy Wright, Wabash, cross country, 3.680 in chemistry; Ron Zukley, Delaware Valley, wrestling, 3.880 in environmental science. THIRD TEAM William D. Allen, Occidental, cross country, 3.300 in kinesiology; Aaron Brinkman, St. Francis (Illinois), soccer, 3.930 in political science; Matt Carpenter, Redlands, swimming, 3.360 in math; Dan Denning, Kenyon, cross country, 3.940 in biology; Paul Dicamillo, Johns Hopkins, cross country, 4.000 in biological medicine/electrical engineering; Jeremy Dubow, Washington (Missouri), 3.910 in accounting/finance; Jonathan Griffin, Harding, cross country, 3.950 in biology; Sean Hartley, South Carolina-Spartanburg, soccer, 3.580 in business administration; Kyle O'Kelly, Alaska Anchorage, skiing, 3.610 in management; Aluede Okokhere, Cal Lutheran, soccer, 3.690 in accounting; Jeff Sargent, Tampa, cross country, 4.000 in physical education; Bobby Taylor, Alaska Anchorage, skiing, 3.970 in biological science; Kevin Theissen, Carleton, cross country, 3.580 in geology; Erik Waldman, UC San Diego, soccer, 3.920 in animal psychology; Matt Willoughby, Ohio Wesleyan, soccer, 3.500 in economics. |