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June 9, 1997

GTE Academic All-America at-large teams announced

The GTE Academic All-America fall/winter men's and women's at-large teams feature two soccer players, a cross country runner and a swimmer as team members of the year.

Soccer players Mike Fisher of Virginia and Jennifer Renola of Notre Dame are GTE Academic All-America Team Members of the Year in the university division.

Matt Brill, a cross country runner at North Central, is the men's team member of the year in the college division, and Kristin Goldthorpe, a swimmer at Denison, is the division's women's team member of the year.

Fisher, a biology and premedicine major at Dayton, earned the honor for the second year in a row.

Renola, an English major, led Notre Dame to the 1995 Division I women's soccer title and Brill, an international business and Japanese major, was 1996 Division III men's cross country individual champion.

Goldthorpe, a political science and communications major at Denison, helped her team to a fourth-place finish at this year's Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.

The GTE Academic All-America Teams are selected by a vote of the 1,800-member College Sports Information Directors of America. Nominees must be a varsity starter or key reserve and must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.200 (4.000 scale).

Following are the fall/winter Academic All-America teams.

University division

First team/men: Omar Amr, water polo/swimming, UC Irvine, biological sciences; Brad Barnes, soccer, Southwest Missouri State, accounting; Joe Burch, soccer, Bowling Green, business; Andrew DeVooght, swimming, Georgia, political science; Mike Fisher, soccer, Virginia, biology and premedicine; Jason Hamma, cross country, Montana, business administration; Bjorn Hansen, soccer, Northeastern, international business; Alex Lamme, cross country, Nebraska, accounting; Joe Leibold, swimming, Xavier (Ohio), natural sciences; Bill Lester, fencing, Notre Dame, biochemistry; Jonathan Pillow, cross country, Arizona, mathematics and philosophy; Marc Thorne, soccer, Cornell, biological science; Barry Wynn, swimming, Georgia, management; Scott Ziemba, soccer, Marquette, psychology.

First team/women: Jen Brown, field hockey, Ball State, physical education; Lisa Coole, swimming, Georgia, biology; Lisa Giaconia, cross country, St. Peter's, elementary education and urban studies; Becky Gibbs, swimming, LSU, education; Julie Grant, gymnastics, Southern Utah, consumer science; Julie Johnson, soccer, Wisconsin, geology and geophysics; Kim Koerner, cross country, Southern Illinois, physiology; Beth Leake, swimming, Kentucky, accounting; Kim Mazza, gymnastics, Iowa State, finance; Courtney Mathieson, soccer, Montana, elementary education; Kelly Price, swimming, Ball State, premedicine; Jennifer Renola, soccer, Notre Dame, English; Becky Ruehl, diving, Cincinnati, graphic design; Amy VanLaecke, soccer, Notre Dame, chemical engineering; Meredith Willard, gymnastics, Alabama, marketing.

Second team/men: Jon Corbitt, gymnastics, Illinois, Spanish; Ted Harris, gymnastics, Nebraska, finance; Ryan Kehoe, soccer, Wisconsin, zoology; Marcelo Kingston, swimming, LSU, business; Jason Krug, ice hockey, Mankato State, business administration; Jim Kunevicius, soccer, North Carolina-Charlotte, information management; Steve Noble, ice hockey, Notre Dame, finance; Jeff Rihn, soccer, Duquesne, biology and theology; Joe Roemer, gymnastics, Penn State, finance; Matt Schlessman, swimming, Minnesota, mechanical engineering; Andriy Shapowal, soccer, Virginia, commerce, finance and marketing; Sigurd Slaastad, soccer, Northern Illinois, physical therapy; Alastair Steel, soccer, Wisconsin, chemical engineering; Uli Steidl, cross country, Portland, chemistry; Todd White, ice hockey, Clarkson, accounting and finance.

Second team/women: Dana Adams, cross country, Tennessee Tech, accounting/master of business administration; Erin Baxter, soccer, Florida, business; Sarah Blossom, cross country, Eastern Kentucky, occupational therapy; Wendy Brady, field hockey, Connecticut, English; Christina Brown, cross country, Western Kentucky, psychology and recreation; Becky Flowers, cross country, William and Mary, geology; Heather Hale, field hockey, Virginia, psychology; Heidi Hornbeek, gymnastics, Arizona, pre-exercise sports science; Kim McGreevy, cross country, Penn State, accounting; Sarah Mikrut, gymnastics, Ball State, exercise science and prephysical therapy; Randi Miller, gymnastics, Oregon State, health and human performance; Jessica Nonnemacher, gymnastics, West Virginia, advertising; Andrelina Rodriguez, swimming, Southern Illinois, computer science; Kyle Rothenberger, field hockey, Massachusetts, biochemistry; Emily Stauffer, soccer, Harvard, government; Adrienne Turner, swimming, Kansas, preallied health.

Third team/men: Erik Anderson, rifle, Kentucky, computer science; Michael Andrews, cross country, Arkansas State, English and radio/television; Matt Branum, swimming, North Carolina, political science; Matt Brown, swimming, Purdue, agricultural engineering; Greg Chang, fencing, Harvard, biochemistry; Henrik Cleverdal, swimming, Cincinnati, operations management; Donald Everett Field, soccer, Navy, physics; Brendan Grubbs, water polo, Southern California, biology; Steve Haley, swimming, Army, mathematical science; Mike Johnson, ice hockey, Bowling Green, finance; Brook Kintz, cross country, Georgetown, environmental studies; Scott McCall, gymnastics, William and Mary, biology; Barry Purcell, soccer, James Madison, geography; Britton Smith, swimming, Navy, mechanical engineering; Calvin Thigpen, cross country, Mississippi, chemistry.

Third team/women: Beth Amelkovich, gymnastics, Michigan, communication, sports management and physical education; Danielle Butsch, field hockey, Northeastern, physical therapy; Christie Engesser, cross country, Oregon, exercise/movement science; Keri Erazmus, gymnastics, James Madison, kinesiology, sports management and premedicine; Gladys Ganiel, cross country, Providence, political science; Kelsie Hess, cross country, Duquesne, biology; Margaret McParland, cross country, Manhattan, accounting; Kimberly Olson, cross country, Western Kentucky, broadcasting; Christy Rice, cross country, Marquette, biology; Kelly Sadowski, field hockey, Central Michigan, secondary education; Claudia Stanescu, swimming, Arizona, pre-exercise sports science; Colleen Sunderland, cross country, Rutgers, biological sciences; Rachel Tolliver, soccer, Georgia Southern, computer information systems; Jennifer Wood, soccer, Texas Tech, public relations.

College division

First team/men: Kip Adrian, soccer, Kalamazoo, health sciences and economics; Devin Balkcom, swimming, Johns Hopkins, computer science and international studies; Matt Brill, cross country, North Central, international business and Japanese; Aaron Brinkman, soccer, St. Francis (Illinois), political science; Dan Cliburn, wrestling, Illinois College, computer science and mathematics; Dan Denning, cross country, Kenyon, molecular biology; Paul DiCamillo, cross country, Johns Hopkins, biomedical and electrical engineering; Jeremy Dubow, cross country, Washington (Missouri), finance and accounting; Mike Habalar, soccer, Slippery Rock, secondary education and social studies; Nathan Hottle, swimming, Washington and Lee, engineering and computer science; Joel Kosakoff, soccer, UC San Diego, economics and psychology; Justin Krueger, soccer, Ohio Wesleyan, history, chemistry and premedicine; Michael Mrvale, soccer, St. Francis (Illinois), mathematics and accounting; Arnold Seto, cross country, MIT, health sciences and technology; Mark Sundet, cross country, Luther, biology and health.

First team/women: Kathy Jo Dalton, cross country, Wayne State (Nebraska), accounting; Jacquelyn Field, swimming, Principia, chemistry; Kristin Goldthorpe, swimming, Denison, political science and communication; Rebecca Hardiman, soccer, Presbyterian, biology; Betsy Haverkamp, cross country, Calvin, Spanish and education; Elise Henry, cross country, Nebraska-Omaha, premedicine; Eleanor Johnson, soccer, UC San Diego, biology; Amanda Lybarger, swimming, Truman State, exercise science; Jennifer Peters, cross country, Loras, biology research; Elizabeth Roe, soccer, Presbyterian, chemistry; Sharon Sanborn, swimming, Case Reserve, biomedical engineering; Sandy Shaneyfelt, soccer, Nebraska Wesleyan, psychology; Carla Thomas, cross country, Moravian, English; Kris Vander Plaat, soccer, Rochester, psychology; Laura Witek, cross country, St. Joseph's (Indiana), elementary education.

Second team/men: Leo Carney, wrestling, Messiah, biology and premedicine; Seamus Donnelly, soccer, Franklin Pierce, international business; Michel Dupont, ice hockey, St. Michael's, biology; David Fox, ice hockey, Nichols, accounting; Scott Frerichs, ice hockey, Bentley, finance; Sam Glass, soccer, Calvin, chemistry and classical civilization; Oliver Grund, cross country, Ashland, philosophy and political science; Marlon Haverdink, cross country, Northwestern (Iowa), business education; Ben Kitzke, swimming, Rochester, optics; Kevin Lannon, cross country, St. Norbert, English, mathematics and physics; Dan Lewandowski, wrestling, Augsburg, computer science; Andy Reigstad, wrestling, St. Cloud State, elementary education; John Smith, soccer, Rollins, history; Albert Wheeler, cross country, Otterbein, biology and chemistry; Ron Zukley, wrestling, Delaware Valley, environmental science.

Second team/women: Kathy Aros, soccer, Wittenberg, biology and premedicine; Stephanie Balaouras, soccer, Babson, finance investments; Tracy Barndt, field hockey, Bloomsburg, biology; Erin Block, swimming, Augustana (Illinois), Spanish, Latin American studies and history; Amy Carter, soccer, Emory, biology and chemistry; Jennifer Erdos, swimming, Allegheny, biology; Denise Hutchinson, soccer, St. Joseph's (Indiana), biology and chemistry; Kathy Kearns, cross country, Northwest Missouri State, dietetics; Maureen McGranaghan, cross country, Carnegie Mellon, humanities and art; Kara Murphy, soccer, Tufts, mathematics and quantitative economics; Ashley Noble, cross country, Catawba, sports medicine; Sandra Oh, soccer, Case Reserve, chemical engineering; Kirsten Reid, swimming, Drew, economics and French; Sacha Riddell, soccer, Wartburg, biology; Anna Rottino, soccer, Gannon, biology and prephysical therapy.

Third team/men: Jonathan Dandy, cross country, Harding, physics and chemistry; John Dorsch, cross country, Hillsdale, biology and premedicine; Samuel Gibson, wrestling, Northwestern (Iowa), chemistry and biology; Aaron Holley, cross country, Brandeis, biology and psychology; Pat Kelly, wrestling, Nebraska-Omaha, business; Matthew Lau, water polo, MIT, electrical engineering and computer science; Brad Murray, soccer, Williams, economics; David Nellis, cross country, Augustana (Illinois), computer science, mathematics and geography; Mike Northrop, cross country, Tufts, mechanical engineering; Aluede Okokhere, soccer, Cal Lutheran, accounting; Matt Oliver, swimming, John Carroll, economics and foreign affairs; Jacob Schmidt, soccer, Muhlenberg, economics; Chris Truitt, cross country, Adams State, allied health and biology; William Watts, soccer, Calvin, mathematics and premedicine; Jerome Lee Yaw, soccer, Gardner-Webb, business.

Third team/women: Stacy Bryner, field hockey, Shippensburg, elementary education; Cindy Farris, cross country, Angelo State, mathematics; Heather Fox, soccer, Northern Colorado, human biology; Katie Horst, field hockey, East Stroudsburg, history; Gretchen Livingston, field hockey, Tufts, Spanish; Lori Lueddecke, soccer, Missouri-St. Louis, accounting; Jennifer Lyons, cross country, Abilene Christian, biochemistry; Marie Matchett, cross country, Hope, education and Spanish; N. Katherine Merrilees, field hockey, MIT, electrical engineering; Laura Nelson, cross country, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, elementary education; Christine O'Brien, swimming, Washington (Missouri), political science; Sara Petta, cross country, Hillsdale, psychology; Wendy Platt, cross country, Pittsburg State, psychology; Nicole Purick, cross country, St. Lawrence, mathematics; Theresa Richardson, soccer, Grand Valley State, accounting.