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The NCAA News -- January 18, 1999

Bremner, Rickards head volleyball GTE Academic All-America teams

Bonnie Bremner, who helped lead Penn State to a runner-up finish in the 1998 Division I Women's Volleyball Championship, has been named this year's university-division GTE Academic All-America Team Member of the Year in women's volleyball.

Stephanie Rickards of Moravian, a senior secondary education major, was named the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year in the college division.

Bremner is a three-time Big Ten Conference player of the year and finished among Division I leaders with a .440 hitting percentage.

The College Division also includes Melinda Almazan of Regis (Colorado), who was earlier named the Division II player of the year.

The GTE Academic All-America Teams are selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America. Team members are varsity starters or key reserves who have maintained a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.200 (4.000 scale).

This year's teams:

UNIVERSITY DIVISION

First team

Bonnie Bremner, Penn State, speech communication; Lauren Cacciamani, Penn State, art education; Carolyn Clevenger, Georgia Tech, history/technology/science; Wendy Feldman, Central Michigan, accounting; Jessica Field, Arkansas, sociology; Keri Potts, Syracuse, public relations; Cindy Vojtech, Fordham, business administration.

Second team

Allison Arreola, Charleston Southern, environmental management; Jill Ferguson, Mississippi State, communication; Ramsey Herron, Western Carolina, biology; Felicity Kolp, Dartmouth, English; Ksenya Korshunova, Saint Louis, business administration; Vendula Kurcova, American, business administration.

Third team

Cassie Brill, Georgia, management; Anja Grabovac, Long Beach State, mathematics/
computer science; Michelle Hallagin, Wichita State, exercise science; Megan Korver, Nebraska, electrical engineering; Carrie Patterson, Kent, speech pathology and audiology; Rosie Wustrack, Yale, biology.

COLLEGE DIVISION

First team

Melinda Almazan, Regis (Colorado), business; Chandra Barkes, Anderson, premedicine; Leann Genzel, Illinois Wesleyan, public accounting; Carrie Lyons, Muskingum, English; Lynn Olsen, Wisconsin-Whitewater, accounting; Stephanie Rickards, Moravian, secondary education.

Second team

Kim Arndt, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, biology education; Jennifer Martz, Washington (Missouri), finance, marketing and international business; Mandy Pinkerton, Midwestern State, biology; Marci Sanders, Angelo State, kinesiology; Jessica Svatek, Rochester, biomedical engineering; Kari Wanat, Florida Tech, molecular biology.

Third team

Carrie Banaszak, Washington & Jefferson, psychology; Kim Brummer, Nebraska-Kearney, elementary education; Sarah Butler, West Texas A&M, kinesiology; Rachel Price, North Alabama, physics/general chemistry; Dawn Reinhardt, Wittenberg, political science; Robyn Ruschmeier; St. Benedict, music.