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Top players from teams that dominated postseason tournaments highlight this year's GTE Academic All-America Men's and Women's Basketball Teams announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The men's university division first team features Shane Battier of Duke University and Mark Madsen of Stanford University, key players on two of the nation's top-ranked teams throughout the season.
Battier, a junior, averaged 18 points and six rebounds per game during the regular season, and Madsen averaged 13 points and nine rebounds per game for the Cardinal.
The women's university division first team includes Team Member of the Year Lisa Baswell of Jacksonville State University and NCAA tournament participants Karalyn Church of the University of Vermont and Ruth Riley of the University of Notre Dame.
T. J. Lux of Northern Illinois University was named the men's university division Team Member of the Year.
In the college division, Korey Coon of Illinois Wesleyan University was named the Team Member of the Year for the second straight time. Koon led his team in scoring (22 ppg) and was this season's winner of the Josten's Award as the outstanding student-athlete in Division III basketball.
Washington University (Missouri) senior Alia Fischer was named the women's college division Team Member of the Year after averaging 17 points and seven rebounds per game for the top-ranked Bears, who have won 68 straight games and two straight Division III championships after completing a second unbeaten season in 2000.
The GTE Academic All-America Teams are selected by a vote of the 1,800-member CoSIDA. Nominees must be starters or key reserves and maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.200 (on a 4.000 scale).
Following is a list of the 2000 GTE Academic All-America Men's and Women's Basketball Teams in the university and college divisions:
MEN'S UNIVERSITY DIVISION
First team
Shane Battier, Duke, religion; Jody Lumpkin Charleston (South Carolina), mathematics and history; T. J. Lux, Northern Illinois, institutional curriculum and supervision; Mark Madsen, Stanford, economics; Brandon Wolfram, UTEP, business management.
Second team
Valter Karavanic, Bucknell, electrical engineering; Rob Krimmel, St. Francis (Pennsylvania), history and secondary education; Derek Nesland, Portland State, mathematics; Juan "Pepe" Sanchez, Temple, history; Matt Williams, Montana, physics.
Third team
Carson Cunningham, Purdue, history; Nathan Jameson, North Carolina-Greensboro, communications and political science; Hanno Mottola, Utah, economics; A.D. Smith, Oregon, business administration; (tie) Eric Channing, New Mexico State, business; and Mike Pegues, Delaware, communications.
WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY DIVISION
First team
Kera Alexander, Texas A&M, computer science; Lisa Baswell, Jacksonville State, special education; Karalyn Church, Vermont, psychology; Jennifer Crow, Oklahoma State, elementary education; Ruth Riley, Notre Dame, psychology.
Second team
Katie Douglas, Purdue, communications; Orsi Farkas, New Hampshire, business administration; Kate Miller, American, biology; Kelly Miller, Georgia, biology; Jackie Stiles, Southwest Missouri State, physical education.
Third team
Susie Erpelding, San Diego, sociology; Andrea Garner, Penn State, marketing; Lindsey Meder, Iowa, psychology; Lisa Oldenburg, Marquette, engineering and physical therapy; Diane Seng, Tennessee Tech, marketing.
MEN'S COLLEGE DIVISION
First team
Neil Bhutta, Emory, physics, economics and mathematics; Korey Coon, Illinois Wesleyan, risk management and history; Kevin Hanlon, Wentworth Institute, construction engineering technology; Jerome Maiatico, Franklin & Marshall, business accounting and government; Jason Reinberg, Truman, biology and premedicine.
Second team
Casey Estling, South Dakota State, economics; David Evans, Brigham Young-Hawaii, biology; Jeremy Kudera, South Dakota, premedicine; Lance Meincke, Winona State, marketing; Aaron Winkle, Calvin, business administration.
Third team
Pat Britton, Ithaca, exercise science; Josh Estelle, Wabash, speech; Ashton Fritz, Clarkson, civil engineering; Craig Heffernan, MIT, electrical engineering and computer science; Mark Watermasysk, Allentown, accounting and finance.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE DIVISION
First team
Shannon Auler, Saint Mary's (Indiana), elementary education; Emily Bloss, Emporia State, recreation; Alia Fischer, Washington (Missouri), French and business; Bess Greenberg, Binghamton, English; Chantel Mize, Texas Lutheran, kinesiology.
Second team
Jayne Even, North Dakota State, mass communications; Jennifer Higgins, St. Cloud State, finance; Stacy Mattioli, Assumption, psychology; Jaime Pudenz, North Dakota, criminal justice; Angi Traplena, Texas Woman's, mathematics.
Third team
Jackie Bucher, Abilene Christian, secondary education; Leslie Dudley, Pittsburg State, sociology; Vanessa Rieder, Wisconsin-Whitewater, Spanish; Julie Stockwell, Stonehill, elementary education; Laura Wendorff, St. Benedict, nursing.