The 2002 Verizon Academic All-America Basketball Teams include a plethora of scoring punch on the court and academic punch in the classroom.

The men's and women's teams announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) include Team Members of the Year Matt Bonner of the University of Florida (men's university division), Stacey Dales of the University of Oklahoma (women's university division), Kevyn McBride of Alderson-Broaddus College (men's college division) and Katie Gariss
of Missouri Southern State University (women's college division).

Bonner is the leading scorer for a Florida team that earned a No. 5 seed in the Division I Men's Basketball Championship. A business administration major, Bonner averaged 16 points and seven rebounds per game for the Gators.

Dales, a senior from Brockville, Ontario, averaged 17 points, five rebounds and five assists per game for the No. 1-seeded Sooners and was named Big 12 Conference Player of the Year for the second straight season. She also was a finalist for the Wade Trophy as national Player of the Year.

McBride of Alderson-Broaddus averaged 19 points, six rebounds and four assists per game, leading the Battlers to the NCAA Division II playoffs, where they lost an overtime game in the first round.

Gariss of Missouri Southern State is one of four women's college division first-team members to have maintained perfect grade-point averages throughout their college careers. The others are Leigh Dalton of Northern Michigan University, Jamie Heiman of Fort Hays State University and Summer Sparnon of Texas A&M University-Commerce.

The Verizon Academic All-America Teams are selected by a vote of the 1,800-member CoSIDA. Nominees must be varsity starters or key reserves and maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.200 (4.000 scale). This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Verizon Academic All-America program, which was founded by CoSIDA in 1952 to recognize collegiate student-athletes for their achievements in the classroom and on the playing field.

Following is a list of the 2002 Verizon Academic All-America Men's and Women's Basketball Teams (with school and major area of study) in the university and college divisions.

MEN'S UNIVERSITY DIVISION

First team

Matt Bonner, Florida, business administration; Wes Burtner, Belmont, management; Eric Channing, New Mexico State, management; Dan Dickau, Gonzaga, broadcasting; Patrick Jackson, Ball State, business.

Second team

Mike Dunleavy, Duke, history; Adam Mark, Belmont, mathematics; Bill Phillips, St. Joseph's, financial services; McEverett Powers, Texas-San Antonio, information systems; Jobey Thomas, Charlotte, communications.

Third team

Tim Lyle, James Madison, integrated science and technology; Luke Recker, Iowa, health, leisure and sports; Predrag Savovic, Hawaii, international business and finance; Tyler Smith, Penn State, telecommunications; J.R. Vanhoose, Marshall, history.

WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY DIVISION

First team*

Kristine Austgulen, Virginia Commonwealth, political science; Stacey Dales, Oklahoma, communications; Linda Frohlich, UNLV, psychology; Lindsey Meder, Iowa, psychology/pre-medicine; Kate Miller, Kent State, biology; Jenny Nett, Wofford, business economics/English.

Second team

Jessica Guild, Stephen F. Austin, kinesiology/health science; Janet Holt, Tennessee Tech, nursing; Zuzi Klimesova, Vanderbilt, Russian/human and organizational development; Angie Welle, Iowa State, elementary education.

Third team

Kerensa Barr, Missouri, business administration, Michelle Maslowski, Drexel, business administration, Kelly Mazzante, Penn State, undergraduate studies; Susan Moran, St. Joseph's, marketing; Lindsey Wilson, Iowa State, sociology and English.

* Due to a tie in voting there are six first-team members and four second-team members

MEN'S COLLEGE DIVISION

First team

Bob Donlan, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, economics/accounting; Jesse Harris, Simpson, political science/history; Scott Jaeger, Marian, business administration/accounting; Kevyn McBride, Alderson-Broaddus, applied math; Christopher Unton, Rose-Hulman, computer science.

Second team

Brendan Carney, Colby-Sawyer, exercise/sport science; Ashton Fritz, Clarkson, business administration; Landon Kesler, Mesa State, business; J.T. Luginski, Michigan Tech, mechanical engineering; Joe Nixon, DePauw, mathematics.

Third team

Kevin Bartow, Maryville (Missouri), health science/biology; Charlie DeLacey, Denison, economics; Damian Matacz, Northern Michigan, finance; Brian Westre, Missouri-Rolla, engineering; Kirill Yakovlev, Cumberland, computer science.

WOMEN'S COLLEGE DIVISION

First team

Leigh Dalton, Northern Michigan, elementary education; Katie Gariss, Missouri Southern State, biology/premedicine; Jamie Heiman, Fort Hays State, accounting; Debbie Killips, Ferris State, applied biology; Summer Sparnon, Texas A&M-Commerce, finance.

Second team

Lindsay Baker, Pittsburgh-Johnstown, biology, chemistry and geology; Emily Birkholz, Minnesota State-Mankato, chemistry and biology; Kari Groshek, Wisconsin-Stevens Point, biology; Cassie Miller, Bluefield State, early/middle education; Brianne Schoonover, Wartburg, accounting/business administration.

Third team

Robyn Anders, Ouachita Baptist, health and physical education; Michelle Barlau, St. Benedict, elementary education; Nicole Cassmeyer, Central Missouri State, secondary education; Heather Kile, Swarthmore, computer science; Megan Woodruff, Wilmington (Ohio), athletic training.