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Track stars highlight GTE Academic All-America men's team

J'Dee Wilson of Utah State and Ryan Carpenter of Augustana (Illinois) are the GTE Academic All-America Team Members of the Year in the university and college divisions, respectively. Wilson and Carpenter were selected as the individuals who best exemplify the athletics and academic achievements of Academic All-America team members.

Wilson, a senior, compiled a perfect 4.000 grade-point average as a biology/premedicine major at Utah State. Carpenter, a junior, has a 3.890 GPA as a mathematics, physics and computer science major at Augustana.

The Academic All-America teams are selected by a vote of the 1,800-member College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Individuals selected for the teams must be a varsity starter or key reserve and maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.200.

Following are this year's at-large teams for the spring semester.

UNIVERSITY DIVISION

First team

John Barrington, Fresno State, golf, 3.880 in biology/premedicine; Andrew Bloom, Wake Forest, track, 3.300 in mathematics; Kristian Broems, Mississippi State, tennis, 3.960 in art; Justin Chapman, Oklahoma, track, 3.750 in accounting; Lukas Hovorka, Southern California, tennis, 3.970 in business; Gerald Ingalls, Army, track, 3.280 in engineering/psychology; Will Junius, Tulane, track, 3.940 in cell biology; Scott Keane, Cincinnati, track, 4.000 in mechanical engineering; Alex Lamme, Nebraska, track, 3.960 in accounting; Christopher Mahony, Tennessee, tennis, 3.830 in sports management; Tomas Malik, Coastal Carolina, tennis, 4.000 in finance; Eric O'Brien, Georgetown, track, 3.430 in government; Roger Pettersson, UNLV, tennis, 3.520 in hotel administration; Matthew Wilkens, William and Mary, track, 3.930 in chemistry/philosophy; J'Dee Wilson, Utah State, track, 4.000 in biology/premedicine.

Second team

Jan Anderson, Arizona, tennis, 3.830 in business and public administration; James Bache, North Carolina State, track, 4.000 in electrical engineering; Daniel Chanyalew, Jackson State, tennis, 3.970 in computer science; Ivan Contreras, Penn State, volleyball, 3.230 in electrical engineering; Kirk Davies, Marquette, tennis, 3.900 in dentistry; Jonas Elmblad, Virginia Commonwealth, tennis, 3.620 in marketing; Jeff Fahrenbruch, Texas, golf, 4.000 in business administration; Patrick Filipsson, Southwest Texas State, tennis, 3.960 in computer science; Neophytos Kalogerou, Southern Illinois, track, 4.000 in business economics; Craig Lawson, Brigham Young, track, 3.850 in accounting; Brent Miller, Evansville, golf, 3.860 in mathematics; Mike Polsky, Hofstra, tennis, 3.940 in mechanical engineering; Adam Spitznagle, Ohio State, volleyball, 3.560 in physical therapy; Uli Steidl, Portland, track, 3.870 in chemistry; Bryan Walker, Southeast Missouri State, track, 3.960 in chemistry; Mark Wilson, North Carolina, golf, 3.620 in mathematics.

Third team

Scott Anderson, Princeton, track, 3.700 in economics; Frank Bruder, Idaho, track, 3.710 in economics; Tim Casey, Quincy, volleyball, 4.000 in theology/history; Stewart Ellington, Tennessee, track, 3.300 in nursing; Jorge Esqueda, South Carolina, tennis, 3.770 in finance; Ryan Gabel, Bowling Green, tennis, 4.000 in business/finance; Chris Groer, Vanderbilt, tennis, 3.580 in economics/mathematics; Milford Marchant, Johns Hopkins, lacrosse, 3.280 in biology/premedicine; Chip McDonald, LSU, golf, 3.620 in biochemistry; Neal McNamara, Southwest Missouri State, tennis, 4.000 in accounting; Joel Radtke, Harvard, golf, 3.600 in government; Aaron Rosso, Western Michigan, track, 3.770 in finance; Mike Terry, UCLA, track, 3.730 in business/economics; Rob Tobin, North Carolina, lacrosse, 3.770 in psychology; Bernd Trommer, Boston U., track, 3.610 in social studies.

COLLEGE DIVISION

First team

Dan Besemann, St. John's (Minnesota), track, 3.960 in chemistry; Matt Brill, North Central, track, 3.580 in international business/Japanese; Ryan Carpenter, Augustana (Illinois), track, 3.890 in mathematics, physics and computer science; Chad Clayton, Catawba, golf, 3.900 in computer information systems; Bryan Cunningham, Wisconsin-Platteville, track, 3.930 in civil engineering; Todd Fuelberth, Nebraska-Kearney, track, 4.000 in chemistry; Alan Heverly, Moravian, tennis, 3.760 in psychology; Chris Kolesnik, Lincoln Memorial, golf, 4.000 in chemistry and premedicine; Dan Kramer, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, track, 4.000 in physics and mathematics; Roman Pavlik, Bryant, tennis, 3.630 in computer information systems; Arnold Seto, MIT, track, 5.000 (5.000 scale) in biology; Jason Slaikeu, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, track, 3.540 in biology; John Weigel, North Central, track, 3.630 in elementary education; Chris Willeman, Simpson, track, 4.000 in German and mathematics; Clay Yeager, Scranton, tennis, 3.800 in premedicine.

Second team

Scott Ameduri, Case Reserve, tennis, 3.960 in electrical engineering; Mike Bohensky, Angelo State, track, 3.350 in English; Krishnan Chandrasekhar, Indianapolis, tennis, 3.960 in economics and finance; Casey Cleveland, North Florida, tennis, 3.650 in communications; Scott Frerichs, Bentley, lacrosse, 3.810 in finance; Paul Hefter, Augustana (Illinois), tennis, 3.950 in mathematics, computer science and business finance; Dave McCune, Angelo State, track, 3.690 in kinesiology; Chad Moser, Illinois Wesleyan, tennis, 3.830 in public accounting; Ryan Murphy, Central (Iowa), tennis, 3.990 in physics; Anders Nilsson, Lander, tennis, 3.900 in business; James Oliviero, Emory, tennis, 3.840 in business; Stefano Papaleo, Lynn, tennis, 3.970 in liberal arts; Damian Polla, Washington (Maryland), tennis, 3.520 in economics and business management; Rob Stone, East Stroudsburg, track, 3.660 in pharmacy; Jon Turbett, Coe, tennis, 3.480 in political science.

Third team

Roman Botcharnikov, Central Missouri State, track, 3.440 in business administration; Dan Coffman, Westminster (Pennsylvania), tennis, 3.910 in mathematics and computer science; Josh Coonce, Arkansas Tech, golf, 3.710 in marketing and management; Dan Denning, Kenyon, track, 3.940 in biology; Jeremy Dubow, Washington (Missouri), track, 3.910 in accounting and finance; Edwin Hendriksen, Rollins, tennis, 3.310 in economics; Kelly Karmazin, Nebraska Wesleyan, golf, 3.910 in business administration; Andrew Lipsky, Bryant, tennis, 3.770 in marketing; Pat Nickler, Franklin & Marshall, track, 3.830 in government, history and geology; Ognen Nikolovski, Rollins, tennis, 3.530 in economics; Claes Persson, Lander, tennis, 3.720 in business administration; Damon Sims, Oklahoma Christian, track, 3.430 in computer science; Bret Stothart, Springfield, volleyball, 3.800 in sport management; Kurt Utzman, Rochester Institute of Technology, lacrosse, 3.750 in industrial engineering; Mark Walsh, Kenyon, golf, 3.950 in biology and psychology.