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Annual academic at-large teams list honorees in 15 sports


Jul 5, 2004 9:09:06 AM


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The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has announced the 2003-04 Men's and Women's Academic All-America At-Large Teams.

This is the third year that the at-large teams have included sports in all seasons. Before that, at-large teams were divided by season, but now since there are separate teams for soccer and track and field/cross country, the at-large teams include other sports in all seasons.

The men's at-large team includes student-athletes from fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.

The women's at-large team includes student-athletes from bowling, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, rowing, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, and water polo.

The Team Members of the Year for the at-large teams are:

Women's university division -- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, gymnast Stephanie Kite, who was named Team Member of the Year for the second straight year. Kite, an NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient, helped lead Alabama to a third-place finish in this year's National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships. She earned all-America honors in floor exercise at the 2003 championships and was a member of Alabama's 2002 national championship team.

Men's university division -- Auburn University diver Caesar Garcia, the NCAA Division I platform diving champion. Garcia is a first-team Academic All-American for the second straight year. The nine-time all-American became the first diver to successfully defend his platform diving championship this year.

Women's college division -- Senior field hockey standout Colleen Barber of Skidmore College, a three-time National Field Hockey Coaches Association all-American. The 2003 national assists leader led Skidmore to a 17-4 record and a quarterfinal appearance in the NCAA Division III championship.

Men's college division -- Swimmer Jack Pennuto from the University of Missouri, Rolla, who earned all-America honors in both the 200- and 400-yard individual medleys and the 200-yard butterfly at the 2004 Division II Men's Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Academic All-America Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected by votes from the 2,000-member CoSIDA. Team members are varsity starters or key reserves who maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.200 (4.000 scale). Since the program's inception in 1952, more than 14,000 student-athletes have been honored with the award.

Following are the 2003-04 men's and women's at-large teams:

Women's university division

First team

Laurie Bean, Drexel, lacrosse, commerce and engineering; Naomi Campano, Mount St. Mary's, lacrosse, political science; Devon Day, LSU, golf, mass communications; Karen Dennison, Indiana, golf, sport marketing/management; Samantha Dyshaw, Iowa State, biology; Adrienne Gautreaux, South Carolina, golf, hotel, restaurant and tourism management; Rachel Goldberg, Cornell, gymnastics, psychology; Lana Khvalina, UMBC, tennis, political science; Stephanie Kite, Alabama, gymnastics, international marketing; Libby Landgraf, Nebraska, gymnastics, management; Milena Matijevic, Niagara, tennis, mathematics; Mihaela Moldovan, Florida State, tennis, public relations; Karen Prazar, Brown, rowing, biology; Angela Ruggiero, Harvard, ice hockey, government; Birte Steven, Oregon State, swimming and diving, psychology; Martina Stursova, New Mexico, skiing, biology.

Second team

Emma Baratta, Columbia-Barnard, fencing, psychology; Olivia Berry, Southern Mississippi, tennis, biology; Karin Camenisch, Denver, skiing, biology; Mari Creatini, Northeastern, field hockey, architecture; Gail Decker, James Madison, lacrosse, speech communications; Nora Feddersen, California, field hockey, mass communications; Cynthya Goulet, Illinois, tennis, business; Julia Keedy, Texas, rowing, civil engineering; Emily Marker, Maryland, tennis, decision information systems; Lauren McCalley, Tennessee, swimming and diving, microbiology; Ellen Miles, Evansville, swimming and diving, mathematics; Kristina Puck, Jacksonville, tennis, communications; Liina Suurvarik, Illinois State, tennis, international business; Laura Teresby, Radford, golf, management; Gabby Wedding, Kent State, golf, marketing.

Third team

Emily Bankhead, Denver, gymnastics, finance/accounting; Sarah Caldwell, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, swimming and diving, biological science; Kailin Downs, New Mexico, golf, general management; Lauren Duerk, Auburn, swimming and diving, pre-medicine; Urska Juric, Missouri, tennis, marketing; Courtney Koester, Northwestern, lacrosse, computer engineering; Marie Matrka, Coastal Carolina, tennis, biology; Sandra Mayr, New Mexico State, tennis, international business; Annie Menees, Vanderbilt, tennis, child development and cognitive studies; Kate Richardson, UCLA, gymnastics, physiological studies; Alisa Schuknecht, Texas, swimming and diving, nutrition; Ruth Stiver, Texas, rowing, advertising; Tana Trapani, Southern Illinois, tennis, business; Melissa Vituj, Utah, gymnastics, health promotion and education.

Women's college division

First team

Colleen Barber, Skidmore, field hockey, psychology; Diana Betsworth, Truman, swimming and diving, exercise science; Patricia Brooks, Agnes Scott, tennis, economics; Sarah Dance, Truman, swimming and diving, exercise science; Megan Grunert, Indianapolis, swimming and diving, chemistry/biology/Spanish; Page Heath, Shippensburg, lacrosse, accounting; Liz Martin, Amherst, lacrosse, economics; Erin Moriarty, Otterbein, tennis, mathematics; Margaret Moscato, Emory, tennis, biology; Amanda Parker, Gustavus Adolphus, gymnastics, political science; Shannon Pizzingrilli, Western New England, lacrosse, finance; Sonya Pyle, Gannon, water polo/swimming and diving, advertising communication; Bobbye Thompson, Hardin-Simmons, tennis, biology/pre-medicine; Katie Wagenblast, The College of New Jersey, lacrosse, elementary education and psychology; Peggy Whitbeck, Grove City, swimming and diving, music/secondary education.

Second team

Kelly Albin, UC Davis, lacrosse, food science; Denise Bogard, UC San Diego, swimming and diving, chemical engineering; Jill Boo, Denison, swimming and diving, German/education; Lauren Castagna, Moravian, tennis, accounting; Kate Creasy, Greensboro, tennis, business administration/economics; Lourdes Cuellar, Randolph-Macon, swimming and diving, Spanish; Rebecca Dodson, Notre Dame (Maryland), field hockey/lacrosse, biology; Kayla Heising, Wooster, swimming and diving, mathematics; Laurel Kaminski, Western Washington, rowing, mathematics; Anne Melvin, Wisconsin-La Crosse, swimming and diving, nuclear medicine technology; Maura Milas, Augustana (Illinois), swimming and diving, biology/pre-dentistry; Angese Ozolina, Kenyon, swimming and diving, honors economics; Jolyn Taylor, Emory, tennis, chemistry; Britta Veitenheimer, Carleton, swimming and diving, chemistry; Grace Wilhoite, Indianapolis, tennis, elementary education.

Third team

Erin Bicek, Illinois Wesleyan, swimming and diving, nursing; Lauren Clark, Denison, swimming and diving, undeclared; Serena Fadel, Whitworth, swimming and diving, biochemistry; Lauren Frisch, Cortland State, lacrosse, special and elementary education; Jill Greshowak, Hendrix, swimming and diving, biology; Lindsay Hagerman, Washington and Lee, tennis, history; Megan Hulick, Grove City, tennis, computer information systems; Kate Kovenock, Connecticut College, swimming and diving, philosophy; Lacey McMunn, Missouri Southern State, tennis, elementary education; Erin MacNabb, Texas Woman's, gymnastics, kinesiology; Deanna Ng, Messiah, tennis, Spanish education; Sarah Pillard, Mount Holyoke, swimming and diving, biochemistry; Lora Plumlee, Redlands, water polo, biology; Rebecca Splain, William Smith, lacrosse, chemistry and English; Rishae Wood, Gannon, water polo/swimming and diving, nursing.

Men's university division

First team

Richard Barker, Rice, tennis, mathematics economics analysis; William Barker, Rice, tennis, economics/managerial studies; Scott Carlyle, California, golf, civil engineering; David Corrie, Texas-Arlington, tennis, economics; Frank Doyle, Maine, ice hockey, business administration; Caesar Garcia, Auburn, swimming and diving, mechanical engineering; Jamey Houle, Ohio State, gymnastics, psychology; Clint Keithley, Penn State, tennis, business administration; Keith Kowal, Penn State, volleyball, electrical engineering; Tyler Nixt, Iowa, wrestling, accounting; Mitch Richeson, Ohio State, swimming and diving, computer science/engineering; Bob Rogers, Illinois, gymnastics, kinesiology; Scott Schultz, Florida, swimming and diving, zoology/pre-medicine; Camilo Villegas, Florida, golf, business administration; C.J. Weber, Eastern Illinois, tennis, psychology.

Second team

Attila Banhidy, California, water polo, economics; Ben Birkmann, Jacksonville, tennis, finance; Yann Danis, Brown, ice hockey, business/economics; Tim DeBlois, Cornell, lacrosse, economics; Billy Hurley, Navy, golf, quantitative economics; Chris Martin, Illinois, tennis, finance; Michael Miller, Navy, rifle, aerospace engineering; Matt Murray, Nebraska, wrestling, mathematics education; Scott Paltrowitz, Cornell, tennis, business administration; Mike Polidor, Air Force, ice hockey, astronomical engineering; Tommy Rappold, Clemson, swimming and diving, computer information systems; Luke Recker, IUPUI, tennis, finance; Thomas Soberg, High Point, tennis, international business; Tony Swanson, Northwestern, swimming and diving, mechanical engineering.

Third team

Rob Alteneau, Dayton, tennis, biology; Kurt Boehm, Hawaii, swimming and diving, mechanical engineering; Max Bull, Denver, ice hockey, finance; Kenny Burleson, Missouri, wrestling, business administration; Tobias Clemens, UCLA, tennis, business/economics; Don Grunewald, Haverford, fencing, economics; William Haddrell, Texas Tech, golf, business; Shane Hoelz, Wisconsin-Green Bay, skiing, human biology/chemistry; Diego Iglesias, East Tennessee State, tennis, corporate finance; Kasper Jorgensen, Georgia State, golf, finance; Mike Kompon, Miami (Ohio), ice hockey, physical education; D'Arcy McConvey, Bowling Green, ice hockey, financial economics; Matt Roosevelt, William and Mary, tennis, biology/pre-medicine; Alex Tirapelle, Illinois, wrestling, accounting; Chris Watson, Johns Hopkins, lacrosse, international studies/political science.

Men's college division

First team

Nick Barnes, Coe, tennis, English/Spanish; Nick Bayley, Colby, ice hockey, biology; Luke Benoit, Gustavus Adolphus, golf, finance; Mark Eori, Southwest Baptist, tennis, economics/finance; Ryan Ficco, John Carroll, wrestling, biology/chemistry; Borjan Gagoski. Rensselaer, tennis, computer systems engineering; Brian Lalli, Stevens Tech, lacrosse, business and technology; Dave Linn, St. Thomas (Minnesota), swimming and diving, biology; Brian Murphy, Redlands, tennis, financial economics/accounting; Chris Pearson, Carnegie Mellon, swimming and diving, electrical and computer engineering; Jack Pennuto, Missouri-Rolla, swimming and diving, mechanical engineering; John Roaten, Hardin-Simmons, tennis, pre-medicine; Matthew Schoenherr, Milwaukee School of Engineering, wrestling, archtectural engineering; Garrett South, Luther, wrestling, math/management; Mark Thompson, Rollins, tennis, international business.

Second team

Sebastian Andersson, North Dakota, swimming and diving, sociology; Cory Bergman, Whitworth, swimming and diving, biology; Marius Dan, Wingate, tennis, finance; Patrick Fell, Rensselaer, swimming and diving, information technology; Marc Israel, Ithaca, wrestling, economics; Neil Johnson, Gustavus Adolphus, golf, finance; Justin Long, Hendrix, golf, biology; Andrew McKelvy, Grove City, swimming and diving, political science/French/Spanish; Rob Novak, Wisconsin-River Falls, ice hockey, elementary education; Scott Pitz, Johns Hopkins, swimming and diving, earth and planetary sciences; Aaron Quku, Keuka, lacrosse, special and elementary education; Avinash Reddy, Rochester, tennis, economics; Boris Sofman, Carnegie Mellon, tennis, electrical and computer engineering; Pete Taylor, Washington (Maryland), tennis, economics; Gerold Wiring, Barry, tennis, business administration.

Third team

Brian Berkey, New York University, golf, philosophy; Nicolas Bousquet, Embry-Riddle, tennis, aerospace engineering; J.D. Byers, Lebanon Valley, golf, business administration/accounting; Brad Changstrom, Whitman, tennis, biochemistry/biophysics/biology; Carlos Custodio, Rollins, tennis, international business; John Paul Evans, Washington (Maryland), swimming and diving, humanities; Aaron Graumann, Augustana (South Dakota), wrestling, chemistry/Spanish; David Holder, Ohio Wesleyan, swimming and diving, pre-medicine; David Korpi, Carnegie Mellon, golf, computational finance; Matt Martelli, Sewanee (University of the South), swimming and diving, biology; James Newman, Assumption, tennis, finance, economics and accounting; Michael Pohorylo. Amherst, swimming and diving, law, jurisdiction and social thought; Luke Reineke, John Carroll, swimming and diving, chemistry and life science; Eric Ritter, Washington and Lee, swimming and diving, biology; Sam Spiegel, Whitman, tennis, politics.


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