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81 Spartan student-athletes among those honored.
 
 

 

 
 

May 31, 2007

Complete List Of 2007 Spring Academic All-Big Ten Honorees

PARK RIDGE, Ill. - As the 2006-07 school year comes to a close, the Big Ten Conference recognizes a total of 944 spring and at-large sports student-athletes who have been named to the Academic All-Conference Team. Michigan State has placed a total of 81 student-athletes from 10 different spring sports teams on the Academic All-Conference team. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a career grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better.

The complete list of honored student-athletes features 84 baseball players, 69 softball players, 103 women's rowing athletes, 49 women's and 38 men's golfers, 49 women's and 44 men's tennis standouts, 169 women's and 139 men's track and field athletes and 107 women's (representing water polo, ice hockey, fencing, synchronized swimming, lightweight rowing, lacrosse, pistol and rifle) and 93 men's (representing ice hockey, volleyball, lacrosse, fencing, rowing, pistol and rifle) at-large athletes. Six Big Ten student-athletes from seven different schools maintained unblemished career GPAs through the spring semester.

The track and field team led all MSU sports with 22 honorees, while the women's rowing team was just behind with 19 members earning Academic All-Conference accolades. Nine MSU baseball players, six women's tennis and six men's at-large student-athletes were also honored, while men's tennis, softball and women's golf each placed five members, and women's golf garnered four selections.

Overall, the Big Ten Conference recognized 2,018 Academic All-Big Ten honorees during the 2006-07 academic year, the highest total in the last 13 seasons, eclipsing the previous best of 1,995 set just one year ago.

Baseball

NameYearMajorHometown
Craig BrookesSRMarketingNaperville, Ill.
E.J. DawsSRAdvertisingBozeman, Mont.
Anthony DunnSOMarketingGrand Ledge, Mich.
Quinn Ewert SO Hospitality Business Crystal Lake, Ill.
John Lee SO Supply Chain Management Naperville, Ill.
Mike Monterey JR Physiology Farmington Hills, Mich.
Nolan Moody JR General Business Admin. East Lansing, Mich.
Mark Sorensen JRAdvertising Northville, Mich.
Peter Wolff SO Human Resource Management Lake Bluff, Ill.

Softball

Dayna Feenstra SR English Lakewood, Calif.
Jessica LeFevre JR Zoology Saginaw, Mich.
Caitlin Mahoney JR Accounting Lake Mary, Fla.
Jackie Noble SR Kinesiology Ida, Mich.
Rachel Turney SR Chemistry Lansing, Mich.

Men's Golf

Ryan Brehm JR Interdisciplinary Studies Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Brandon Cigna JR Finance Novi, Mich.
Mitch Pierce SR Interdisciplinary Studies Fenton, Mich.
Grant Tungate SO Finance East Lansing, Mich.

Women's Golf

Sara Brown JR Family Community Service Tucson, Ariz.
Holly Niederkohr SO Journalism Marysville, Ohio
Kristen Polanski SR Finance Livonia, Mich.
Heather Rose SR Finance Chillicothe, Ohio
Jordyn Wells JR Marketing Bethel Park, Pa.

Women's Rowing

Rozalia Bialczak SR Kinesiology St. Louis, Mo.
Kathryn Bitz JR Finance San Francisco, Calif.
Joanna Brown JR History Tecumseh, Mich.
Kate Burdick JR Kinesiology Ann Arbor, Mich.
Rebekah Coleman SR Theatre Detroit, Mich.
Anne Cowan JR Interdisciplinary Studies London, Ontario
Nancy Diehl SO Applied Engineering Sciences St. Clair Shores, Mich.
Allison Duffy JR Interdisciplinary Studies Grosse Ile, Mich.
Lauren Gamble SO Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Commerce Township, Mich.
Daragh Gibson SR Physiology Oswego, N.Y.
Sarah Kreft JR Spanish Lansing, Mich.
Erica Meissner SR Communication Marlette, Mich.
Jenna Peters SR Kinesiology St. Thomas, Ontario
Amanda Ruhno SO Mechanical Engineering DeWitt, Mich.
Sarah Schmidt SO Special Education Grosse Ile, Mich.
Paula Thoms SR Marketing St. Catharines, Ontario
Emily Topping JR Special Education Detroit, Mich.
Ashley Wenneman SO Biological Science Interdepartmental Grosse Ile, Mich.
Tamara Yantovsky JR Psychology Grand Rapids, Mich.

Men's Tennis

John Allare SO Interdisciplinary Studies Maineville, Ohio
Michael Flowers SR Finance/Business Memphis, Tenn.
Alex Forger SO Gen. Business/Pre-Law Okemos, Mich.
Adam Monich JR Gen. Business/Pre-Law Ann Arbor, Mich.
Scott Rasmussen SO Civil Engineering Moraga, Calif.

Women's Tennis

Christine Bader JR General Management/Business Okemos, Mich.
Jessica Baron SR Marketing/Business Miami, Fla.
Marianne Eelens SO Psychology Noord, Aruba
Stephanie Kebler SO General Business/Pre-law Okemos, Mich.
Ana Milosavljevic SO Finance/Business Johannesburg, South Africa
Pascale Schnitzer SR General Mangmt./Business/Economics Santiago, Chile

Track and Field

Matt Bartlebaugh SR History Napoleon, Mich.
David Bills JR English Williamston, Mich.
John Childress SR Criminal Justice Flint, Mich.
Phil Marlatt SR Journalism Williamston, Mich.
Jim Pancoast JR Geography Stevensville, Mich.
Dana Pitcock SO Nursing Highland, Mich.
Adam Sprangel JR Hospitality Business Jackson, Mich.
Kyle Sweeney SR Physiology Portage, Ind.
Justin Zanotti SR Criminal Justice Chesterfield, Mich.
Chaquerra Allen JR Nursing Portsmouth, Va.
Melinda Buckmaster SR Biological Sciences Mayville, Mich.
Allison Bzdok JR Advertising Beverly Hills, Mich.
Anna Coster GR Advertising Heathpool, S. Australia
Diane Hamilton SO East Asian LanguagesBattle Creek, Mich.
Elizabeth Huber SO Math Dimondale, Mich.
Taren James GR Public Relations Long Beach, Calif.
Paris Mandy JR Psychology St. Louis, Mo.
Sarah McCormack SR Zoology Canton, Mich.
Michelle Mercer SO Nutritional Sciences Muskegon, Mich.
Sarah Price SO Kinesiology Mankato, Minn.
Lisa Senakiewich JR English Davison, Mich.
Sarah Stornant SR Retailing Portland, Mich.

Men's At-Large

Justin Abdelkader SO Marketing Muskegon, Mich. Ice Hockey
Tim Crowder SO Food Industry Management Victoria, B.C. Ice Hockey
Jeff Dunne JR Turf Grass Management Grover, Mo. Ice Hockey
Kurt Kivisto SO Civil Engineering Milford, Mich. Ice Hockey
Jeff Lerg SO Human Resource Management Livonia, Mich. Ice Hockey
Steve Mnich SO Comm./Political Science Northville, Mich. Ice Hockey