April 11, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference office announced its Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the fall sports, and 24 Northwestern athletes were listed among the honorees. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, an athlete must be a letterwinner in at least their second academic year and carry a career GPA of 3.0 or better.
The Northwestern athletes named Academic All-Big Ten:
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Jeff Eschmeyer * JR * 3.44 in Political Science * New Knoxville, Ohio/New Knoxville
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Kristina Divjak * GR * 3.67 in Communications Studies * Dyer, Ind./Lake Central
Sara Jurek * SO * 3.27 (undeclared) * Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall
Leslie Schock * SR * 3.18 in Secondary Education/History * Elgin, Ill./Elgin
MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Adam Conway * SR * 3.17 in Electrical Engineering * Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids
Jason Merchant * JR * 3.04 in Biological Sciences * Pearl City, Hawaii/Punahou
Craig Readler * SO * 3.29 in Biomedical Engineering * Rockville, Md./Montgomery Blair
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Courtney Allen * SR * 3.34 in Communications Studies * Monument, Colo./Air Academy
Amy Balcerzak * SR * 3.76 in Biological Sciences * Sharon, Pa./Peddie School
Allyson Bowman * SR * 3.40 in Communications Studies * Columbus, Ohio/Columbus Academy
Lisa Bushnell * SR * 3.02 in Psychology * Nashville, Tenn./University School
Dominique Diezi * SR * 3.52 in International Studies * Zurich, Switzerland/Kantonsschule Stadelhofen
Taylor Lynch * SO * 3.41 in Communications Studies * Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore
Julia McDonald * SR * 3.23 in Psychology * Springfield, Ill./Springfield
Lauren Moore * SO * 3.00 (undeclared) * Wilton, Conn./Wilton
Krista Puttler * JR * 3.55 in Chemistry * Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou
Adrian Talcott * SO * 3.21 in Communications Studies * St. Helena, Calif./Justin-Siena
Whitney Winters * SO * 3.56 (undeclared) * Abington, Pa./Abington Senior
WRESTLING
Jon Friedstat * SO * Biomedical Engineering * Wilmette, Ill./New Trier
Matt Huebner * SO * 3.26 (undeclared) * Woodstock, Ill./Woodstock
Will Marcantel * JR * 3.55 in History * St. Louis, Mo./Parkway North
Drew Pariano * SR * 3.16 in Learning/Org. Change * Fairview Park, Ohio/Fairview Park
Tony Scacco * SR * 3.16 (MS: Project Management) * Spring Grove, Ill./Richmond-Burton
Scott Schatzman * SR * 3.07 in Communications Studies * Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway Central