Dec. 10, 2001
EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern student-athletes have increased their presence on the Academic All-Big Ten teams for the 2001 fall season, as announced by the Conference today. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, an athlete must be a letterwinner in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a career grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better.
In all, Northwestern placed 54 student-athletes on the six fall teams, the highest figure since 1998. Football registered 15 selections, followed by volleyball's nine. Men's soccer and women's cross country each totaled eight honorees, while field hockey and women's soccer accounted for seven apiece.
Seven Wildcat seniors are earning their third award in as many years: Maria Badaracco of cross country, Kathryn Breed of field hockey, Pete Chapman, Pete Konopka and Billy Silva of football, and Katie Kovatch and Susan McCreery of women's soccer. Additionally, 16 of this season's honorees were also Academic All-Conference in 2000.
The Northwestern student-athletes named to the Fall 2001 Academic All-Big Ten Teams:
* indicates previous seasons honored, year indicates academic classification
| Women's Cross Country | ||||
| Maria Badaracco** | SR | 3.60 | Mathematics | Brookline, Mass. |
| Nora Colligan | SO | 3.80 | Biomedical Engineering | Rockford, Mich. |
| Elizabeth Gibbons* | SR | 3.55 | Political Science | Park Ridge, Ill. |
| Sara Jurek | SR | 3.29 | English | Tulsa, Okla. |
| Nicole Kuznia | JR | 3.38 | Economics | Olivia, Minn. |
| Catie LaBracke | SO | 3.06 | Psychology | Spring Grove, Ill. |
| Karen Rogers* | JR | 3.27 | Environmental Sciences | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Kathy Travnicek | SR | 3.49 | Psychology | Long Beach, Miss. |
| Field Hockey | ||||
| Kathryn Breed* | SR | 3.31 | Human Development | Los Gatos, Calif. |
| Julianna Fomenko | JR | 3.08 | English | Campbell, Calif. |
| Katie Hall | SO | 3.46 | Theatre | Lake Bluff, Ill. |
| Kirsten Mackey | SO | 3.48 | undeclared | River Forest, Ill. |
| Stacy Spenser* | JR | 3.44 | Human Development | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Suzanne Sutton | SO | 3.11 | Communication Studies | York, Pa. |
| Katie Walshauser | SO | 3.17 | undeclared | Wildwood, Mo. |
| Football | ||||
| Raymond Bogenrief | JR | 3.04 | Economics | Cedarburg, Wis. |
| Vincent Cartaya* | JR | 3.32 | Secondary Teaching | Miami, Fla. |
| Peter Chapman** | SR | 3.24 | Economics | Aurora, Colo. |
| David Farman* | SR | 3.43 | Environmental Sciences | Austin, Texas |
| Thomas Fluegge | SO | 3.00 | Biomedical Engineering | Crystal Lake, Ill. |
| Benjamin Kennedy* | JR | 3.52 | Biology | Naperville, Ill. |
| Austin King* | JR | 3.29 | Secondary Teaching | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Peter Konopka** | SR | 3.58 | Civil Engineering | Marengo, Ill. |
| Zachary Kustok | SR | 3.05 | Economics | Orland Park, Ill. |
| Jeffrey Roehl | SR | 3.13 | Economics | Orland Park, Ill. |
| William Silva* | SR | 3.13 | Communication Studies | San Diego, Calif. |
| Michael Souza | SR | 3.00 | Political Science | Kaneohe, Hawaii |
| Anthony Stauss | SO | 3.43 | Economics | Racine, Wis. |
| Sean Wieber* | SR | 3.34 | Political Science | Sandusky, Ohio |
| Jason Wright | SO | 3.45 | undeclared | Diamond Bar, Calif. |
| Men's Soccer | ||||
| Jeremy Cook | SO | 3.98 | undeclared | Hudson, Wis. |
| David DeHorn* | JR | 3.79 | Applied Math | Troy, Mich. |
| Daniel Doman* | SR | 3.20 | Economics | Bloomfield Hills, Mich. |
| Paul Elkins* | JR | 3.65 | Mechanical Engineering | Glenview, Ill. |
| Adam Grossman | SO | 3.57 | undeclared | Potomac, Md. |
| Steven Jedlinski* | JR | 3.53 | Biomedical Engineering | Palatine, Ill. |
| Matthew Miclea | SO | 3.16 | Computer Science | Lake Villa, Ill. |
| Michael Trudell | SO | 3.36 | Journalism | Wayzata, Minn. |
| Women's Soccer | ||||
| Enyo Dzata | SR | 3.04 | Psychological Services | Eugene, Ore. |
| Molly Greene | SO | 3.74 | undeclared | Lake Forest, Ill. |
| Kathryn Kovatch** | SR | 3.03 | Communication Studies | Glen Ellyn, Ill. |
| Kas? McCoy | SR | 3.00 | Communication Studies | Medina, Ohio |
| Susan McCreery** | SR | 3.62 | Psychology | Glenview, Ill. |
| Kate Rawsthorne | SR | 3.75 | Sociology | Okemos, Mich. |
| Alana Stamas* | JR | 3.15 | Social Policy | Washington, D.C. |
| Volleyball | ||||
| Sarah Ballog* | JR | 3.33 | Psychology | Coto de Caza, Calif. |
| Jill Buschur | SO | 3.31 | Biological Sciences | New Bremen, Ohio |
| Jill Fantozzi | JR | 3.01 | Communication Studies | Chicago, Ill. |
| Molly Kamp | SO | 3.49 | Communication Studies | Stevensville, Mich. |
| Erica Knavel | SO | 3.03 | Communication Studies | Elm Grove, Wis. |
| Erika Lange | SO | 3.09 | undeclared | Orland Park, Ill. |
| Cassandra McKnight | JR | 3.13 | Radio/TV/Film | San Marcos, Calif. |
| Kelli Meyer* | JR | 3.39 | Human Development | Madison, Wis. |
| Adriana Ruhl* | JR | 3.40 | Communication Studies | Stockton, Calif. |