May 28, 2003
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Big Ten announced its Academic All-Big Ten teams for the spring and at-large sports Wednesday morning, and a total of 49 Northwestern athletes were honored. Two sports fall under the Big Ten's at-large category, meaning the conference does not sponsor a championship in the sport -- women's fencing and women's lacrosse.
To earn Academic All-Big Ten, you must be a second-year student at NU and a letterwinner in your sport while carrying a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
The Northwestern athletes who were honored by the Big Ten Wednesday:
Baseball
(Name, Class -- Major -- Hometown)
Brandon Ackley, Sr. -- Economics -- Carmel, Ind.
Doug Beatty, So. -- Radio/TV/Film -- Bellaire, Texas
Matt Brimmer, So. -- Computer Engineering -- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Frank Favia, Sr. -- Communication Studies -- Barrington, Ill.
Stanley Finch, So. -- Economics -- Lubbock, Texas
David Gresky, Jr. -- Classics -- North Royalton, Ohio
Jason Krynski, Jr. -- Economics -- Niles, Ill.
Julian Romero, So. -- Economics -- Albuquerque, N.M.
Travis Tharp, Sr. -- Economics -- Boulder, Colo.
Softball
Brie Brown, Sr. -- Industrial Engineering -- Nashville, Tenn.
Jenny Glonke, Jr. -- Biomedical Engineering -- Palatine, Ill.
J.C. Kira, Jr. -- Communication Studies -- Honolulu, Hawaii
Carri Leto, Jr. -- Communication Studies -- El Cajon, Calif.
Erin Mobley, So. -- Communication Studies -- Santa Ana, Calif.
Cindy Muran, Sr. -- Human Development/Psychological Studies -- Newbury Park, Calif.
Brett Nakabayashi, Sr. -- Psychology -- Irvine, Calif.
Alyson Schulz, Sr. -- Journalism -- San Diego, Calif.
Lauren Schwendimann, Sr. -- Communication Studies -- Tustin, Calif.
Jessie Wellnitz, Sr. -- Journalism -- Waterloo, Iowa
Men's Golf
T.C. Ford, Jr. -- Economics/Business Institutions -- Covington, La.
Bjorn Widerstedt, Sr. -- Economics/Business Institutions -- Djursholm, Sweden
Women's Golf
Erin Breslin, Sr. - Economics/Business Institutions -- Portland, Ore.
Elizabeth Burden, Sr. -- Psychology -- Lake Bluff, Ill.
Lauren Grzebien, Jr. -- Economics -- Saunderstown, R.I.
Mary Ellen Grzebien, So. -- undeclared -- Saunderstown, R.I.
Ina Kim, So. -- Communication Studies -- Encino, Calif.
Men's Tennis
Russell Bennett, Sr. -- Economics -- Wilmette, Ill.
Justin Hoeveler, So. -- Business Institutions -- Ross, Calif.
Ahmed Wahla, Jr. -- Business Institutions/History -- Lahore, Pakistan
Women's Tennis
Ruth Barnes, Jr. -- Anthropology/Religion -- Cambridge, England
Connie Chiang, Jr. -- Economics -- Oshkosh, Wis.
Stacy Kokx, Jr. -- Radio/TV/Film -- West Bloomfield, Mich.
Jessica Rush, Jr. -- Economics/International Studies -- Dallas, Texas
Andrea Yung, So. -- Materials Science and Engineering -- San Marino, Calif.
Women's Fencing
Pin Chen, Sr. -- Music Education -- Irvine, Calif.
Melissa Dattalo, Jr. -- Anthropology/Biological Sciences -- Wheaton, Ill.
Lauren Dunn, So. -- History/Communication Studies -- Sacramento, Calif.
Julia Foldi, So. -- Biological Sciences -- Budapest, Hungary
Katie Hoemann, So. -- Anthropology/Spanish/Linguistics -- El Dorado Hills, Calif.
Janjri Jasani, Jr. -- Art Theory and Practice/Biological Sciences/Psychology -- Mumbai, India
Kelsey Nencheck, So. -- History/Communication Studies -- Morristown, N.J.
Haina Shin, Jr. -- Chemistry -- Merrimack, N.H.
Women's Lacrosse
Shelby Chlopak, So. -- Communication Studies -- Orange, N.J.
Sara Crosby, So. -- English -- Needham, Mass.
Ashley Gersuk, So. -- undeclared -- Loudonville, N.Y.
Ashley Koester, Jr. -- Secondary Teaching -- Richmond, Ind.
Courtney Koester, Jr. -- Computer Engineering -- Richmond, Ind.
Donna McCann, So. -- Psychology -- Huntington, N.Y.
Kendra Mesa, Sr. -- International Studies/Spanish -- Madison, Conn.
Sarah Walsh, So. -- Human Development/Psychological Studies -- Annapolis, Md.