Penn State Student-Athletes Earn 71 Academic All-Big Ten Fall Honors

Nittany Lions lead the League in total honors

	Treavor Gelsinger

Dec. 3, 2008

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Seventy-one Nittany Lion student-athletes, representing seven fall sports, have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. Penn State's 71 honorees brings the Lions' all-time total to 3,130 over the last 15 years, which ranks first among all Big Ten institutions. Ohio State is second with 2,996 Academic All-Big Ten picks.

The Big Ten Academic All-Conference award winners also achieved excellence outside of the classroom. Field hockey senior Jen Long was named the Division I Defensive Player of the Year while football players Gerald Cadogan and Kevin Kelly were named First Team All-Big Ten. Men's cross country runner Tyler McCandless finished 12th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships while women's cross country runner Bridget Franek earned All-America honors this season. Men's soccer sophomore Treavor Gelsinger earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors as women's soccer's Zoe Bouchelle, Katie Schoepfer, Jessie Davis and Alyssa Naeher all picked up First Team All-Big Ten recognition. Women's volleyball rounded out the fall honorees, with First Team All-Big Ten picks Christa Harmotto, Megan Hodge and Arielle Wilson also garnering league academic recognition.

The Big Ten recognized 682 fall student-athletes. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher.

Listed below are Penn State's 2008 Academic All-Big Ten honorees for fall sports:

Field Hockey:
Aubrey Aden-Buie, Penn State	Sr.	English	Allentown, Pa.
Gina Bartolacci, Penn State	Jr.	Finance	Washington Cross, Pa.
Jennifer Beaumont, Penn State	Sr.	Advertising/Public Relations	Chalfont, Pa.
Amy Bonenberger, Penn State	Jr.	Kinesiology	Palmyra, Pa.
Laura Cahill, Penn State	Jr.	Political Science	Virginia Beach, Va.
Cynthia Donald, Penn State	So.	Business	Yardley, Pa.
Jen Long, Penn State	Sr.	Health Policy and Administration	Doylestown, Pa.
Bethany Marvel, Penn State	Jr.	Marketing	Newtown, Pa
Alexandra Meves, Penn State	So.	Communication	Lower Gwynedd, Pa.
Jennifer Miller, Penn State	Sr.	Finance	North Caldwell, N.J.
Jennifer Purvis, Penn State	So.	Health and Human Development	Maple Glen, Pa.
Allison Scola, Penn State	Sr.	Finance	Harrisburg, Pa.
Daneen Zug, Penn State	So.	Division Of Undergraduate Studies	Manheim, Pa.

Football:
Jesse Alfreno, Penn State	Jr.	Advertising-Public Relations	Grove City, Pa.
Andrew Astorino, Penn State	So.	Education	Edinboro, Pa.
Jeremy Boone, Penn State	Sr.	Elementary and Kindergarten Education	Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Brett Brackett, Penn State	Jr.	Marketing	Lawrenceville, N.J.
Gerald Cadogan, Penn State	Sr.	Rehabilitation	Portsmouth, Ohio
Christopher Colasanti, Penn State	So.	Health and Human Development	Leonard, Mich.
Patrick Devlin, Penn State	Jr.	Finance	Downingtown, Pa.
Joshua Hull, Penn State	Sr.	Environmental Systems Engineering	Millheim, Pa.
Kevin Kelly, Penn State	Sr.	Kinesiology	State College, Pa.
Daniel Lawlor, Penn State	Sr.	Telecommunications/Marketing	Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Gregory Miskinis, Penn State	Sr.	Kinesiology	Lewistown, Pa.
Jordan Norwood, Penn State	Sr.	Integrative Arts/Advertising-Public Relations	State College, Pa.
Andrew Pitz, Penn State	Sr.	Journalism	Bettendorf, Iowa
Mark Rubin, Penn State	Gr.	MBA	Amherst, N.Y.
Stephen Stupar, Penn State	So.	Communications	State College, Pa.
Stefen Wisniewski, Penn State	So.	Education	Bridgeville, Pa.

Men's Cross Country:
John Mahoney, Penn State	Sr.	Secondary Education	Richboro, Pa.
Tyler McCandless, Penn State	Sr.	Meteorology	Bath, Pa.
Dennis O'Connor, Penn State	Sr.	Chemical Engineering/Science	Philadelphia, Pa.
Dennis Pollow, Penn State	Sr.	Nutrition R	ansomville, N.Y.
Edward Quinn, Penn State	Sr.	Telecommunications	Rush, N.Y.
Lucas Zarzeczny, Penn State	So.	Liberal Arts	Pittsburgh, Pa.

Women's Cross Country:
Jessica Babcock, Penn State	Jr.	Elementary and Kindergarten Education	Irvine, Calif.
Kathryn Fitzgerald, Penn State	Sr.	Statistics	Pittsburgh, Pa.
Bridget Franek, Penn State	Jr.	Kinesiology	Hiram, Ohio
Meghan Noecker, Penn State	Sr.	Journalism/Secondary Education	Reading, Pa.
Clairen Percival, Penn State	Sr.	Special Education	Sarnia, Ontario
Katie Shelley, Penn State	So.	Health and Human Development	Columbia, Pa.
Cheryl Spring, Penn State	Jr.	Nursing	The Woodlands, Texas
Janelle Young, Penn State	Sr.	Kinesiology	Lemoyne, Pa.

Men's Soccer:
Ryan Badaracco, Penn State	Gr.	Non-Degree Graduate Student	Wexford, Pa.
Robert Bohlen, Penn State	Jr.	Energy Business and Finance	Port Jefferson, N.Y.
Andres Casais, Penn State	So.	Earth and Mineral Sciences	State College, Pa.
Diego Correa, Penn State	Jr.	Energy, Business & Finance	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andrew Cost, Penn State	So.	Business	West Chester, Pa.
Casey Derkacz, Penn State	So.	Undeclared	Hamburg, N.Y.
Treavor Gelsinger, Penn State	So.	Health and Human Development	Shady Grove, Pa.
John Gray, Penn State	Jr.	Finance	Lemont, Pa.
Andrew Machi, Penn State	Sr.	Kinesiology	Upper Saint Clair, Pa.
Vincent Salvatico, Penn State	Jr.	Economics	Chester Springs, Pa.
Jacobo Vera Artazcoz, Penn State	Jr.	Economics	Pamplona, Spain

Women's Soccer:
Kaleen Adami, Penn State	Sr.	Crime, Law, and Justice	Bensalem, Pa.
Zoe Bouchelle, Penn State	Sr.	Economics	Cockeysville, Md.
Allison Daus, Penn State	Sr.	Advertising-Public Relations	Plano, Texas
Tara Davies, Penn State	Jr.	Elementary and Kindergarten Education	Cape May Court, N.J.
Jessica Davis, Penn State	Sr.	Advertising-Public Relations	Fairfax, Va.
Melissa Hayes, Penn State	Jr.	Communication Arts and Sciences	Scottsdale, Ariz.
Megan Monroig, Penn State	So.	Health and Human Development	Northumberland, Pa.
Ashley Myers, Penn State	Sr.	Advertising-Public Relations	Bel Air, Md.
Alyssa Naeher, Penn State	Jr.	Kinesiology	Seymour, Conn.
Allison Rago, Penn State	Jr.	Psychology	Fairfield, Conn.
Kathryn Schoepfer, Penn State	Jr.	Human Development and Family Studies	Waterford, Conn.
Danielle Toney, Penn State	So.	Undecided	Northville, Mich.

Women's Volleyball:
Alyssa D'Errico, Penn State	So.	Undecided	Byron, N.Y.
Christa Harmotto, Penn State	Sr.	Elementary and Kindergarten Education	Aliquippa, Pa.
Megan Hodge, Penn State	Jr.	Management	Durham, N.C.
Kelsey Ream, Penn State	Jr.	Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management	Centre Hall, Pa.
Arielle Wilson, Penn State	So.	Health and Human Development	Broadview, Ill.

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