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Penn State Student-Athletes Earn 81 Academic All-Big Ten Fall Honors

Nittany Lions lead the league in total honors

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Dec. 12, 2007

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Eighty-one Nittany Lion student-athletes, representing seven fall sports, have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. Penn State's 81 honorees lead all Big Ten institutions and brings the Lions' all-time total to 2,879 picks over the last 14 years.

The Big Ten Academic All-Conference award winners also achieved excellence outside of the classroom. Men's cross country runner Tyler McCandless (Northampton, Pa.) finished 41st at the Big Ten Championships while sophomore women's cross country runner Bridget Franek (Hiram, Ohio) finished 57th at the NCAA Championships. Field hockey junior Jen Long (Doylestown, Pa.) was a finalist for the Honda Award while senior football player Gerald Cadogan (Portsmouth, Ohio) also earned ESPN the Magazine First Team Academic All-American honors. Men's Soccer junior Jason Yeisley (Allentown, Pa.) was also named First Team All-Big Ten and women's soccer sophomore Alyssa Naeher (Seymour, Conn.) picked up Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors and women's volleyball junior Christa Harmotto (Aliquippa, Pa.) earned Big Ten Player of the Year accolades.

The Big Ten recognized 661 fall student-athletes. 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.

Listed below are Penn State's 2007 Academic All-Big Ten honorees for fall sports:

Men's Cross Country:
Kevin Fuller, Penn StateSOEngineeringCamp Hill, Pa.
John Mahoney, Penn StateJRSecondary EducationRichboro, Pa.
Tyler McCandless, Penn StateJRMeteorologyBath, Pa.
Dennis O'Connor, Penn StateSRChemical EngineeringPhiladelphia, Pa.
Dennis Pollow, Penn StateJRNutritionRansomville, N.Y.
Michael Syrnick, Penn StateSRAdvertising & Public RelationsPhiladelphia, Pa.
 
Women's Cross Country:
Jessica Babcock, Penn StateSOEducationIrvine, Calif.
Claire Berryman, Penn StateJRNutritionMorgantown, W.Va.
Nicole Bohnsack, Penn StateSRKinesiologyRockford, Mich.
Kathryn Fitzgerald, Penn StateJRStatisticsPittsburgh, Pa.
Bridget Franek, Penn StateSOAgricultureHiram, Ohio
Sonja Hinish, Penn StateSRArchitectural EngineeringWilliamsburg, Pa.
Meghan Noecker, Penn StateJRJournalismReading, Pa.
Clairen Percival, Penn StateJRSpecial EducationSarnia, Ontario
Molly Ritter, Penn StateJRKinesiologyArendtsville, Pa.
Cheryl Spring, Penn StateSOScienceThe Woodlands, Texas
Fiana York, Penn StateSRSecondary EducationHaverton, Pa.
Janelle Young, Penn StateJRKinesiologyLemoyne, Pa.
 
Field Hockey:
Jennifer Beaumont, Penn StateSRAdvertising & Public RelationsChalfont, Pa.
Amy Bonenberger, Penn StateSOHealth & Human DevelopmentPalmyra, Pa.
Laura Cahill, Penn StateSODivision Of Undergraduate StudiesVirginia Beach, Va.
Christine Dudek, Penn StateJRAnimal SciencesHarleysville, Pa.
Britney Long, Penn StateSRKinesiologyLancaster, Pa.
Jen Long, Penn StateJRHealth, Policy & AdministrationDoylestown, Pa.
Bethany Marvel, Penn StateSODivision Of Undergraduate StudiesNewtown, Pa.
Jennifer Miller, Penn StateJRFinanceNorth Caldwell, N.J.
Allison Scola, Penn StateJRFinanceHarrisburg, Pa.
Mallory Weisen, Penn StateSRKinesiologyMiddleburg, Pa.
Kiersten Wood, Penn StateSRHuman Development & Family StudiesLititz, Pa.
 
Football:
Brett Brackett, Penn StateSODivision Of Undergraduate StudiesLawrenceville, N.J.
Gerald Cadogan, Penn StateSRRehabilitation ServicesPortsmouth, Ohio
Jason Ganter, Penn StateSREconomicsState College, Pa.
Joseph Hughes, Penn StateSRMechanical EngineeringDowningtown, Pa.
Joshua Hull, Penn StateJREnvironmental Systems EngineeringMillheim, Pa.
Boone Jeremy, Penn StateJRElementary & Kindergarten EducationMechanicsburg, Pa.
Kevin Kelly, Penn StateJRKinesiologyState College, Pa.
Justin King, Penn StateJRLetters, Arts & SciencesPittsburgh, Pa.
Dennis Landolt, Penn StateJRSupply Chain & Information SciencesBurlington Town, N.J.
Daniel Lawlor, Penn StateSRMarketingMechanicsburg, Pa.
Sean Lee, Penn StateJRFinancePittsburgh, Pa.
Jordan Lyons, Penn StateSRGraduate StudentAtlanta, Ga.
Christopher Mauriello, Penn StateSRMarketingLandsdale, Pa.
Ross Muir, Penn StateSRKinesiologyNoblesville, Ind.
Jordan Norwood, Penn StateJRAdvertising & Public RelationsState College, Pa.
Mark Rubin, Penn StateSRFinanceAmherst, N.Y.
Kevin Suhey, Penn StateJRMechanical EngineeringBoalsburg, Pa.
Joseph Toriello, Penn StateSRSupply Chain & Information SciencesGlen Mills, Pa.
Patrick Weber, Penn StateGRGraduate StudentArnold, Pa.
 
Men's Soccer:
Robert Bohlen, Penn StateSODivision Of Undergraduate StudiesPort Jefferson, N.Y.
Frank Costigliola, Penn StateSOBusiness AdministrationDix Hills, N.Y.
Liam Fitzwater, Penn StateSODivision Of Undergraduate StudiesSchuylkill Haven, Pa.
John Gray, Penn StateSOBusiness AdministrationLemont, Pa.
Andrew Machi, Penn StateJRKinesiologyUpper St. Clair, Pa.
Geordie MacNeill, Penn StateSRFinanceToronto, Canada
Daniel Martini, Penn StateSOBusiness AdministrationRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andrew Parr, Penn StateSOBusiness AdministrationHummelstown, Pa.
Vincent Salvatico, Penn StateSODivision Of Undergraduate StudiesChester Springs, Pa.
Conrad Taylor, Penn StateSRKinesiologyColorado Springs, Colo.
Jacobo Vera, Penn StateSODivision Of Undergraduate StudiesPamplona, Spain
Jason Yeisley, Penn StateJRManagementAllentown, Pa.
 
Women's Soccer:
Aubrey Aden-Buie, Penn StateSREnglishAllentown, Pa.
Zoe Bouchelle, Penn StateSREconomicsCockeysville, Md.
Allison Daus, Penn StateJRAdvertising & Public RelationsPlano, Texas
Tara Davies, Penn StateSOEducationCape May Court, N.J.
Jessica Davis, Penn StateJRAdvertising & Public RelationsFairfax, Va.
Jamie Morrison, Penn StateSOEngineeringGreensburg, Pa.
Ashley Myers, Penn StateJRAdvertising & Public RelationsBel Air, Md.
Alyssa Naeher, Penn StateSODivision Of Undergraduate StudiesSeymour, Conn.
Allison Rago, Penn StateSOLiberal ArtsFairfield, Conn.
Maura Ryan, Penn StateSOLiberal ArtsDoylestown, Pa.
Kathryn Schoepfer, Penn StateSOHealth & Human DevelopmentWaterford, Conn.
Jessica Shue, Penn StateSOForest ScienceYork, Pa.
 
Women's Volleyball:
Kara Callahan, Penn StateSRElementary & Kindergarten EducationBloomington, Ill.
Alisha Glass, Penn StateSOHealth & Human DevelopmentLake Leelanau, Mich.
Christa Harmotto, Penn StateJRElementary & Kindergarten EducationAliquippa, Pa.
Megan Hodge, Penn StateSOBusiness AdministrationDurham, N.C.
Roberta Holehouse, Penn StateJRKinesiologyJoppa, Md.
Ann Naylor, Penn StateSRHotel, Restaurant, & Institutional ManagementLos Angeles, Calif.
Kelsey Ream, Penn StateSOHotel, Restaurant, & Institutional ManagementCentre Hall, Pa.
Melissa Walbridge, Penn StateSRIntegrative ArtsSan Anselmo, Calif.
Jessica Yanz, Penn StateSODivision Of Undergraduate StudiesBolingbrook, Ill.

 

 


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