May 28, 2003
Champaign, Ill. -
Illinois landed 55 players from the spring sports seasons on the Academic All-Big Ten Team, the conference office announced today.
Several of the top athletes on the fields and courts were among those honored for excellence in the classroom, including three of the top players who helped the Illini win the NCAA National Tennis title - individual singles champion Amer Delic, Phil Stolt, and Chris Martin. Perdita Felicien, three-time Most Outstanding Athlete at the Drake Relays and the NCAA's 60-meter hurdle record holder, was also honored.
Other key Illinois athletes on the list include Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient Michelle Webb (women's tennis), four-time All-Big Ten selection Andy Schutzenhofer (baseball), All-Big Ten outfielder Erin Montgomery and All-Great Lakes Region catcher Janna Sartini (softball), last year's Big Ten Freshman of the Year James Lepp (golf), NCAA regional 1,500-meter qualifier Aaron Wahls, and the Illini's top female golfer, Renata Young.
Women's Track and Field led the way with 15 athletes named to the team. 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 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale. Of Illinois' 56 honorees, seven had a GPA of 3.8 or better - tennis' Martin and Webb, and Jessica Bayne, Marcy Bice, Cecelia Dietzen and Erin Frakes, all of women's track and field.
Baseball
Josh Lane 3.680 Senior History/Education Mascoutah, Ill.
Dave Mazurek 3.487 Senior Finance Indian Head Park, Ill.
Sean Patrick 3.498 Senior History/Eduation Carterville, Ill.
Brian Raymond 3.083 Junior Speech Communication West Chicago, Ill.
Andy Schutzenhofer 3.436 Senior Speech Communication Swansea, Ill.
Reilly Smith 3.047 Junior Broadcast Journalism Lake Forest, Ill.
Joe Ziemba 3.200 Junior Finance Darien, Ill.
Men's Golf
James Lepp 3.302 Sophomore Liberal Arts and Sciences Abbotsford, B.C.
Ryan Moore 3.317 Junior Sport Management Danville, Ill.
Mike O'Neal 3.158 Sophomore Economics Geneva, Ill.
Ryan Tendall 3.048 Junior Sport Management North Potomac, Md.
Women's Golf
Michelle Carroll 3.728 Junior Accountancy Dublin, Ireland
Stephanie Cheney 3.577 Senior Speech Communications Mill Valley, Calif.
Marla Cox 3.204 Junior Electrical Engineering Lima, Ohio
Laurin Kanda 3.765 Senior Accountancy Chico, Calif.
Carmel Sielicki 3.685 Senior Rhetoric Modesto, Calif.
Renata Young 3.487 Senior Biology London, Ont.
Softball
Julie Balicki 3.282 Sophomore Kinesiology Lockport, Ill.
Sarah Baumgartner 3.316 Junior Business Administration Wheaton, Ill.
Amanda Fortune 3.124 Junior Sport Management Newhall, Calif.
Lauren Gronski 3.172 Junior Art Education Morris, Ill.
Lindsey Hamma 3.130 Junior English Buffalo Grove, Ill.
Erin Jones 3.148 Junior Kinesiology Fullerton, Calif.
Abby Lovejoy 3.722 Sophomore Liberal Arts & Sciences Bloomington, Ill.
Erin Montgomery 3.047 Junior Kinesiology Casey, Ill.
Janna Sartini 3.302 Junior Agricultural Communication Galt, Calif.
Men's Track and Field
Clint Cherco 3.099 Sophomore Liberal Arts & Sciences St. Charles, Ill.
Kurt Glesne 3.123 Sophomore Liberal Arts & Sciences Pekin, Ill.
James Keim 3.206 Sophomore Computer Science Batavia, Ill.
John Kronforst 3.235 Senior Biology Prospect Heights, Ill.
Aaron Wahls 3.403 Senior Finance Pontiac, Ill.
Men's Tennis
Amer Delic 3.015 Junior Sport Management Jacksonville, Fla.
Chris Martin 3.884 Sophomore Commerce & Business Administration Tulsa, Okla.
Philip Stolt 3.199 Junior Finance Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Women's Tennis
Leila Cehajic 3.040 Sophomore Sport Management Mississauga, Ont.
Eva Choe 3.166 Junior Business Administration/Marketing Cherry Hill, N.J.
Tiffany Eklov 3.124 Junior Business Administration/Marketing Reno, Nevada
Eldina Fazlic 3.293 Senior Sport Management New Orleans, La.
Jennifer McGaffigan 3.520 Junior Accountancy Davenport, Iowa
Michelle Webb 3.981 Senior Psychology Cincinnati, Ohio
Women's Track and Field
Jessica Bayne 3.929 Senior Biology Mt. Carmel, Ill.
Marcy Bice 3.818 Sophomore Kinesiology Naperville, Ill.
Perdita Felicien 3.265 Senior Kinesiology Pickering, Ontario
Erin Frakes 3.945 Sophomore Food Science Taylor Ridge, Ill.
Amy Guard 3.776 Junior English Peoria, Ill.
Marie Hilmersson 3.495 Sophomore Kinesiology Froui, Sweden
Amber Hunt 3.606 Senior Graphic Design Naperville, Ill.
Katie LaVanti 3.288 Junior Advertising Prospect Heights, Ill.
Tracy Moss 3.537 Senior Accountancy Minooka, Ill.
Lindsey Reu 3.538 Sophomore Pre-Journalism Bloomington, Ill.
Casie Simpson 3.667 Sophomore Graphic Design Oswego, Ill.
Jaime Turilli 3.587 Sophomore Liberal Arts & Sciences Bloomington, Ill.
Audrea Wall 3.353 Senior Industrial Design Sorento, Ill.
Allison Williams 3.367 Senior Landscape Architecture Manteno, Ill.
Cecelia Dietzen 3.819 Senior Kinesiology Elmhurst, Ill.
