June 4, 2009
Park Ridge, Ill. -
Big Ten Sportsmanship winners in PDF Format 
Junior track star Angela Bizzarri and senior basketball player Trent Meacham represented Illinois on the Big Ten Sportsmanship team. The duo was selected from the school's individual event winners from the 2008-09 season. In addition, 50 Illinois spring sport athletes have been named Academic All-Big Ten.
A six-time All-American, Bizzarri won the 5,000 meters at both the Big Ten and NCAA Mideast Regional meet and enters the NCAA Championships as the top seed. Her personal best time of 15:37.39 is the tenth fastest overall in the United States this season. Bizzarri placed fourth in the 3,000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships after taking sixth at the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships. The Mason, Ohio, native holds six school records.
Meacham, a native of Champaign, transferred to Illinois from the University of Dayton and helped engineer one of the biggest turnarounds in the country this season. One of the top three-point shooters in Illinois history, Meacham ranks fifth on the Illinois career three-point field goal percentage list (40.8) and ninth on school's career threes made list with 178. He started his final two seasons for the Illini, averaging just over 10 points per game in each season. This year he ranked second in the Big Ten in three-point field goal percentage (42.1).
The spring Academic All-Big Ten honorees from Illinois include Big Ten Indoor 600 meter champion Gary Miller from men's track & field; Bizzarri from women's track & field; and All-American Danielle Zymkowitz from softball. It also includes First Team All-Big Ten honorees Dominic Altobelli and Brandon Wikoff from baseball; Chris DeForest and Scott Langley from men's golf; Marc Spicijaric from men's tennis; Leigh Finnegan and Megan Fudge from women's tennis; and Hollie Pinchback, Hope Howell and Zymkowitz from softball.
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. Illinois athletes honored include 10 from baseball, three from men's golf, three from men's tennis, nine from men's track & field, eight from softball, two from women's golf, five from women's tennis, and 10 from women's track and field.
Here is a complete list of those Illini honored:
BASEBALL
Name Year Major Hometown
Dominic Altobelli Sr. Finance Oak Forest, Ill.
Matt Dittman Jr. Finance Libertyville, Ill.
Craig Lutes Jr. Finance Normal, Ill.
Aaron Martin Sr. Tourism Management Georgetown, Ill.
Jacob Mathis Sr. Mechanical Engineering Urbana, Ill.
Ben Reeser Sr. Marketing / Supply Chain Management Bloomington, Ill.
Mike Stankiewicz Gr. MBA Des Plaines, Ill.
Nick Stockwell Sr. Kinesiology Harvey, Ill.
Brandon Wikoff Jr. Kinesiology Peoria, Ill.
Lee Zerrusen Jr. Kinesiology Teutopolis, Ill.
MEN'S GOLF
Name Year Major Hometown
Chris DeForest So. Recreation, Sport & Tourism Cottekill, N.Y.
Scott Langley So. Business Manchester, Mo.
Clayton Parkhill Jr. Finance Champaign, Ill.
MEN'S TENNIS
Name Year Major Hometown
Marek Czerwinski Jr. Business Birmingham, Mich.
Abe Souza So. History St. Louis, Mo.
Marc Spicijaric Sr. Sport Management Wesley Chapel. Fla.
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Name Year Major Hometown
Casey Fonnesback Jr. Sport Management Franklin, Idaho
Travis Leonard Gr. Geography Mahomet, Ill.
Matt McHugh Jr. Physics Exeter, N.H.
Gary Miller Jr. Political Science Philadelphia, Pa.
Mike Murray Jr. Finance Arlington Heights, Ill.
Jacob Nachel Jr. Integrative Biology Western Springs, Ill.
Scott Phelps Jr. History Monticello, Ill.
Greg Shroka Jr. Civil Engineering Cedar Lake, Ind.
Cody Wisslead So. Agriculture & Consumer Economics Sciota, Ill.
SOFTBALL
Name Year Major Hometown
Bailey Behrens Jr. Accounting Morris, Ill.
Brooke Buzard Sr. Recreation, Sport & Tourism Glenview, Ill.
Christine Christopoulos Jr. Sociology Northfield, Ill.
Ashley Conrad So. Business Administration Orland Park, Ill.
Audrey Gallien So. Anthropology San Jose, Calif.
Hope Howell Jr. News-Editorial Lithonia, Ga.
Hollie Pinchback So. Elementary Education Katy, Texas
Danielle Zymkowitz So. Undecided West Hills, Calif.
WOMEN'S GOLF
Name Year Major Hometown
Nancy Featherstone Sr. General Engineering Franklin, Ill.
Raquel Hopton So. International Business Valparaiso, Ind.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Name Year Major Hometown
Leigh Finnegan So. Recreation, Sport & Tourism Wilmington, Del.
Megan Fudge Jr. Recreation, Sport & Tourism Kaarst, Germany
Anne McCarthy So. General Studies Beverly, Ill.
Kristina Minor Jr. Psychology Mundelein, Ill.
Christine Stromberg Jr. Sport Management Rolling Meadows, Ill.
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Name Year Major Hometown
Alecia Beckford-Stewart Jr. Kinesiology Brampton, Ontario
Angela Bizzarri Jr. Molecular & Cellular Biology Mason, Ohio
Elizabeth Boyle Jr. English Elmhurst, Ill.
Chantelle Greonewoud So. Kinesiology North Vancouver, B.C.
Jessica Penney So. Civil Engineering Wellington, New Zealand
Shannon Phelan Jr. Community Health Naperville, Ill.
Ashley Thompson Jr. Kinesiology Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Omoye Ugiagbe Sr. Community Health Scarborough, Ontario
Kelly Washington So. Business Grayslake, Ill.
Jackie Ziegler Sr. Community Health Deerfield, Ill.
