May 29, 2002
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Big Ten named 796 spring and at-large sports student-athletes to the Academic All-Conference team. Purdue represented 38 of the honorees from baseball, softball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's track and field.
Baseball seniors Michael Correll and Heath Uppencamp were two of six Big Ten student-athletes to maintained unblemished GPAs. Correll majored in Social Studies Education and Uppencamp in Psychology.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten recognition, student-athletes must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a career grade-point average of 3.0 or better.
Baseball Chadd Blasko Jr. Physical Education/Teaching Mishawaka, Ind. Michael Correll Sr. Social Studies Education Robinson, Ill. John Lock So. Pharmacy Frankfort, Ind. Matt Skripsky Jr. Org. Leadership and Supervision Naperville, Ill. Heath Uppencamp Sr. Psychology Jasper, Ind.Softball Leighann Burke Jr. Management Lafayette, Ind. Nicole Crouse Sr. Law & Society/Psychology LaPalma, Calif. Jessica Jones Jr. Communication/Public Relations Indianapolis, Ind. Angela Knight So. Nursing Granger, Ind. Laura Martin Jr. Biology Education Fishers, Ind.
Men's Golf Jason Bukowski Sr. Org. Leadership and Supervision Austin, Ind. Shiv Kapur So. Management New Delhi, India Chris Mayson Jr. Psychology Mitton Keynes, England
Women's Golf Caroline Laurens Sr. Communications Montpeilier, France Christy Rittenhouse Sr. Communications Pavilion, N.Y. Heather Zielinski Jr. Industrial Engineering Sylvania, Ohio
Men's Tennis Laith Al-Agba Sr. Management Bremerton, Wash. Troy Havens So. Management Mishawaka, Ind. Scott Mayer Jr. Management San Antonio, Texas Seth McKinley So. Management San Antonio, Texas Dan Swan Sr. Management Okemos, Mich. Andrew Wakefield Jr. Org. Leadership and Supervision Nottingham, England
Women's Tennis Lynsey Fick Sr. Advertising Davenport, Iowa Melissa Iqbal Jr. Speech/Language/Hearing St. Louis, Mo. Melissa Woods Jr. English Secondary Teaching Granger, Ind. Missy Wright Sr. Psychology Burlington, Ontario
Men's Track and Field Geoffrey Fleming Sr. Aviation Technology Roseville, Calif. Matt Hartman Sr. Mechanical Engineering Evansville, Ind. Doug Payne Sr. Visual Communication Design Bonham, Texas Prentice Stovall Jr. Management Lafayette, Ind.
Women's Track and Field Shanna Carter So. Communications Gallipolis, Ohio Jan Eichenauer So. Physical Education/Teaching Wabash, Ind. Janelle Johnson Sr. Landscape Architecture Champaign, Ill. Shannon Kelley So. Chemical Engineering Fort Wayne, Ind. Simona Kovacic Jr. Law and Society Etobicoke, Ontario Ebbie Metzinger Sr. Communications West Lafayette, Ind. Ann Stechshulte Sr. Movement and Sport Science Columbus Grove, Ohio Barbara Wenger Sr. Computer Graphics and Technology Edina, Minn.