May 28, 2003
Park Ridge, Ill. - Thirty-four Purdue student-athletes received recognition for their academic achievements as the Big Ten released the Spring Sports Academic All-Conference list today.
The women's track and field team saw eight athletes garner accolades, the most of any Purdue sport. The women's tennis team had seven players make the list, while softball added six to the tally. The men's tennis team put five players on the list, while men's track and field saw three athletes honored. Baseball and men's golf had two honorees apiece, while women's golf put one team member on the academic list.
The Big Ten honored 875 spring sport athletes, an increase of 78 over last year's total. The list featured 62 baseball players, 75 softball players, 110 women's rowing athletes, 51 women's and 34 men's golfers, 54 women's and 45 men's tennis players, 157 women's and 92 men's track and field athletes and 111 women's and 84 men's at-large 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 of 3.0 or better.
Forty-one Boilermaker athletes were recognized by the Big Ten in the fall for their academic efforts, while 32 athletes picked up All-Academic acclaim when the winter sports list was announced.
Below is the list of Purdue Academic All-Conference honorees by sport.
Baseball Nick McIntyre SR History/Education Lafayette, Ind. Matt Skripsky SR Org. Leadership & Supervision Naperville, Ill.
Men's Golf Shiv Kapur SR Management Simonstown, South Africa Roberto Krutzfeldt SO Management Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Men's Tennis Troy Havens JR Management South Bend, Ind. Scott Mayer SR Management San Antonio, Texas Seth McKinley JR Management San Antonio, Texas David Robinson SO Psychology Taunton, Somerset, England Andrew Wakefield SR Org. Leadership & Supervision Edwalton, Nottingham, England
Men's Track & Field Jonathan Hoggatt SO Pharmacy West Lafayette, Ind. Prentice Stovall SR Management Lafayette, Ind. Kern Woods SO Management Indianapolis, Ind.
Softball Katie Absher SO Movement & Sport Science Puyallup, Wash. Leighann Burke SR Management/Finance & Marketing Lafayette, Ind. Andrea Hillsey SO Movement & Sport Science White Lake, Mich. Jesse Jones SR Communications-Public Relations Indianapolis, Ind. Angela Knight JR Nursing Granger, Ind. Shelli Messer SO Public Relations Greenfield, Ind.
Women's Golf Heather Zielinski SR Industrial Engineering Sylvania, Ohio
Women's Tennis Lara Burgarello SO Org. Leadership & Supervision Reno, Nev. Gretchen Haynor JR Political Science Fairview, Pa. Melissa Iqbal SR Audiology & Speech Science St. Louis, Mo. Amy Walgenbach SO Management Carmel, Calif. Melissa Woods JR English Secondary Teaching Granger, Ind. Missy Wright SR Psychology Burlington, Ontario Shawna Zuccarini SO Movement & Sport Science Oak Brook, Ill.
Women's Track & Field Caitlin Baird SO Education Muncie, Ind. Jan Eichenauer JR Physical Education Wabash, Ind. Amber Ferner SO Animal Science West Lafayette, Ind. Ragina Harvey SO Management Gary, Ind. Shannon Kelly JR Chemical Engineering Fort Wayne, Ind. Simona Kovacic SR Law & Society Etobicoke, Ontario Carrie Long SR Telecommunications West Lafayette, Ind. Megan McNeilly SR Interdisciplinary Engineering Clare, Mich.