Illini boast 52 Academic All-Big Ten honorees
Updated: December 6, 2012
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (UI Release)
- Fifty-two University of Illinois student-athletes in five fall sports
were named to the Academic All-Big Ten teams, the conference announced
Thursday. The Illini boasted 10 volleyball
players, most among all Big Ten schools, as well as 18 football players,
11 women's soccer players, nine women's cross country athletes and four
men's cross country runners.
Academic All-Big
Ten honors are bestowed upon student-athletes who have a cumulative
grade-point average of 3.0 or better, earned an athletic letter and are
in at least their second year at their institution.
Among Illinois'
honorees are soccer's NSCAA third-team All-American Vanessa DiBernardo,
All-Big Ten volleyball player Liz McMahon and men's cross country NCAA
Championships qualifier Hunter Mickow. In addition,
seven Illini earning Academic All-Big Ten honors already have earned
their bachelor's degrees and are pursuing a graduate degree.
The conference
office also awards Academic All-Big Ten distinction in the winter and
spring seasons, and will present the Distinguished Scholar Award at the
end of the academic year. Student-athletes eligible
for the Distinguished Scholar Award must be letterwinners in at least
their second year at their institution. Qualifying student-athletes must
have earned a GPA of 3.7 or higher for the current academic year,
excluding summer school. The Big Ten Distinguished
Scholar Award was established by conference Faculty Representatives as
an addition to the conference's Academic All-Big Ten program.
The complete listing of 2012 fall sports Academic All-Big Ten honorees is attached.
