May 29, 2001
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Big Ten Conference announced the 2001 spring academic all-conference teams today. A total of 823 athletes were recognized for their work in the classroom, including 48 from Purdue's baseball, softball, men's and women's track and field, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's golf teams. Purdue also led the Big Ten with five athletes carrying a perfect 4.0 career grade-point average.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, an athlete must be a letterwinner in at least their second academic year at the institution and carry a career GPA of 3.0 or better.
The five Boilermakers receiving special recognition from the Big Ten for their 4.0 GPA were baseball players Michael Correll and Heath Uppencamp, men's tennis player Dan Swan and women's golfers Christy Rittenhouse and Heather Zielinski.
Overall, the Big Ten recognized 1,741 Academic All-Big Ten honorees during the 2000-01 academic year.
Purdue's Academic All-Big Ten honorees follow:
Baseball
John Badylak Jr. 3.74 Health Sciences West Lafayette, Ind.
Chadd Blasko So. 3.22 Physical Education Mishawaka, Ind.
David Blomberg Sr. 3.57 Communications Brookfield, Wis.
Michael Correll Jr. 4.00 Education Robinson, Ill.
Jim Davies So. 3.11 Liberal Arts Orland Hills, Ill.
Daniel Hernandez Sr. 3.15 Industrial Engineering Cortes, Honduras
Ben Quick Sr. 3.70 Management Hemet, Calif.
Matt Skripsky Jr. 3.12 Organizational Leadership Naperville, Ill.
and Supervision
Heath Uppencamp Jr. 4.00 Psychology Jasper, Ind.
Softball
Leighann Burke So. 3.74 Management Lafayette, Ind.
Nicole Crouse Jr. 3.51 Psychology La Palma, Calif.
Danika Nice Sr. 3.47 Movement & Sports Science/ Eugene, Ore.
Pre-Physical Therapy
Jill Paxson So. 3.00 Nursing Greenwood, Ind.
Lynne Tortorelli Sr. 3.97 Biology/Pre-Med Unionville, Ontario
Men's Golf
Jason Bukowski Jr. 3.21 Management Austin, Ind.
Chris Mayson So. 3.75 Psychology Buckinghamshire, England
Ryan Miller Sr. 3.33 Management West Alexandria, Ohio
Lee Williamson Jr. 3.20 Management Crawfordsville, Ind.
Women's Golf
Caroline Laurens Jr. 3.80 Communications Montpelier, France
Andrea Makauskas Jr. 3.00 Advertising & Kinesiology Toronto, Ontario
Christy Rittenhouse Jr. 4.00 Communications Pavillion, N.Y.
Heather Zielinski So. 4.00 Engineering Toledo, Ohio
Men's Tennis
Laith Al-Agba Jr. 3.48 Management Bremerton, Wash.
Scott Mayer So. 3.40 Management San Antonio, Texas
Dan Swan Sr. 4.00 Management Okemos, Mich.
Women's Tennis
Lynsey Fick Jr. 3.29 Communications Davenport, Iowa
Melissa Iqbal So. 3.39 Speech Pathology St. Louis, Mo.
Erika Quebe Sr. 3.23 Engineering Indianapolis, Ind.
Lisa Walgenbach Sr. 3.59 Management Carmel, Calif.
Men's Track and Field
Thomas Aliff Jr. 3.45 Mathematics/Statistics Merrillville, Ind.
Paul Bishop Jr. 3.90 Law and Society Albuquerque, N.M.
Chris Boesch Jr. 3.53 Computer Information Technology Frankfort, Ind.
Robert Caplinger Sr. 3.20 Mechanical Engineering Fairland, Ind.
Michael Ciccarelli So. 3.27 Landscape Architecture Lake Forest, Ill.
Christopher Downer Sr. 3.70 Chemical Engineering Carmel, Ind.
Geoffrey Fleming Sr. 3.58 Aviation Technology Roseville, Calif.
Matthew Hartman Jr. 3.28 Mechanical Engineering Evansville, Ind.
Robert Heise So. 3.18 Mass Communication West Lafayette, Ind.
Craig Lill Sr. 3.04 Aviation Technology Bloomington, Ind.
Women's Track and Field
Janelle Johnson So. 3.59 Landscape Architecture Champaign, Ill.
Jodi Keerklaan Sr. 3.11 Sales Management Delta, British Columbia
Krissy Liphardt Jr. 3.14 Law and Society Ajax, Ontario
Elizabeth Metzinger So. 3.47 Biology Clare, Mich.
Katie Meyer Sr. 3.24 Management Byron, Mich.
Katie Rorem Sr. 3.05 Speech and Audiology Huntington Beach, Calif.
Amy Spellmeyer So. 3.15 Biology Powell, Wyo.
Barbara Wenger Jr. 3.33 Engineering Edina, Minn.
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