Penn State Student-Athletes Earn 54 Academic All-Big Ten Winter HonorsPenn State Student-Athletes Earn 54 Academic All-Big Ten Winter Honors

Penn State Student-Athletes Earn 54 Academic All-Big Ten Winter Honors

April 3, 2008

University Park, Pa. - Fifty-four Nittany Lion student-athletes, representing seven winter sports, have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. Penn State's 54 honorees ranks second among Big Ten institutions and brings the Lions' all-time total to 2,933 over the last 14 years, including 135 selections during the 2007-2008 school year.

Senior women's swimmer Molly Crispell, who is majoring in Biobehavioral Health, is one of only five Big Ten winter student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

The Big Ten Academic All-Conference award winners also achieved excellence outside of the classroom. Men's basketball junior guard Danny Morrissey led the Lions in three-point field goals made with 58 for the season and senior men's gymnast Derek Helsby is a finalist for the 2008 Nissen-Emery Award, the highest individual honor presented in collegiate gymnastics. Men's swimmers Sean Biedermann and Vincent Reydams were members of the 200 free relay team who logged their best time of the year at the NCAA Championships while women's basketball sophomore Meggan Quinn had a career-high 11 points against Purdue on Jan. 17. Sophomore women's gymnast Brandi Personett captured her second consecutive individual Big Ten All-Around title and junior women's swimmer Kelly Nelson became Penn State's first All-American since 2006 with a sixth-place finish in the 200 butterfly at the NCAA Championships while senior wrestler Jacob Strayer, an All-American for the Lions, ended his career with a record of 64-19.

The Big Ten recognized a total of 469 winter sport student-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 (GPA) of 3.0 or better.

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Big Ten Academic All-Conference Selections
Men's Basketball
Adam HighbergerSo.ScienceBlairsville, PA
William LeinerJr.FinanceCoplay, PA
Daniel MorrisseySr.FinancePepper Pike, Ohio
Nikola ObradovicJr.EconomicsBelgrade, Serbia
Joonas SuotamoJr.Film-VideoEspoo, Finlad
Michael WalkerSr.Supply-Chain & Info. SystemsLewisberry, PA
Men's Gymnastics
Joshua BorromeoJr.Mechanical EngineeringLittlestown, PA
Matthew GreenfieldSo.Division of Undergrad. StudentsVillanova, PA
Allen Harris So.Health & Human DevelopmentLancaster, PA
Derek Helsby Sr.Computer EngineeringOrlando, FL
Santiago Lopez VianaSr.Engineering ScienceEnsenada BC, Mexico
Noam Shaham So.EngineeringKfar Saba, Israel
Men's Swimming & Diving
Sean BiedermannSr.KinesiologyColorado Springs, CO
Justin BonerSr.SociologyRidley Park, PA
Daniel CalderonJr.Mechanical EngineeringBowie, MD
Jonathan CochraneSo.Division of Undergrad. StudentsBoalsburg, PA
Jeffrey DeWeeseJr.PsychologyMidlothian, VA
Max EttoreSo.International PoliticsMedford, NJ
Daniel FimbiantiSo.EngineeringMahwah, NJ
Basil KaakiSo.ScienceSaudi Arabia
David KraftJr.Electrical EngineeringWarsaw, IN
Max LeviSo.ScienceState College, PA
John MirandaSr.Petroleum & Natural Gas Eng.Louisville, CO
Colin QuirkSo.EducationPittsburgh, PA
Richard RabinekJr.AccountingOakdale, PA
Vincent ReydamsJr.Mechanical EngineeringColorado Springs, CO
Benjamin RyanSo.Information Sciences & Tech.State College, PA
Kevin RybickiJr.PhysicsLancaster, PA
Christopher SullivanJr.FinanceNaples, FL
Women's Basketball
Nicole ArcidiaconoSo.Business AdministrationLanghorne, PA
Meredith MonroeSo.Division of Undergrad. StudentsOlney, MD
Meggan QuinnSo.Crime, Law, & JusticeRed Lion, PA
Women's Gymnastics
Alexandra Brockway So.CommunicationsMacungie, PA
Allie Southard So.Business AdministrationNanuet, NY
Aslynn Satterfield Sr.Rec Park & Tourism ManagementBoalsburg, PA
Lindsay Borkan Sr.Communication Arts & ScienceLong Grove, IL
Brandi Personett So.Division of Undergrad. StudentsLiberty, MO
Lindsey Montross So.EducationRoseville, CA
Rosalie SmithSo.Biobehavioral HealthWaterford, PA
Women's Swimming & Diving
Courtney AdlamJr.KinesiologyAmbler, PA
Sarah BakerJr.Elementary & KindergartenFairfax, VA
Molly CrispellSr.Biobehavioral HealthBoalsburg, PA
Lindsey DeForrestSo.Division of Undergrad. StudiesWycombe, PA
Karie HaglundJr.MarketingMarietta, GA
Maureen HartSo.Business AdministrationCornelius, NC
Erin LuleySo.AgricultureMechanicsburg, PA
Caitlin MeehanJr.Human Develop. & Family StudiesWest Chester, PA
Kailey MorrisSo.Division of Undergrad. StudiesBaltimore, MD
Michelle MyersSo.AgricultureBoalburg, PA
Kelly NelsonJr.KinesiologyWest Chester, PA
Kaitlin O'BrienJr.Advertising & Public RelationsCaldwell, NJ
Daphne SkelosSo.Health & Human DevelopmentRockville Center, NY
Kristin SmithSr.Industrial EngineeringCoumbia, MD
Wrestling
Jacon StrayerSr.KinesiologySouth Fork, PA