Penn State Student-Athletes Earn 71 Academic All-Big Ten Fall HonorsPenn State Student-Athletes Earn 71 Academic All-Big Ten Fall Honors

Penn State Student-Athletes Earn 71 Academic All-Big Ten Fall Honors

Dec. 3, 2008

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Seventy-one Nittany Lion student-athletes, representing seven fall sports, have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. Penn State's 71 honorees brings the Lions' all-time total to 3,130 over the last 15 years, which ranks first among all Big Ten institutions. Ohio State is second with 2,996 Academic All-Big Ten picks.

The Big Ten Academic All-Conference award winners also achieved excellence outside of the classroom. Field hockey senior Jen Long was named the Division I Defensive Player of the Year while football players Gerald Cadogan and Kevin Kelly were named First Team All-Big Ten. Men's cross country runner Tyler McCandless finished 12th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships while women's cross country runner Bridget Franek earned All-America honors this season. Men's soccer sophomore Treavor Gelsinger earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors as women's soccer's Zoe Bouchelle, Katie Schoepfer, Jessie Davis and Alyssa Naeher all picked up First Team All-Big Ten recognition. Women's volleyball rounded out the fall honorees, with First Team All-Big Ten picks Christa Harmotto, Megan Hodge and Arielle Wilson also garnering league academic recognition.

The Big Ten recognized 682 fall student-athletes. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher.

Listed below are Penn State's 2008 Academic All-Big Ten honorees for fall sports:

Field Hockey:
Aubrey Aden-Buie, Penn StateSr.EnglishAllentown, Pa.
Gina Bartolacci, Penn StateJr.FinanceWashington Cross, Pa.
Jennifer Beaumont, Penn StateSr.Advertising/Public RelationsChalfont, Pa.
Amy Bonenberger, Penn StateJr.KinesiologyPalmyra, Pa.
Laura Cahill, Penn StateJr.Political ScienceVirginia Beach, Va.
Cynthia Donald, Penn StateSo.BusinessYardley, Pa.
Jen Long, Penn StateSr.Health Policy and AdministrationDoylestown, Pa.
Bethany Marvel, Penn StateJr.MarketingNewtown, Pa
Alexandra Meves, Penn StateSo.CommunicationLower Gwynedd, Pa.
Jennifer Miller, Penn StateSr.FinanceNorth Caldwell, N.J.
Jennifer Purvis, Penn StateSo.Health and Human DevelopmentMaple Glen, Pa.
Allison Scola, Penn StateSr.FinanceHarrisburg, Pa.
Daneen Zug, Penn StateSo.Division Of Undergraduate StudiesManheim, Pa.
Football:
Jesse Alfreno, Penn StateJr.Advertising-Public RelationsGrove City, Pa.
Andrew Astorino, Penn StateSo.EducationEdinboro, Pa.
Jeremy Boone, Penn StateSr.Elementary and Kindergarten EducationMechanicsburg, Pa.
Brett Brackett, Penn StateJr.MarketingLawrenceville, N.J.
Gerald Cadogan, Penn StateSr.RehabilitationPortsmouth, Ohio
Christopher Colasanti, Penn StateSo.Health and Human DevelopmentLeonard, Mich.
Patrick Devlin, Penn StateJr.FinanceDowningtown, Pa.
Joshua Hull, Penn StateSr.Environmental Systems EngineeringMillheim, Pa.
Kevin Kelly, Penn StateSr.KinesiologyState College, Pa.
Daniel Lawlor, Penn StateSr.Telecommunications/MarketingMechanicsburg, Pa.
Gregory Miskinis, Penn StateSr.KinesiologyLewistown, Pa.
Jordan Norwood, Penn StateSr.Integrative Arts/Advertising-Public RelationsState College, Pa.
Andrew Pitz, Penn StateSr.JournalismBettendorf, Iowa
Mark Rubin, Penn StateGr.MBAAmherst, N.Y.
Stephen Stupar, Penn StateSo.CommunicationsState College, Pa.
Stefen Wisniewski, Penn StateSo.EducationBridgeville, Pa.
Men's Cross Country:
John Mahoney, Penn StateSr.Secondary EducationRichboro, Pa.
Tyler McCandless, Penn StateSr.MeteorologyBath, Pa.
Dennis O'Connor, Penn StateSr.Chemical Engineering/SciencePhiladelphia, Pa.
Dennis Pollow, Penn StateSr.Nutrition Ransomville, N.Y.
Edward Quinn, Penn StateSr.TelecommunicationsRush, N.Y.
Lucas Zarzeczny, Penn StateSo.Liberal ArtsPittsburgh, Pa.
Women's Cross Country:
Jessica Babcock, Penn StateJr.Elementary and Kindergarten EducationIrvine, Calif.
Kathryn Fitzgerald, Penn StateSr.StatisticsPittsburgh, Pa.
Bridget Franek, Penn StateJr.KinesiologyHiram, Ohio
Meghan Noecker, Penn StateSr.Journalism/Secondary EducationReading, Pa.
Clairen Percival, Penn StateSr.Special EducationSarnia, Ontario
Katie Shelley, Penn StateSo.Health and Human DevelopmentColumbia, Pa.
Cheryl Spring, Penn StateJr.NursingThe Woodlands, Texas
Janelle Young, Penn StateSr.KinesiologyLemoyne, Pa.
Men's Soccer:
Ryan Badaracco, Penn StateGr.Non-Degree Graduate StudentWexford, Pa.
Robert Bohlen, Penn StateJr.Energy Business and FinancePort Jefferson, N.Y.
Andres Casais, Penn StateSo.Earth and Mineral SciencesState College, Pa.
Diego Correa, Penn StateJr.Energy, Business & FinanceRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andrew Cost, Penn StateSo.BusinessWest Chester, Pa.
Casey Derkacz, Penn StateSo.UndeclaredHamburg, N.Y.
Treavor Gelsinger, Penn StateSo.Health and Human DevelopmentShady Grove, Pa.
John Gray, Penn StateJr.FinanceLemont, Pa.
Andrew Machi, Penn StateSr.KinesiologyUpper Saint Clair, Pa.
Vincent Salvatico, Penn StateJr.EconomicsChester Springs, Pa.
Jacobo Vera Artazcoz, Penn StateJr.EconomicsPamplona, Spain
Women's Soccer:
Kaleen Adami, Penn StateSr.Crime, Law, and JusticeBensalem, Pa.
Zoe Bouchelle, Penn StateSr.EconomicsCockeysville, Md.
Allison Daus, Penn StateSr.Advertising-Public RelationsPlano, Texas
Tara Davies, Penn StateJr.Elementary and Kindergarten EducationCape May Court, N.J.
Jessica Davis, Penn StateSr.Advertising-Public RelationsFairfax, Va.
Melissa Hayes, Penn StateJr.Communication Arts and SciencesScottsdale, Ariz.
Megan Monroig, Penn StateSo.Health and Human DevelopmentNorthumberland, Pa.
Ashley Myers, Penn StateSr.Advertising-Public RelationsBel Air, Md.
Alyssa Naeher, Penn StateJr.KinesiologySeymour, Conn.
Allison Rago, Penn StateJr.PsychologyFairfield, Conn.
Kathryn Schoepfer, Penn StateJr.Human Development and Family StudiesWaterford, Conn.
Danielle Toney, Penn StateSo.UndecidedNorthville, Mich.
Women's Volleyball:
Alyssa D'Errico, Penn StateSo.UndecidedByron, N.Y.
Christa Harmotto, Penn StateSr.Elementary and Kindergarten EducationAliquippa, Pa.
Megan Hodge, Penn StateJr.ManagementDurham, N.C.
Kelsey Ream, Penn StateJr.Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional ManagementCentre Hall, Pa.
Arielle Wilson, Penn StateSo.Health and Human DevelopmentBroadview, Ill.