Fresno State Athletics
Academic All-WAC Spring Team Announced
7/24/2001 12:00:00 AM | General
July 24, 2001
FRESNO, Calif. - The 2001 academic All-WAC spring sport teams have been announced and Fresno State was well represented with 36 Bulldogs selected. Student-athletes from baseball, golf, softball, tennis and track and field who met the qualifications were honored. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, have at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average and have participated in a least fifty percent of the team's contests.
The Fresno State women's track and field team had the most student-athletes honored with 12 athletes meeting the award qualifications. Fresno State's softball team led the conference for their sport with a total of six student-athletes earning honors.
Both the men's and women's tennis teams were among the top in the conference having four men and five women distinguished. The men's track and field team produced five student-athletes to the list, the baseball team recognized two athletes and one men's golfer was honored.
"We are always very proud of our student-athletes accomplishments both on and off the field," said Interim Athletics Director Scott Johnson. "We have a great tradition of student-athletes excelling in the classroom and I want to congratulate these outstanding individuals for such a great honor."
The following Fresno State freshmen were also honored as first time recipients.
Women's Swimming & Diving - Kristi Collins (South Lake Tahoe, Calif., 3.28 GPA, Undeclared)
Women's Volleyball - Stefanie Taelman (Belgium, 3.60 GPA, Undeclared), Kara Verwey (Kerman, Calif., 3.82 GPA, Undeclared)
Women's Soccer - Erin Sayegusa (Honolulu, Hawaii, 3.45 GPA, Undeclared)
Women's Track and Field Athlete Yr. Hometown GPA Major Katie Christianson Fr. Indian Wells, Calif. 3.69 Undeclared Kara June Fr. Santa Maria, Calif. 3.22 Undeclared Lexine Lesser Fr. Hanford, Calif. 3.72 Pre-Business Kristin Schelir Fr. Fresno, Calif. 4.00 Undeclared Autumn Bell So. Manteca, Calif. 3.43 Liberal Studies Jamie Farley So. Clovis, Calif. 4.00 Mass Comm and Journalism Mandy Hollister So. Turlock, Calif. 3.38 Liberal Studies Kaisa Klevmyr So. Turlock, Calif. 3.77 Liberal Studies Stacy Esquivel Jr. Visalia, Calif. 3.53 Nursing Bergann Hernandez Jr. Turlock, Calif. 3.65 Liberal Studies Kayla Russum Sr. Lake Stevens, Wash. 3.49 Reaction Admin. Jennifer Smith Sr. Lake of the Pines, Calif. 3.31 EnglishSoftball Mitzi Ing Fr. Honolulu, Hawaii 3.28 Undeclared Vanessa Czarnecki Jr. Riverside, Calif. 3.84 Math Tiffany Whipple Jr. Fresno, Calif. 3.75 Liberal Studies Alicia Dowland Sr. La Palma, Calif. 3.32 Business Management Lindsay Fossatti Sr. Tustin, Calif. 3.94 Kinesiology Rebecca Witt Sr. Reseda, Calif. 3.61 Kinesiology
Men's Track and Field Reginal Allen Fr. Fresno, Calif. 3.54 Undeclared Adam Hees Fr. Union City, Calif. 3.57 Pre-Psychology Alex Mason So. Alameda, Calif. 3.67 Pre-Business Roberto Vaca So. Parlier, Calif. 3.45 Psychology C.J. Nakayama Sr. Clovis, Calif. 3.78 Business Marketing
Men's Tennis Alex Krohn Fr. Santa Rosa, Calif. 3.82 Undeclared Alex Menichini Fr. Calabasas, Calif. 3.54 Undeclared
Women's Tennis Courtney Jantz Fr. Spring, Texas 3.70 Undeclared Simone Jardim Fr. Santa Maria, Brazil 3.20 Pre-Business Ewa Grusiecka Jr. Sopot, Poland 3.51 Business Administration Liesl Fichtbauer Sr. Hamburg, Germany 4.00 Kinesiology Kim Niggemeyer Jr. Berlin, Germany 3.44 Pre-Psychology
Baseball Joey Myers So. Fresno, Calif. 3.37 Undeclared Scott Beshears So. Fresno, Calif. 3.27 Criminology
Golf Dustin Smith Sr. St. Mary's, Calif. 3.49 Philosophy
