Fresno State Athletics
Academic All-WAC Spring Team Announced
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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 FieldAthlete Yr. Hometown GPA MajorKatie Christianson Fr. Indian Wells, Calif. 3.69 UndeclaredKara June Fr. Santa Maria, Calif. 3.22 UndeclaredLexine Lesser Fr. Hanford, Calif. 3.72 Pre-BusinessKristin Schelir Fr. Fresno, Calif. 4.00 UndeclaredAutumn Bell So. Manteca, Calif. 3.43 Liberal StudiesJamie Farley So. Clovis, Calif. 4.00 Mass Comm and JournalismMandy Hollister So. Turlock, Calif. 3.38 Liberal StudiesKaisa Klevmyr So. Turlock, Calif. 3.77 Liberal StudiesStacy Esquivel Jr. Visalia, Calif. 3.53 NursingBergann Hernandez Jr. Turlock, Calif. 3.65 Liberal StudiesKayla Russum Sr. Lake Stevens, Wash. 3.49 Reaction Admin.Jennifer Smith Sr. Lake of the Pines, Calif. 3.31 English
SoftballMitzi Ing Fr. Honolulu, Hawaii 3.28 UndeclaredVanessa Czarnecki Jr. Riverside, Calif. 3.84 MathTiffany Whipple Jr. Fresno, Calif. 3.75 Liberal StudiesAlicia Dowland Sr. La Palma, Calif. 3.32 Business ManagementLindsay Fossatti Sr. Tustin, Calif. 3.94 KinesiologyRebecca Witt Sr. Reseda, Calif. 3.61 Kinesiology
Men's Track and FieldReginal Allen Fr. Fresno, Calif. 3.54 UndeclaredAdam Hees Fr. Union City, Calif. 3.57 Pre-PsychologyAlex Mason So. Alameda, Calif. 3.67 Pre-BusinessRoberto Vaca So. Parlier, Calif. 3.45 PsychologyC.J. Nakayama Sr. Clovis, Calif. 3.78 Business Marketing
Men's TennisAlex Krohn Fr. Santa Rosa, Calif. 3.82 UndeclaredAlex Menichini Fr. Calabasas, Calif. 3.54 Undeclared
Women's TennisCourtney Jantz Fr. Spring, Texas 3.70 UndeclaredSimone Jardim Fr. Santa Maria, Brazil 3.20 Pre-BusinessEwa Grusiecka Jr. Sopot, Poland 3.51 Business AdministrationLiesl Fichtbauer Sr. Hamburg, Germany 4.00 KinesiologyKim Niggemeyer Jr. Berlin, Germany 3.44 Pre-Psychology
BaseballJoey Myers So. Fresno, Calif. 3.37 UndeclaredScott Beshears So. Fresno, Calif. 3.27 Criminology
GolfDustin Smith Sr. St. Mary's, Calif. 3.49 Philosophy