April 27, 2004

2004 Men and Women's Tennis Academic All-Big 12 Teams

DALLAS - The Big 12 Conference takes great pleasure in honoring 61 student-athletes who have been named to the 2004 Men and Women's Tennis Academic All-Big 12 teams, the conference office announced Tuesday. Texas Tech's Michael Innerebner, Kendall Brooks, Katja Kovacic and Irina Tereschenko were all named to the first teams.

Special recognition goes to four student-athletes who were nominated with a 4.00 grade point average, either cumulative or over the two previous semesters. On the women's side these student-athletes are Kansas State's Jessica Simosa, Oklahoma's Jessica Braver and Oklahoma State's Ines Furtmayr. Tommy Garrison of Oklahoma was the only male student-athlete with a perfect GPA.

Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the tennis academic all-league squads consisted of 49 first-team members combined with 12 on the second-team. First-team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better grade-point average, while the second-team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.

To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of her/his team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are eligible.

2004 MEN'S ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 TEAM

FIRST TEAM (3.20-PLUS GRADE POINT AVERAGE; *INDICATES NOMINATED WITH A 4.00 GPA)

Name, School	Class	Major	Hometown
Benjamin Becker, Baylor	Jr.	Finance	Orscholz, Germany
Evan Dixon, Colorado	Jr.	Marketing	Eugene, Ore.
Ryan Jay, Nebraska	Sr.	Finance	Casper, Wyo.
Matt Long, Oklahoma	Jr.	Construction Science	Fort Worth, Texas
Silviu Tanasoiu, Oklahoma	Jr.	Psychology	Sibiu, Romania
*Tommy Garrison, Oklahoma	So.	Undecided	Enid, Okla.
Alexei Ivanov, Oklahoma	So.	Management Information Systems	Izhevsk, Russia
Yevgen Bondarchuk, Okla. State	Sr.	Economics	Kiev, Ukraine
Boris Kuharic, Oklahoma State	Jr.	International Business	Koprivnica, Croatia
Tomas Bohunicky, Oklahoma State	So.	Undeclared	Tmava, Slovakia
Juan Felipe Diaz, Oklahoma State	So.	Undeclared	Bogota, Colombia
Joe Morris, Texas	Sr.	Economics	Amarillo, Texas
Jose Zarhi, Texas	Sr.	Economics	Santiago, Chile
Roger Gubser, Texas	Jr.	Economics	Laredo, Texas
Ante Matijevic, Texas A&M	Jr.	Finance	Split, Croatia
Michael Innerebner, Texas Tech	Jr.	Finance	Bolzano, Italy

SECOND TEAM (3.00 TO 3.19 GRADE POINT AVERAGE)

Name, School	Class	Major	Hometown
Benedikt Dorsch, Baylor	So.	Entrepreneurship	Weiden, Germany
Joel Reckewey, Nebraska	Jr.	Finance	Lincoln, Neb.
Jose Rivera, Nebraska	Jr.	Industrial Engineering	Mexico City, Mexico
Mark Van Elden, Oklahoma State	Jr.	Secondary Education	Geelong, Victoria, Australia

2004 WOMEN'S TENNIS ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 TEAM

FIRST TEAM (3.20-PLUS GRADE POINT AVERAGE; *INDICATES NOMINATED WITH A 4.00 GPA)

Name, School	Class	Major	Hometown
Stephanie Balzert, Baylor	So.	Pre-Business	Puttlingen, Germany
Zuzana Krchnakova, Baylor	So.	Pre-Business	Trnava, Slovakia
Morgan Sall, Colorado	Sr.	Economics	Miami, Fla.
Jennifer Hanson, Colorado	So.	Psychology	Boulder, Colo.
Susan Johnson, Colorado	So.	BUUD	Arnold, Md.
Elizabeth Chermel, Iowa State	So.	Business	Southlake, Texas
Charlotte Ljungkrantz, Iowa State	So.	Aerospace Engineering	Taby, Sweden
Luiza Loureiro, Kansas	So.	Undecided	Brasilia, Brazil
Maria Rosenberg, Kansas State	Jr.	Art and Modern Languages	Manhattan, Kan.
*Jessica Simosa, Kansas State	So.	Business Administration	Valencia, Venezuela
Urska Juric, Missouri	Sr.	Marketing	Placar, Slovenia
Lucie Ruskova, Missouri	Jr.	Business	Teplice, Czech Republic
Hana Kraftova, Missouri	So.	Hotel and Restaurant Management	Pilsen, Czech Republic
Leslie Harvey, Nebraska	Sr.	Advertising	San Diego, Calif.
Rebecca Harvey, Nebraska	Sr.	Political Science	San Diego, Calif.
Anne Oehme, Nebraska	Sr.	Sociology	Nykoping, Sweden
Gitte Ostermann, Nebraska	Jr.	Advertising	Luneberg, Germany
Jennifer Cremieux, Nebraska	So.	Psychology	Ajaz, Ontario, Canada
*Jessica Braver, Oklahoma	Jr.	Letters	Edmond, Okla.
Bethany Griffin, Oklahoma	Jr.	Accounting	Amarillo, Texas
Katya Kolodynska, Oklahoma State	Sr.	International Business	Minsk, Belarus
*Ines Furtmayr, Oklahoma State	Jr.	International Business	Uffing, Geremany
Zana Masnic, Oklahoma State	So.	Undeclared	Dallas, Texas
Kelly Baritot, Texas	So.	Public Relations	Allison Park, Pa.
Katie Ruckert, Texas	So.	Government	Vienna, Va.
Kendra Strohm, Texas	So.	Liberal Arts	Tucson, Ariz.
Danielle Lee, Texas A&M	Sr.	Biomedical Science	San Antonio, Texas
Roberta Spencer, Texas A&M	Sr.	Biomedical Science	Davie, Fla.
Lauren Walker, Texas A&M	Jr.	Civil Engineering	New Braunfels, Texas
Nicki, Mechem, Texas A&M	So.	English	Fredericksburg, Texas
Kendall Brooks, Texas Tech	Sr.	Excercise Sports Science	Corpus Christi, Texas
Irina Tereschenko, Texas Tech	Sr.	Advertising	Moscow, Russia
Katja Kovacic, Texas Tech	So.	Public Relations	Kranj, Slovenia

SECOND TEAM (3.00 TO 3.19 GRADE POINT AVERAGE)

Name, School	Class	Major	Hometown
Daria Potapova, Baylor	Jr.	Marketing	Valencia, Spain
Sabrina Evers, Iowa State	Sr.	Dietetics	Waddinxveen, Holland
Paulina Castillejos, Kansas State	Sr.	Management Information Systems/ Management	Puebla, Mexico
Aveen Alkhatib, Kansas State	So.	Chemical Engineering	Manhattan, Kan.
Katie Garcia, Nebraska	Jr.	Industrial Engineering	Lincoln, Neb.
Pamela Castillejos, Nebraska	So.	Industrial Engineering	Puebla Puebla, Mexico
Anda Perianu, Oklahoma	Sr.	French	Braila, Romania
Velvet Canada, Texas A&M	Sr.	Environmental Design	Plains, Texas