Ohio State Student-Athletes Receive Fall Academic All-Big Ten Honors – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/10/2002 12:00:00 AM | General
Dec. 10, 2002
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Sixty-eight Ohio State student-athletes were named to the 2002 Big Ten Academic All-Conference Team for the fall, the league announced Tuesday. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, a student-athlete must be a letterwinner in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a career grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better. In all, 557 conference student-athletes were honored.
The Buckeye football team placed 27 team members on the academic list. Women’s soccer had 11 honorees. Men’s cross country was next with 10 members followed by men’s soccer with eight. Women’s volleyball, field hockey and women’s cross country each had four members.
Two Buckeyes maintained perfect grade-point averages. Sophomore women’s soccer player Heather Miller (Centerville, Ohio), a business major, and junior Sjaan Gerth (Belgrave, Ontario), a biochemistry major and member of the men’s cross country team, both posted a 4.00 GPA. Mechanical engineering major Jonathan White (Sr., Sylvania, Ohio) and chemical engineering major Derrick Butler (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio), both members of the men’s cross country team, had GPA’s of 3.92 and 3.96, respectively.
2002 Ohio State Fall Academic All-Big Ten Selections
| Men’s Cross Country | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown |
| Chris Basinger | SO | 3.09 | Undecided | Pickerington, Ohio |
| Derrick Butler | SR | 3.96 | Engineering-Chemistry | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Aaron Fisher | SO | 3.70 | Business-Finance | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| Sjaan Gerth | JR | 4.00 | Biology-Biochemistry | Belgrave, Ontario |
| Dan Glaz | SO | 3.06 | English | Palos Hills, Ill. |
| Nate Hutchinson | SR | 3.38 | Psychology | Brimfield, Ohio |
| Rob Myers | SR | 3.29 | Agriculture | Rushville, Ohio |
| Matt Penza | SO | 3.20 | English | Girard, Ohio |
| Jonathan White | SR | 3.92 | Engineering-Mechanical | Sylvania, Ohio |
| Mike Zak | SO | 3.10 | Business-Marketing | Perry, Ohio |
| Women’s Cross Country | ||||
| Annette Bryan | JR | 3.75 | Engineering-Chemistry | Centerville, Ohio |
| Rachael Miller | JR | 3.19 | Biology | Barnesville, Ohio |
| Jennifer Ordway | SO | 3.39 | Exercise Science | Holgate, Ohio |
| Sarah Sergent | JR | 3.53 | Allied Medicine – Radio | Englewood, Ohio |
| Field Hockey | ||||
| Lucy Clayton | SO | 3.02 | Undeclared | Scarborough, England |
| McKenzie Hufford | SR | 3.02 | Early Childhood Education | Toledo, Ohio |
| Cammie Trainer | SO | 3.21 | Business | Hudson, Ohio |
| Jennifer Van Kirk | SR | 3.05 | Exercise Science | Litiz, Pa. |
| Football | ||||
| David Andrews | JR | 3.00 | Sport & Liesure Studies | Bloomingburg, Ohio |
| Jason Caldwell | JR | 3.14 | Exercise Science | Mentor, Ohio |
| John Conroy | SO | 3.01 | Undecided | Bay Village, Ohio |
| Christopher Conwell | SR | 3.21 | Communication | Shaker Heights, Ohio |
| Ryan Cook | SO | 3.14 | Undecided | Martinsville, Ind. |
| Bryce Culver | JR | 3.15 | Marketing | Lewis Center, Ohio |
| Dustin Fox | SO | 3.44 | Communication | Canton, Ohio |
| Simon Fraser | SO | 3.55 | Biology | Upper Arlington, Ohio |
| Stephan Graef | JR | 3.68 | Psychology | Uniontown, Ohio |
| Andrew Groom | SR | 3.09 | Marketing | Columbus, Ohio |
| Maurice Hall | SO | 3.59 | Communication | Columbus, Ohio |
| Benjamin Hartsock | SR | 3.73 | Biology | Chillicothe, Ohio |
| Joshua Huston | JR | 3.11 | Marketing | Findlay, Ohio |
| Craig Krenzel | SR | 3.70 | Molecular Genetics | Utica, Mich. |
| John McLaughlin | JR | 3.20 | Biology | Fairview Park, Ohio |
| Jeremy Miller | SR | 3.70 | Geography | Lewistown, Ohio |
| Steven Moore | JR | 3.16 | Finance | Columbus, Ohio |
| Mike Nugent | SO | 3.11 | Transportation & Logistics | Centerville, Ohio |
| Adam Olds | SO | 3.75 | Undecided | Dublin, Ohio |
| James Otis | JR | 3.17 | Finance | Chesterfield, Mo. |
| Fred Pagac, Jr. | SR | 3.02 | Marketing | Dublin, Ohio |
| Brandon Schnittker | SO | 3.80 | Political Science | Sandusky, Ohio |
| Jack Tucker | SR | 3.08 | Communication | Cypress, Calif. |
| Kyle Turano | JR | 3.21 | Sociology | Worthington, Ohio |
| Bryan Weaver | SO | 3.29 | Sport & Leisure Studies | Sunbury, Ohio |
| Stephan Winner | SO | 3.12 | Undecided | Dublin, Ohio |
| Michael Young | JR | 3.00 | Computer Information Science | Middletown, Ohio |
| Men’s Soccer | ||||
| Chad Brown | JR | 3.30 | Business-Finance | Rockford, Ill. |
| Tony Earp | SR | 3.13 | Psychology | Plantation, Fla. |
| Todd Grossnickle | SR | 3.11 | International Business | Arlington Heights, Ill. |
| Sam Migliano | JR | 3.13 | Sport & Leisure Studies | Toronto, Ontario |
| David Ridenhour | JR | 3.79 | Business-Marketing | Germantown, Tenn. |
| Eric Schwebach | SO | 3.41 | Business-Undeclared | Eden Prairie, Minn. |
| Jason Wimmert | SO | 3.00 | Engineering | Loveland, Ohio |
| Peter Withers | SO | 3.28 | International Business | Portland, Ore. |
| Women’s Soccer | ||||
| Shelley Besson | SR | 3.77 | Psychology | Kettering, Ohio |
| Lindsay Eckles | SR | 3.13 | Exercise Science | Hilliard, Ohio |
| Kiley Enmark | SR | 3.69 | Marketing | Sterling Heights, Mich. |
| Emily Gilbert | SO | 3.63 | Exploring Majors | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Paige Harrison | SO | 3.66 | Exercise Science | Centerville, Ohio |
| Emily Haynam | SO | 3.47 | Journalism | Westerville, Ohio |
| Heather Miller | SO | 4.00 | Business | Centerville, Ohio |
| Jen Miller | SR | 3.84 | Mechanical Engineering | Centerville, Ohio |
| Liz Mumley | SO | 3.37 | Business | Woodbridge, Va. |
| Erica Nollen | SO | 3.79 | Engineering | West Chester, Ohio |
| Jackie Shirer | JR | 3.27 | Human Development and Family Science |
Medina, Ohio |
| Women’s Volleyball | ||||
| Shelly Draeger | SR | 3.18 | Education | Milwaukee, Wis. |
| Stacey Gordon | SO | 3.13 | Education | Oshawa, Ontario |
| Suzie Stiling | SR | 3.80 | Business | Glenview, Ill. |
| Katie Virtue | SR | 3.71 | Business | St. Charles, Ill. |
