Muhleisen Named Academic All-District

Senior guard Jake Muhleisen was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VII first team announced Friday. A native of Lincoln and three-year team captain, Muhleisen is the first Husker to earn academic all-district honors since Cary Cochran in 2002.

Muhleisen and the other four student-athletes selected to the all-district team will now move onto the selection ballot for the academic All-America team. Sports information directors around the country will vote for the academic All-America team through Feb. 28, and the final tabulation will be announced on March 2. A first, second and third team will be selected.

On pace to graduate in May with a degree in finance, Muhleisen has carried a 3.726 grade-point average since enrolling at Nebraska in the summer of 2001. He was a first-team academic All-Big 12 selection last year and has been named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll each of the past seven semesters. Muhleisen will also be a first-team academic All-Big 12 selection again this spring after carrying better than a 3.5 GPA last semester.

Muhleisen was slowed earlier in the season with a wrist injury, but has returned to full strength since starting Big 12 play.

In conference action, he is second on the team with 9.5 points per game, including scoring more than 20 points on two occasions, and has added 3.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. Over the past seven conference games, Muhleisen has averaged 12.7 points on 47.5 percent shooting, including hitting a team-best 39.3 percent from outside the arc.

Muhleisen is tied for the team lead in assists (37) and is second in steals (10) and third in three-pointers (12) in Big 12 play. He also ranks 11th in the Big 12 standings for assist:turnover ratio in conference-only games.

To be nominated for inclusion on the academic all-district squad, the student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials who carries at least a 3.20 cumulative grade-point average in both undergraduate and graduate work. He must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing and must have completed at least one full year at the institution. Student-athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games.

2005 Academic All-District VII University Division Men's Basketball Team

Name

School

Yr.

GPA

Major

Hometown

Erik Benzel

Denver

Sr.

3.69

Finance

Spokane, Wash.

David Erbes

North Dakota State

Sr.

3.88

Agricultural Economics

Barney, N.D.

Adam Haluska

Iowa

So.

3.46

Finance

Carroll, Iowa

Jake Muhleisen

Nebraska

Sr.

3.726

Finance

Lincoln, Neb.

Derek Winans

Southeast MissouriState

Sr.

3.977

Business

East Cape Girardeau, Ill.