NU Places 35 on Academic All-Big 12 Track Teams

Dallas, Texas ? Thirty-five members of the Nebraska men’s and women’s track and field teams have earned academic All-Big 12 honors, the league office announced Wednesday, May 11. Twenty-nine Huskers (15 men, 14 women) earned first-team honors, while six others (three men, three women) were named to the second team.

Leading the men’s first-team selections were senior Paul Wilson, who claimed his fourth consecutive Academic All-Big 12 award, and sophomore Issar Yazhbin, one of seven male athletes to maintain a 4.0 grade-point average. Senior Eric Rasmussen earned his fifth honor overall (three track and field, two cross country), while Tom Donlin, a second-team selection, picked up his third award.

Senior Anne Shadle headlined Nebraska’s women’s selections by being named to her seventh academic All-Big 12 First Team. Shadle has been honored each of her four years in track, as well as three times in cross country. Fellow senior Christi Lehman made her third academic team, while six Huskers earned their second selections.

Nominated by each Big 12 institution’s director of student-athlete support services and media relations office, the track and field academic all-league squad consisted of those athletes who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA during the year, while the second team was comprised of those with a GPA between 3.00 and 3.19.

Nebraska’s Academic All-Big 12 Honorees:
MEN
First Team
Jesse Colburn Sr. Finance Long Pine, Neb.
Bryce Dickmeyer So. Mechanical Engineering Fremont, Neb.
Kyle Doperalski Sr. Broadcasting Wamego, Kan.
Kyle Goerl Sr. Psychology Hutchinson, Kan.
Cassidy Kramer Fr. Industrial Technology Education Atkinson, Neb.
Lee Martin So. Business Administration Waverly, Neb.
Nic Peterson Jr. Economics Omaha, Neb.
Aaron Plas Jr. Business Education McCook, Neb.
Nate Probasco So. History Scribner, Neb.
Eric Rasmussen Sr. Social Science Education North Platte, Neb.
Patrick Southern Sr. Mathematics Education Carmel, Ind.
Danny Tylka Sr. Biological Sciences Lincoln, Neb.
Tim Williams Jr. Exercise Science Laramie, Wyo.
Paul Wilson Sr. English Wahoo, Neb.
Issar Yazhbin So. Biological Systems Engineering Yarne, Israel

Second Team
Tom Donlin Jr. Mechanical Engineering Seattle, Wash.
Adam Evans So. Management LaVista, Neb.
Alec Maduza So. Undecided Shorewood, Wis.

WOMEN
First Team
Sara Baker Jr. Marketing Kalamazoo, Mich.
Ashlee Dickinson Jr. Anthropology St. Charles, Iowa
Jessie Graff Jr. Theatre/Exercise Science Mount Airy, Md.
Nicole Kadyszewski Sr. Construction Management Canterbury, Conn.
Christi Lehman Sr. Nursing Newton, Kan.
Kim Pancoast So. Nutritional Science and Dietetics Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Justine Roach So. Psychology Leicester, England
Ashley Selig Jr. Exercise Science Lincoln, Neb.
Jamie Senkbile Jr. Community Health Education Central City, Neb.
Anne Shadle Sr. Exercise Science South Sioux City, Neb.
Kim Shubert So. Biological Sciences Lincoln, Neb.
Jen Steiner So. Natural Science Education Columbus, Neb.
Kayla Wilkinson So. Nutritional Science and Dietetics Deshler, Neb.
Val Zajac So. Psychology Poland, Ohio

Second Team
Authea Chambers Sr. Accounting Kingston, Jamaica
Amber Curtis So. Business Education Brodhead, Wis.
Tamara Solari So. Nutritional Science and Dietetics Leawood, Kan.