Huskers Earn Academic All-Big 12 Honors

Lincoln - Four Nebraska soccer players were honored for their work in the classroom, earning academic All-Big 12 honors the league office in Dallas announced on on Tuesday.

 

Seniors Katie Bunkers and Vern Fitzgerald and sophomore Meghan Hungerford earned first-team academic All-Big 12 honors, while junior Abby Penas earned second-team accolades.

 

Bunkers, an advertising major from Sioux Falls, S.D., was named to the first team for the third time in her career. Fitzgerald, a Lincoln native majoring in special education, earned her second academic All-Big 12 honor, but was named to the first team for the first time in her career. Penas, an elementary education major from Grand Island and Hungerford, a sophomore from Manhattan, Kan., were each honored for the first time in their careers.

Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the soccer academic all-league squad consisted of 63 first-team members and 17 second-team honorees.  First-team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, while the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.