Huskers Earn Academic All-Big 12 Honors

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

 

The Huskers were well represented by the sophomore class with sophomores Jessie Goodell, Selenia Iacchelli, McKensie Kirchner, Ali Lokanc, Sari Raber and Lindsay Poehling all earning first team honors, while senior Tanya Dennis was selected to the second team.

 

All six of Nebraska’s academic honorees were selected for the first time in their careers.  A psychology major, Dennis is also a two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and was also recently named second team All-Big 12.  Goodell (undeclared), Iacchelli (nutritional science and dietetics), Kirchner (undeclared), Lokanc (undeclared), Raber (psychology) and Poehling (undeclared) are also previous members of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the soccer academic all-league squad consisted of 67 first-team members and 21 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.