Huskers Place 39 on Big 12 Honor Roll

<?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Lincoln ? A total of 39 current and former members of the Nebraska football team were among 270 Nebraska student-athletes named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Fall Honor Roll after earning a grade-point average of 3.0 or better, with 30 of those athletes earning a repeat selection.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>

 

The 39 football players represented the largest group of student-athletes from a single Husker team. Among the 270 NU student-athletes honored, 33 had a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.

 

Six of the perfect GPAs came from the football team, led by fullback Dane Todd and free safeties Brandon Rigoni and Andrew Shanle. Todd and Shanle each earned their degrees in May of 2006 and were enrolled in graduate courses for the fall semester, while Rigoni earned his degree in December.

Todd, a biological sciences major, led the way for Nebraska in the classroom, as he was named to the honor roll in all nine of his semesters at Nebraska. Todd, a first-team Academic All-American in 2005 and a second-team Academic All-American in 2006, is a three-time first-team academic All-Big 12 selection (2004, 05, 06) in addition to earning CoSIDA Academic All-District VII honors in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Shanle, a consumer sciences education major, was named to the honor roll in seven of his semesters at Nebraska and was a three-time first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection (2004, 05, 06).

 

Rigoni, a psychology major, was named to the honor roll for the ninth consecutive semester, while the Lincoln, Neb. native and senior captain was also a two-time first-team academic All-Big 12 (2004, 05) selection.

 

Senior Brandon Koch, whose final year of eligibility with the team was in the 2005 season, additionally earned a perfect GPA. Koch, social science education major, was named to the honor roll in seven semesters at Nebraska and was a three-time Academic All-Big 12 recipient (2003, 04, 05).

The two remaining perfect GPAs were earned by sophomore Jordan Congdon and sophomore Tyler Wortman.

Austin, Greg^                FB        Sr         Cypress, TX                   Management

Benzel, Bryan^              FB        RFr       Alliance, NE                  Construction Management

Brandenburgh, Lance^    FB        Jr          Overland Park, KS         Business Administration

Cammack, Wes ^           FB        RFr       DeWitt, NE                    Systems Management

Carriker, Adam^             FB        Sr         Kennewick, WA             Business Administration

Christensen, Andy^        FB        So        Bennington, NE             Construction Management

Congdon, Jordan *^        FB        So        San Diego, CA               Undeclared

Eisenhart, Ben^             FB        Jr          Culbertson, NE              History

Glassman, Dan              FB        Fr         Omaha, NE                   Pre-Chiropractic

Haines, Victory^             FB        Jr          Logan, UT                     Mathematics

Henry, Will                    FB        Fr         El Paso, TX                   Business Administration

Herian, Matt^                 FB        Sr         Pierce, NE                    History

Kadavy, Andy^               FB        Sr         Seward, NE                   Elementary Education

Kelly, Lane^                   FB        Sr         Omaha, NE                   Criminal Justice

Koch, Brandon *^           FB        Sr         Gothenburg, NE Social Science Education

Koehler, Colton              FB        RFr       Harvard, NE                   Accounting

Lingenfelter, Newton^      FB        Sr         Plainview, NE                Systems Management

Luhrs, Kevin^                 FB        Jr          Omaha, NE                   Dietetics

Makovicka, Justin          FB        Fr         Brainard, NE                  Undeclared

Mann, Kurt^                   FB        Sr         Grand Island, NE           Systems Management

McEwen, Robert            FB        Jr          North Platte, NE            Political Science

McNeill, Mike                FB        Fr         Kirkwood, MO                Business Administration

Moore, Jay^                   FB        Sr         Elkhorn, NE                   Social Science Education

Mueller, Josh^             FB        Jr            Columbus, NE               Business Administration

Murtha, Lydon^              FB        So        Hutchinson, MN             Economics

Otto, Will^                     FB        Sr         Fullerton, CA                 Sociology

Peterson, Todd^ FB        So        Grand Island, NE           Nutrition & Health Science

Phillips, J.B.^                 FB        Jr          Colleyville, TX                Marketing

Rigoni, Brandon *^          FB        Sr         Lincoln, NE                  Psychology

Ruud, Bo^                     FB        Jr          Lincoln, NE                  Business Administration

Sand, Andy^                  FB        Jr          Lincoln, NE                  Business Administration

Shanle, Andrew *^          FB        Sr         St.Edward, NE              Consumer Sciences Education

Smith, Mike                   FB        Fr         Las Vegas, NV              Undeclared

Such, Michael               FB        Fr         Allen, TX                       Undeclared

Sullivan, Tony^               FB        Jr          Wahoo, NE                   Business Administration

Taylor, Zac^                   FB        Sr         Norman, OK                  Communication Studies

Titchener, Dan^              FB        So        Cheyenne, WY              Marketing

Todd, Dane *^                FB        Sr         Lincoln, NE                   Biological Sciences

Wortman, Tyler *^          FB        So        Grand Island, NE           Mechanical Engineering

 

*Denotes 4.0 semester GPA

^Denotes repeat selection