Three Huskers Earn Academic All-Big 12 Honor

Irving, Texas- The Big 12 Conference named 26 student-athletes to the 2009 Academic All-Big 12 Gymnastics Team, including Nebraska senior Tricia Woo and juniors Kylie Stone and Kathryn Howard, the league office announced Wednesday.

Woo, who was most recently named the 2009 Big 12 Commissioner’s Fall Honor Roll, is a nutrition science major at Nebraska. She earned a spot on the All-Big 12 first team for the first time in her career and is a four-time honoree of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Howard, a business administration major at Nebraska. was a first-team honoree in 2008. She has been named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll four times in her Husker career.  

Stone, who majors in elementary education, was included on the second team. She was named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Fall 2008 Honor Roll.

Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services and media relations offices, the gymnastics academic all-league squad consisted of 22 first team members combined with four on the second team.  First team members have recorded a 3.20 or better GPA, while the second team are those with a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.

To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or in the two previous semesters and have participated in 60 percent of her team’s scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence.  Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.

2009 Academic All-Big 12 Gymnastics Team

First Team (3.20-plus GPA)

Name, School                 Class       Major                          Hometown              

Megan Barnes, Iowa State  Jr.         Nutritional Sciences        Salt Lake City, Utah
Nikki Dilbert, Iowa State      Jr.         Health & Human Performance      Champlin, Minn.
Ashley Kent, Iowa State      Jr.         Nutritional Sciences        Calgary, Alberta
Ceilia Maccani, Iowa State  Jr.         Health & Human Performance        Racine, Wis.
Anna Robey, Iowa State      Jr.         Advertising                      Mason, Ohio
Katie Sweetin,Iowa State     Jr.          Marketing                      Overland Park, Kan.
Melanie Tham, Iowa State   Jr.         Journalism & Mass Communication Mississauga, Ontario
Jasmine Thompson, Iowa State  Sr. Journalism & Mass Communication   McDonald, Ohio
Jennifer Salfen, Iowa State   Sr.        Biology                            Littleton, Colo.
Brooke Boehmer, Missouri   Jr.         Chemistry                        Overland Park, Kan.
Alicia Hatcher, Missouri        Sr.         Magazine Journalism       Blue Springs, Mo.
Adrianne Perry, Missouri      Sr.        Textile & Apparel Management       Columbia, Mo.
Becky Scholle, Missouri       Jr.          Undeclared Business       Chesterfield, Mo.
Lauren Stephenson, Missouri   So.    Biological Sciences           Kansas City, Mo.
Kathryn Howard, Nebraska   Jr.         Business Administration    Houston, Texas
Tricia Woo, Nebraska            Sr.        Nutrition Science             Milpitas, Calif.
Haley DeProspero, Oklahoma   Sr.   Health and Exercise Sciences      Van Alstyne, Texas
Jackie Flanery, Oklahoma     Jr.        Human Relations                Plattsburg, Mo.
Jessica Kinder, Oklahoma     Sr.        Health and Exercise Sciences      Kansas City, Mo.
Gina Lesko, Oklahoma           Sr.       Zoology                             Allen, Texas
Natalie Ratcliff, Oklahoma     So.      Elementary Education          Overland Park, Kan.
Hollie Vise, Oklahoma            Jr.        Human Relations                Dallas, Texas

Second Team (3.00 to 3.19 gPA)

Name, School                   Class                Major                     Hometown    

Alex Gold, Missouri             So.                 Nursing                      Plano, Texas
Kylie Stone, Nebraska        Jr.                   Elementary Education  Calgary, Alberta
Ashley Jackson, Oklahoma  Sr.                 Zoology                        Hudsonville, Mich.
Melanie Root, Oklahoma    So.                  Human Relations         Cartersville, Ga.