Tezak Named Academic All-District

Lincoln - University of Nebraska senior infielder Jeff Tezak was honored Thursday, as he was named first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII. Tezak, who carries a 3.55 GPA in political science, is in his first semester of graduate school after graduating in December of 2008. He now advances to the national ballot in hopes of earning Academic All-America honors.

On the season, Tezak is hitting .315 with two homers and 26 RBIs in 45 games for the Huskers after missing nearly all of the 2008 season following knee surgery. He leads NU in walks (28) and on-base percentage (.426) and has struck out just 13 times In 162 at-bats. Defensively, he has a .971 fielding percentage at second base, committing just three errors in 161 chances.