19 Huskers Post Perfect 4.0 GPA

Lincoln - On Monday, June 15, 86 Nebraska track and field and cross country student athletes were named to the 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll. Under the direction of Head Coaches Gary Pepin and Jay Dirksen, the Huskers produced remarkable success in the classroom, while still staying at the top of the conference on the playing field. The men's track and field and cross country squads showed off 46 members of the honor roll, while the women's teams added 40 honorees. The squads were also loaded with 19 student-athletes who finished with 4.0 GPA semesters.

 

An impressive list of 302 Nebraska student-athletes across all sports claimed spots on the Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll, the University of Nebraska announced on Monday, June 15. Among the 302 student-athletes who achieved 3.0 or better grade-point averages during the semester, 52 Huskers posted perfect 4.0 GPAs.

 

Nebraska's representation on the spring honor roll marked a nearly 12 percent increase over last spring, when 270 Huskers earned honor roll spots. Along with the 32 additional members of the spring honor roll, 16 more Huskers posted perfect 4.0 grade-point averages this spring compared to the 36 4.0 GPAs notched by NU student-athletes in the spring of 2008.

 

Nebraska's approach to recruiting the nation's finest student-athletes yielded a remarkably diverse contingent of spring academic honorees that included representatives of 30 U.S. states and 29 student-athletes from 12 foreign countries, including honor roll members from four Canadian provinces. Husker honor roll members also came to Nebraska from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Jamaica, the Netherlands and Sweden. 

 

The Huskers' Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll class also carried a distinct state flavor with 122 native Nebraskans among the 302 award winners.

 

Spring Semester 4.0 Student-Athletes

?         Jesse Adams, Track and Field/Cross Country

?         Bjorn Barrefors, Track and Field

?         Rachel Birtles, Track and Field

?         Aaron Brandt, Track and Field

?         Joslyn Dalton, Track and Field/Cross Country

?         Blaire Dinsdale, Track and Field

?         Brooke Dinsdale, Track and Field

?         Ari Goldstein, Track and Field/Cross Country

?         Eric Hamik, Track and Field/Cross Country

?         Suzanne Higgins, Track and Field

?         Cami Jiskra, Track and Field

?         Scott Jorgenson, Track and Field

?         Tara Korshoj, Track and Field

?         Eric Lund, Track and Field

?         Lindsey Maher, Track and Field

?         Samantha Musil, Track and Field

?         John Ottun, Track and Field

?         Bryce Somer, Track and Field/Cross Country

?         Katie White, Track and Field/Cross Country