Seven Huskers Named Academic All-Big 12

Seven Huskers Named Academic All-Big 12

IRVING, Texas - Seven University of Nebraska baseball players were honored Tuesday by the Big 12 Conference, as they were selected to the 2010 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Team.

The Huskers' seven first-team selections included seniors DJ Belfonte and Tyler Farst, juniors Casey Hauptman, Michael Mariot and Mike Nesseth and sophomores Boomer Collins and Cody Asche.  It marked the third straight selection for Belfonte, while Farst, Hauptman and Mariot were all lauded for the second time in their career. Belfonte is also currently a candidate for ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America honors, which will be announced later this month.

Nebraska's seven first-team honorees ranked second among Big 12 programs, and raised the Husker baseball team's all-time academic All-Big 12 total to 69 dating back to 1997.

Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the baseball academic all-league squad consisted of 43 first team members combined with 26 on the second team.  First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.

To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters. All position players nominated must have participated in 60 percent of their team's scheduled contests, while pitchers are required to have at least one inning pitched per game played by the team or have appeared in 20 percent of their team's total games.

2010 Academic All-Big 12 Huskers

Player	Yr.	Major	Hometown
Cody Asche	So.	Economics	O'Fallon, Mo.
DJ Belfonte	Sr.	Finance	Kansas City, Mo.
Boomer Collins	So.	Broadcasting	Waxahachie, Texas
Tyler Farst	Sr.	History	Cedar Park, Texas
Casey Hauptman	Jr.	Business Administration	Omaha, Neb.
Michael Mariot	Jr.	Communication Studies	Southlake, Texas
Mike Nesseth	Jr.	Business Administration	Windom, Minn.