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Academic Highlights
2001-2002 Academic Highlights
- Spring 2002, 60% of student-athletes on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0+ semester GPA), consistent with recent years.
- 60% (176/295) of all student-athletes have a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA, an all-time high.
- After Spring 2002, 83% of all female student-athletes have a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA, a new high mark, where 54% (60/111) have a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA.
- The percentage of student-athletes in poor academic standing is 5% (14/295) after Spring 2002, consistent with recent semesters.
- Women’s Soccer had 95% (19/20) of team members above the 3.0 mark in Spring 2002, highest among all ISU athletic teams. Softball and Women’s Basketball followed with 93% (14/15) and 92% (11/12) respectively.
- Women’s Cross Country registered a team cumulative GPA of 3.52 after the Spring 2002 semester, highest among all ISU Athletic teams. Women’s Basketball followed with a 3.50 and Softball finished with a 3.49.
- Showing substantial improvement in team cumulative GPA from the Fall is Men’s Track, jumping from 2.78 to 2.93.
- Improving in percentage of team members on the honor roll in Spring 2002 was Women’s Tennis with 80% (8/10), up from 67% last term.
- Chris Sapp, Football, was recognized by the Division I-AA Athletic Directors Association, being chosen for the fourth annual Academic All-Star Team.
- For Volleyball, Seniors Megan Mirs and Cheryl Berg received a selection to the 2001 MVC All Scholar-Athlete First Team. Mirs was named to the First Team for the third consecutive season.
- Men’s Cross Country was honored by being recognized as a NCAA Division I Men’s All-Academic Team. Among the 62 teams which earned the honor, the Sycamores were one of 25 to receive the honor with distinction.
- Women’s Soccer finished the season ranked fourth nationally with a 3.52 grade point average, while Carey Patton was chosen to the 2002 Academic All-MVC Team.
- Jessica Crowder, Jacki Michaud, and Jeri Meyerholtz, Women’s Cross Country, were all named to the Academic All-Conference Team; with three runners being honored, Indiana State University had the most among any other MVC institution.
- Three Women’s Basketball team members were named to the 2002 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team. April Kirby and Kourtney Mennen were honored with First Team selections; Kristen Stewart was chosen to the Second Team. This is the first time in Women’s Basketball history that three Sycamores have been honored.
- Men’s Basketball also received three selections to the 2002 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team. Djibril Kante was a First Team member, while Kelyn Block and Terence Avery received Second Team selections.
- Baseball received academic honors as Tommy Jeffers, Caleb Reger, Mitch Stetter, and Greg Wear were named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team. Four athletes on the first team was a conference high. Jeffers and Stetter received this honor for the second consecutive year.
- Kate Gilner and Melanie Newnum received Honorable Mention nominations to the 2002 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team.
- The Track and Field Program placed 12 student-athletes on the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team. The Sycamore Women’s squad led the Valley with eight student-athletes earning a spot on the All-Scholar Team.
- Men’s Tennis placed five of it’s seven team members on the 2002 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team. Stefan Hirn was the only First Team selection to receive unanimous recognition.
- For Women’s Tennis, Jennifer Earl earned a spot on the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team, while Karen Human and Lisa Herndon received Honorable Mention status.
- Nine Sycamores were named as 2002 Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholars. The first team consisted of Melanie Fairley, Women’s Track and Field, along with Max Matthews, Ryan Merriwether, and Marc Phillips, from Football. Jamal Brown, Football, earned Second Team honors. Third Team distinction was awarded to Jason Lane, Football, and Crystal Weemes, Women’s Track and Field. Michelle Fowler, Women’s Track and Field, and Takashi Fukuda, Men’s Track and Field, received a Fourth Team selection.
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