Big Ten players named Academic All-District
November, 5, 2009
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Adam Rittenberg | ESPN.com
Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
The Big Ten was well represented on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams, presented today by the College Sports Information Directors of America (COSIDA). It's especially nice to see several of the league's star players succeeding in the classroom.
Here's the breakdown by school of who made the teams, as well as their GPAs and majors:
Illinois
The Big Ten was well represented on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams, presented today by the College Sports Information Directors of America (COSIDA). It's especially nice to see several of the league's star players succeeding in the classroom.
Here's the breakdown by school of who made the teams, as well as their GPAs and majors:
Illinois
- G Jon Asamoah, 3.82, community health
- G Julian Vandervelde, 3.47, religious studies/English
- QB Ben Chappell, 3.7, accounting
- RB Trea Burgess, 3.47, telecommunications
- LS Brandon Bugg, 3.62, Master's of business administration
- P Zoltan Mesko, 3.65, business administration (marketing & finance)
- WR Jon Conover, 3.54, political science
- WR Blair White, 3.89, human biology
- RB Andrew Hawken, 3.44, supply chain management
- LB Adam Decker, 3.62, finance
- WR Eric Decker, 3.41, business and marketing education
- C Jeff Tow-Arnett, 3.79, business and marketing education
- WR Zeke Markshausen, 3.46, mechanical engineering and design & innovation
- G Doug Bartels, 3.45, anthropology (pre-med)
- K Stefan Demos, 3.49, communication studies
- RB Marcus Williams, 3.86, physical therapy
- OL Bryant Browning, 3.33, marketing
- OL Andrew Moses, 3.86, political science
- DT Todd Denlinger, 3.3, construction systems management
- OL Andrew Pitz, 3.93, journalism/telecommunications
- LB Josh Hull, 3.56, environmental systems engineering
- C Stefen Wisniewski, 3.89, secondary education
- P Jeremy Boone, 3.33, elementary education
- LB Joe Holland, 4.0, movement & sports science
- DE Ryan Kerrigan, 3.38, math education
- P Brad Nortman, 3.64, finance
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