Big Ten boasts 8 Academic All-Americans

Big Ten Blog

November, 24, 2009

Nov 24

2:41

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By Adam Rittenberg

For the fifth consecutive season, the Big Ten led all conferences with eight players named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America teams, which were announced today. The Big Ten leads all leagues with six first-team selections, the third-highest total in conference history.

Here are the honorees and their grade-point averages:

First Team

Michigan P Zoltan Mesko, 3.65
Michigan State WR Blair White, 3.89
Northwestern WR Zeke Markshausen, 3.46
Penn State LB Josh Hull, 3.56
Penn State C Stefen Wisniewksi, 3.89
Penn State LS Andrew Pitz, 3.93

Second Team

Northwestern K Stefan Demos, 3.49
Purdue DE Ryan Kerrigan, 3.38

Penn State and Texas are the only schools with multiple first-team selections, and Penn State is the lone school with three honorees.

The most impressive thing about this list is that it includes seven All-Big Ten performers, including four first-team selections in Mesko (media and coaches), Wisniewski (media and coaches), White (coaches) and Kerrigan (media). Congratulations to all the honorees.

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Purdue Boilermakers, Penn State Nittany Lions, Big Ten Conference, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Stefan Demos, Ryan Kerrigan, Stefen Wisniewski, Andrew Pitz, Josh Hull, Zoltan Mesko, Zeke Markshausen, Blair White

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