Post by Husker_fan_in_VA on Aug 5, 2007 4:33:48 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]I don't think anyone else posted this so I figured that I would.[/glow]
Pavan selected Academic All-American of the year!
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Lincoln – Volleyball All-American Sarah Pavan of the University of Nebraska and diving national champion Jamie Wolf of Clarion (Pa.) University have been selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as the 2006-07 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americas of the Year.
CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine combine to sponsor 24 Academic All-America programs on the University (NCAA Div. I) and College (NCAA Div. II, III and NAIA) levels. For each program, an Academic All-America of the Year is selected. Pavan and Wolf were selected from a ballot that included each programs Academic All-America of the Year.
Pavan ran away with the University Division award, compiling 172 points in the voting system. A total of 48 of the 62 voters ranked her among their top three selections, including 21 first-place votes. Wisconsin-Madison ice hockey standout Sara Bauer finished second in the University Division balloting with 117 points (15 first-place), while North Carolina soccer All-American Heather O’Reilly, Tenessee women’s basketball star Lindsay Schutzler (41) and Oklahoma baseball all-star Aaron Ivey (40) rounded out the top five.
Pavan, a junior biochemistry major with a 4.00 cumulative grade point average, was selected from among 12 finalists as the 2006-07 University Division ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americas of the Year. Pavan, the 2006 AVCA Division I Player of the Year and 2006-07 Honda-Broderick Cup winner, has led her team to three-straight Big 12 titles and appearances in back-to-back NCAA Championship matches. Last season, the Huskers went 33-1 en route to a national title, becoming only the third team in NCAA volleyball history to be ranked No. 1 an entire season.
"It is tremendous honor to be selected for this award, as it recognizes both academic and athletic achievement," said Pavan. "This award reflects the standard of excellence that the University of Nebraska expects of its student-athletes. My professors and coaches understand the demands of my major and the challenges of balancing both academics and athletics at such a high level. As much as it is an individual honor, it also celebrates the relationship between my coaches, academic support staff and the professors at Nebraska who work together to allow every student-athlete the opportunity to become the most well-rounded person they can be."
Monday’s honor wraps up an amazing collection of awards for Pavan, who joins Rob Zatechka (1994-95) as the only University of Nebraska student-athlete to ever be chosen as the University Division Academic All-America of the year. Over the past month, she has been selected as the Honda-Broderick Cup winner – recognizing the top female student-athlete at the Division I level – and was chosen as the Big 12’s Female Athlete of the Year. She is the first Division I volleyball player to be named Academic All-America of the Year.
The Academic All-America of the Year honor, which began in 1987-88, is awarded to the most outstanding student-athlete of the year and is chosen from the student-athletes who have been awarded Team Member of the Year honors. From over 360,000 student-athletes in the nation, just 816 are selected as Academic All-America Team members each year, twenty-four are selected as Team Members of the Year and two are named Academic All-America of the Year.
"With nearly 12,000 student athletes being nominated for Academic All-America each year, and considering the number of athletes completing in intercollegiate sports, to reach the epitome of what it means to be a successful student-athlete and be selected as the best of the best is quite an amazing achievement," said Bentley College's Dick Lipe, CoSIDA Academic All-America chair.
Former recipients of Academic All-America of the Year honors include Rebecca Lobo (1994-95), Peyton Manning (1997-98), Chad Pennington (1999-00), Stacey Dales-Schuman (2001-02) and Emeka Okafor (2003-04). A full list of the previous recipients of the AAA of the Year award follows.
ESPN The Magazine winner of the 2006 and 2003 National Magazine Award for General Excellence is a provocative and innovative sports publication. Full of insight, analysis, impact and wit, the oversized bi-weekly with a circulation of 1.9 million looks ahead to give fans a unique perspective on the world of sports
Pavan selected Academic All-American of the year!
www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=11&SPID=23&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=1139491
Lincoln – Volleyball All-American Sarah Pavan of the University of Nebraska and diving national champion Jamie Wolf of Clarion (Pa.) University have been selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as the 2006-07 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americas of the Year.
CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine combine to sponsor 24 Academic All-America programs on the University (NCAA Div. I) and College (NCAA Div. II, III and NAIA) levels. For each program, an Academic All-America of the Year is selected. Pavan and Wolf were selected from a ballot that included each programs Academic All-America of the Year.
Pavan ran away with the University Division award, compiling 172 points in the voting system. A total of 48 of the 62 voters ranked her among their top three selections, including 21 first-place votes. Wisconsin-Madison ice hockey standout Sara Bauer finished second in the University Division balloting with 117 points (15 first-place), while North Carolina soccer All-American Heather O’Reilly, Tenessee women’s basketball star Lindsay Schutzler (41) and Oklahoma baseball all-star Aaron Ivey (40) rounded out the top five.
Pavan, a junior biochemistry major with a 4.00 cumulative grade point average, was selected from among 12 finalists as the 2006-07 University Division ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americas of the Year. Pavan, the 2006 AVCA Division I Player of the Year and 2006-07 Honda-Broderick Cup winner, has led her team to three-straight Big 12 titles and appearances in back-to-back NCAA Championship matches. Last season, the Huskers went 33-1 en route to a national title, becoming only the third team in NCAA volleyball history to be ranked No. 1 an entire season.
"It is tremendous honor to be selected for this award, as it recognizes both academic and athletic achievement," said Pavan. "This award reflects the standard of excellence that the University of Nebraska expects of its student-athletes. My professors and coaches understand the demands of my major and the challenges of balancing both academics and athletics at such a high level. As much as it is an individual honor, it also celebrates the relationship between my coaches, academic support staff and the professors at Nebraska who work together to allow every student-athlete the opportunity to become the most well-rounded person they can be."
Monday’s honor wraps up an amazing collection of awards for Pavan, who joins Rob Zatechka (1994-95) as the only University of Nebraska student-athlete to ever be chosen as the University Division Academic All-America of the year. Over the past month, she has been selected as the Honda-Broderick Cup winner – recognizing the top female student-athlete at the Division I level – and was chosen as the Big 12’s Female Athlete of the Year. She is the first Division I volleyball player to be named Academic All-America of the Year.
The Academic All-America of the Year honor, which began in 1987-88, is awarded to the most outstanding student-athlete of the year and is chosen from the student-athletes who have been awarded Team Member of the Year honors. From over 360,000 student-athletes in the nation, just 816 are selected as Academic All-America Team members each year, twenty-four are selected as Team Members of the Year and two are named Academic All-America of the Year.
"With nearly 12,000 student athletes being nominated for Academic All-America each year, and considering the number of athletes completing in intercollegiate sports, to reach the epitome of what it means to be a successful student-athlete and be selected as the best of the best is quite an amazing achievement," said Bentley College's Dick Lipe, CoSIDA Academic All-America chair.
Former recipients of Academic All-America of the Year honors include Rebecca Lobo (1994-95), Peyton Manning (1997-98), Chad Pennington (1999-00), Stacey Dales-Schuman (2001-02) and Emeka Okafor (2003-04). A full list of the previous recipients of the AAA of the Year award follows.
ESPN The Magazine winner of the 2006 and 2003 National Magazine Award for General Excellence is a provocative and innovative sports publication. Full of insight, analysis, impact and wit, the oversized bi-weekly with a circulation of 1.9 million looks ahead to give fans a unique perspective on the world of sports