Oakland University had a total of 48 student-athletes named to the winter/spring 2005 Mid-Continent Academic All-Conference team. To be selected for the team, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average, be a sophomore or higher in academic standing, and compete in the sport for which he/she is nominated. Oakland’s 48 selections to the team were the fourth most in the nine-team league, trailing Valparaiso with 86, Western Illinois with 82 and Southern Utah with 60 recipients.

Oakland’s women’s swimming and diving team contributed the most student-athletes to the list for OU with 12 squad members gaining recognition. The Golden Grizzly women’s basketball, men’s golf, softball and men’s swimming and diving teams all contributed six honorees, while the baseball team had four on the list. Oakland’s women’s golf and tennis teams had three honorees each, with the men’s basketball squad placing two of its squad on the list.

Oakland’s Winter/Spring Academic All-Mid-Con Honorees:

Timothy Doig, Baseball
Ryan Heath, Baseball
Ty Herriott, Baseball
Brad Noel, Baseball

Kris Krzyminski, Men’s Basketball

Cortney Scott, Men’s Basketball

Amanda Batcha, Women’s Basketball

Anne Hafeli, Women’s Basketball

Ashley Holenka, Women’s Basketball

Nicole Piggott, Women’s Basketball

Leigh Tully, Women’s Basketball

Jayme Wilson, Women’s Basketball

Charles Kluesner, Men’s Golf

Jonathan Pauli, Men’s Golf

Matthew Pullen, Men’s Golf

Ryan Schultheiss, Men’s Golf

Brian Stuard, Men’s Golf

Robert Tate, Men’s Golf

Patricia Ellsworth, Women’s Golf

Stacey Goins, Women’s Golf

Leigh Gulbransen, Women’s Golf

Maria Benza, Softball

Abbey Hernandez, Softball

Kate Jones, Softball

Nicole Marzano, Softball

Danielle Shamus, Softball

Natalie Webb, Softball

Blaine Dolcetti, Men’s Swimming and Diving

Nicholas McCollum, Men’s Swimming and Diving

Aroldo Nery, Men’s Swimming and Diving

James Sewell, Men’s Swimming and Diving

Bryon Tansel, Men’s Swimming and Diving

John Van Portfleet, Men’s Swimming and Diving

Tracy Caruss, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Jenna DeJonge, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Andrea Endres, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Karoline Freytag, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Renie Green, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Melissa Jaeger, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Line Jensen, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Linda Keskey, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Holly Miller, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Maria Musialczyk, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Lindsey Unrath, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Lisa Pellafone, Women’s Tennis

Lauren Sanchez-Murphy, Women’s Tennis

Angela Trecola, Women’s Tennis

For more information, see the OU Athletics Web site.