June 28,
2006
YSU Tops Horizon League with 18 Academic All-League
Selections
Indianapolis, Ind. --
Of the 86 student-athletes honored from eight
sports, Youngstown State University
led all Horizon League institutions
with 18 selections to the league's
Spring Academic All-League Teams,
the Horizon League announced on
Wednesday.
The men's and women's track and field teams each landed
five student athletes on the squad
while four baseball student-athletes
were recognized. Women's and men's
tennis and women's and men's golf
each received one student-athlete on
the academic all-league teams.
First-Team CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine
Academic All-America selection
Jarrod Davis from the men's track
and field team and Second-Team
CoSIDA/ESPN
the Magazine
Academic All-America choice Brandon Caipen of the Penguins baseball program
highlight the YSU honorees. Davis,
who captured the javelin and hammer
throw titles to capture Field
Performer of the Year, owns a 4.0
grade-point average in computer
information systems, while Caipen, a
28th-round draft choice of the
Houston Astros, owns a 3.82
grade-point average in integrated
social studies.
Other student-athletes named to the Spring
Academic All-League teams include
Bethany Anderson (women's track,
3.44 - health), Brian Boone
(baseball, 3.61 - exercise science),
Emily Cicero (women's track, 3.83 -
food and nutrition), Lindsay Hill
(women's track, 3.55 - early
childhood education), Dave Mealy
(men's track, 3.57 - integrated
social studies), Brian Meek (men's
tennis, 3.53 - mechanical
engineering), Josh Page (baseball,
3.90 - middle childhood education),
Gina Peretti (women's tennis, 3.89 -
political science), Ryan Sellman
(baseball, 3.68 - integrated social
studies), John Sheppard (men's
track, 3.59 - exercise science),
Bonnie Sherman (women's golf, 3.89 -
accounting), Nick Smith (men's
track, 3.49 - geology), Drew Weizer
(men's track, 3.76 - physical
education), Katy Williams (women's
track, 3.75 - French), Carly Youlton
(women's track, 3.65 - exercise
science) and Josh Zarlenga (men's
golf, 3.85 - accounting). |
