May 14, 2003

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri Track Team Lands 37 on Academic All-Big 12 Teams 10 Tigers received a 4.0 GPA

Columbia, Mo. - The University of Missouri track and field team success in the classroom continued today when 37 Tiger athletes were named to the Academic All-Big 12 teams. Missouri is tied with Texas A&M for the most athletes on the teams. The Tigers have 33 on the first team and four on the second team. Twenty-one members of the Missouri team were named to the women's All-Big 12 team and 16 to the men's squad.

Ten Missouri Tigers named to the All-Big 12 teams received 4.0 GPA's; Ann Snider, Jenny Bybee, Erin Hagan, Alicia Papa, Margaret Ibe, Serena Ramsey, Lesley Smith, Tim McFarlin, Ryan Hampton, and Rem Moll. Academic All-Big 12 first-team honorees consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, while the second team is made up of those who have a 3.0 to 3.19 GPA. To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.0 or higher GPA either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of their scheduled contests.

The Tiger track and field team will be back in action at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas May 17-19.

Academic All- Big 12 First Team

Fiona Asigbee, Missouri Sr. Biology Walford, Iowa

Brooke Ennen, Missouri Sr. Psychology/Engineering Muscatine, Iowa

*Carla Grewe, Missouri Sr. Secondary Education Desoto, Mo.

Comfort Ibe, Missouri Sr. Biology St. Louis, Mo.

Ashley McCleod, Missouri Sr. Textile & Apparel Management Hermann, Mo.

Kim Moore, Missouri Sr. Social Work Ballwin, Mo.

Amy Semith, Missouri Sr. Communication Glen Carbon, Ill.

Jennifer Bennett, Missouri Jr. Psychology/Art Ashland, Mo.

*Erin Hagan, Missouri Jr. Nutritional Science Mexico, Mo.

*Alicia Papa, Missouri Jr. Physical Therapy Decatur, Ill.

*Ann Snider, Missouri Jr. Finance & Banking/Real Estate Harrisonville, Mo.

Lindsey Tait, Missouri Jr. Marketing Jefferson City, Mo.

Amanda Bales, Missouri So. Physical Therapy Bettendorf, Iowa

*Jennifer Bybee, Missouri So. Human Development & Family Studies Springfield, Mo.

*Margaret Ibe, Missouri So. Biology St. Louis Mo.

*Serena Ramsey, Missouri So. Human Development & Family Studies Waukesha, Wis.

*Lesley Smith, Missouri So. Pre-Journalism Coralville, Iowa

Rachel Stollings, Missouri So. Physical Therapy Osceola, Mo.

Elizabeth Young, Missouri So. Nutritional Science Jefferson City, Mo.

Timothy Dunne, Missouri Sr. Management Jerome, IO

Gary File, Missouri Sr. Agricultural Economics Beloit, KS

Josiah James, Missouri Sr. Biology Columbia, MO

John Chris McCurley, Missouri Sr. Fisheries & Wildlife Crocker, MO

*Timothy McFarlin, Missouri Sr. Political Science/History St. Louis, MO

Russ Bell, Missouri Sr. Personal Financial Management Jefferson City, MO

Andrew Norton, Missouri Sr. Finance & Banking Sparta, IL

Knut Sommerfeldt, Missouri Sr. Music Drammen, Norway

Jason Edmonds, Missouri Jr. Classical Studies Farmington, MO

*Ryan Hampton, Missouri Jr. Music Liberty, MO

Benjamin Vrbicek, Missouri Jr. Mechanical Engineering Jefferson City, MO

Matthew Whitehead, Missouri Jr. Secondary Education Carthage, MO

David Mertens, Missouri So. Physics/Math Ballwin, MO

Neville Miller, Missouri So. Soil & Atmospheric Science St. Louis, MO

*Remington Moll, Missouri So. Fisheries & Wildlife Tulsa, OK

Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

Abbe Ohneck, Missouri Sr. Management Columbia, Mo.

Holly Scherder, Missouri Jr. Pre-Physical Therapy Frankford, Mo.

Brandon Goebbert, Missouri So. Undeclared Hinsdale, IL

Jarrett Griffin, Missouri So. Computer Science Kansas City, Mo.