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Five Big Ten Student-Athletes Named to Academic All-America Women's At-Large Teams

By Big Ten Conference on June 9, 2011 9:52 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Five Big Ten student-athletes have earned recognition on the Capital One Academic All-America Women's At-Large teams, announced on Thursday. Minnesota swimmer Kaylee Jamison earned first-team Academic All-America honors, while Michigan gymnast Sarah Curtis and Illinois gymnast Melissa Fernandez picked up second-team laurels. Northwestern golfer Kelsey Lindenschmidt and Wisconsin ice hockey's Becca Ruegsegger received third-team recognition.

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Twenty-Two Big Ten Student-Athletes Named Capital One Academic All-District

By Big Ten Conference on May 20, 2011 9:47 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Twenty-two Big Ten student athletes earned Capital One Academic All-District honors as announced on Thursday. Ten student-athletes received first-team recognition while 12 picked up second-team honors. The first-team honorees are now eligible for Academic All-America consideration. The complete list of Big Ten Academic All-District award recipients can be found below.

MEN'S AT LARGE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

District II - First Team

Miguel Pineda, Penn State (gymnastics)

District IV - First Team

Sean Duddy, Ohio State (ice hockey)

Justin Farra, Ohio State (swimming and diving)

Brad Smith, Ohio State (golf)

District IV - Second Team

Carl Hagelin, Michigan (ice hockey)

District V - Second Team

Abe Souza, Illinois (tennis)

Eric Ress, Indiana (swimming and diving)

Ivan Gutesa, Minnesota (swimming and diving)

Matt Stewart, Purdue (swimming and diving)

WOMEN'S AT LARGE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

District IV - First Team

Sarah Curtis, Michigan (gymnastics)

District IV - Second Team

Samantha Cheverton, Ohio State (swimming and diving)

Carolin Helmholz, Ohio State (rowing)

District V - First Team

Melissa Fernandez, Illinois (gymnastics)

Kaylee Jamison, Minnesota (swimming)

Kelsey Lindenschmidt, Northwestern (golf)

Allie Smith, Purdue (swimming)

Becca Ruegsegger, Wisconsin (ice hockey)

District V - Second Team

Allison Buckley, Illinois (gymnastics)

Margaux Farrell, Indiana (swimming)

Lauren Gustafson, Purdue (swimming)

Maggie Meyer, Wisconsin (swimming)

Carolyne Prevost, Wisconsin (ice hockey)

WGYM: Illinois Names Landrus Head Women's Gymnastics Coach

By Big Ten Conference on May 9, 2011 9:51 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Illinois has named Kim Landrus head women's gymnastics coach, Director of Athletics Ron Guenther announced on Friday. Landrus has spent nine seasons on the Fighting Illini coaching staff, including serving as the interim head coach last season.

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WGYM: Botterman, Musser Named Finalists for Honda Sports Award

By Big Ten Conference on April 19, 2011 9:53 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Michigan's Kylee Botterman and Penn State's Sharaya Musser have been tabbed finalists for the Honda Sports Award, given to the top collegiate women's gymnast in the country. Botterman and Musser are two of four finalists for the honor, which will be awarded on Friday.

Botterman concluded her collegiate career with multiple national and regional honors, including the prestigious AAI Award and the Big Ten and Northeast Regional Gymnast of the Year awards. She also won the NCAA all-around title last weekend and earned runner-up status on floor exercise, amassing four All-America honors and leading the Wolverines to the Super Six Team Finals for the first time since 2005 in the process.

Musser, a two-time first-team All-Big Ten honoree, rounded out her sophomore season as an individual all-around competitor at last weekend's NCAA Championships. At the Tuscaloosa Regional, Musser placed in the top five in three of the four events to lead Penn State to a third-place finish. The sophomore picked up four Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors this season.

WGYM: Final Rankings

By Big Ten Conference on April 19, 2011 9:07 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Five Big Ten women's gymnastics teams appear in the top 25 nationally in the final GymInfo team rankings. After finishing sixth at the NCAA Championships, Michigan finishes the season with the same position in the national rankings. Illinois ranks 11th in the country, while Penn State holds No. 14. Ohio State finishes the season ranked 16th nationally, while Minnesota rounds out the campaign ranked No. 22.

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WGYM: Michigan's Botterman Wins AAI Award

By Big Ten Conference on April 15, 2011 5:01 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Michigan's Kylee Botterman was named the recipient of the AAI Award, given to the top senior student-athlete in Division I women's gymnastics, at the NCAA Championships Banquet on Thursday. Botterman, the Big Ten and NCAA Northeast Regional Gymnast of the Year, is the first gymnast in program history to earn the award.

Click here to read Michigan's release on Botterman.

WGYM: Two Teams, Five Individuals Headed to NCAA Championships

By Big Ten Conference on April 14, 2011 3:40 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Two Big Ten teams and five individual conference gymnasts will compete in the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships on April 15-17 in Cleveland. Illinois and Michigan each earned automatic berths to the championships after placing in the top two in their respective regionals, while five other gymnasts secured spots by virtue of their all-around finishes or event titles.

Click here for the complete preview of the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships on the Big Ten website.

WGYM: NCAA Regional Championships Preview

By Big Ten Conference on March 31, 2011 4:20 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

All seven Big Ten women's gymnastics teams will compete in NCAA Regional Championships on Saturday with hopes of earning bids to the NCAA Championships.

The conference will be represented at three regionals. Michigan earned a No. 2 seed and will host No. 3 Ohio State and No. 5 Minnesota in the Ann Arbor Regional, while No. 3 seed Iowa and No. 6 seed Michigan State will travel to the Corvallis Regional. Second-seeded Penn State and No. 3 seed Illinois will compete in the Tuscaloosa Regional.

The complete preview can be found here.

WGYM: All Seven Big Ten Teams to Compete in NCAA Regionals

By Big Ten Conference on March 21, 2011 4:54 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

All seven Big Ten women's gymnastics teams have been selected to the NCAA Championships regionals field of 36, announced on Monday.

Michigan will host Ohio State and Minnesota in the Ann Arbor Regional, with the host Wolverines earning the No. 2 seed, the Buckeyes taking the No. 3 seed and the Gophers picking up the No. 5 seed. Penn State and Illinois will compete in the Tuscaloosa Regional as the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, respectively. Iowa and Michigan State will travel to the Corvallis Regional, holding the No. 3 seed and the No. 6 seed, respectively.

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WGYM: Weekly Rankings

By Big Ten Conference on March 21, 2011 4:13 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Six Big Ten women's gymnastics teams appear in the latest GymInfo rankings, led by Big Ten Champion Michigan. The Wolverines boast a regional qualifying score of 196.500, good for a No. 9 ranking this week. Penn State is close behind, checking in at No. 11 (196.210). Illinois follows at No. 14 (195.925), while No. 15 Iowa (195.820) and No. 16 Ohio State (195.800) each boast top-20 rankings. Minnesota also appears in the rankings, sitting at No. 23 (195.255) this week.

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