April 9, 2008

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A total of 20 UC Santa Barbara student-athletes that participated in men's and women's basketball and men's and women's swimming were recognized for their efforts in the classroom by being named to the 2007-08 Big West Academic All-Conference team, the league announced Tuesday.

To qualify for Academic All-Conference Team, a student athlete must maintain a 3.2 cumulative grade point average, have attained a sophomore standing academically, and competed in at least 50 percent of their team's contests. Overall, 85 student athletes from nine universities made the cut.

The women's swimming team garnered the most recognitions of any winter sport team with 10. Next in line was the men's swimming team with seven student-athletes making the grade. Women's basketball placed two on the All-Academic team and the men's basketball team put one on the list.

2007-08 UCSB Winter Sports Big West All-Academic Team Selections

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Jordan Weiner, Sophomore, Business Economics

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Lauren Pedersen, Junior, Psychology
Kat Suderman, Junior, Creative Studies/Literature

MEN'S SWIMMING
Brooks Felton, Senior, Mechanical Engineering
Chris Good, Junior, Bio-Psychology
Travis Jepson, Sophomore, Art
Jon Kraetsch, Sophomore, History
Ben Malcolm, Senior, Pharmacology
Bradley Matsumoto, Junior, Bio-Chemistry
Brock Roverud, Junior, Law & Society

WOMEN'S SWIMMING
Jenisse Demeulenaere, Junior, Communication
Kaelan Dickinson, Junior, Law & Society
Katy Freeman, Junior, Linguistics
Naomi Javanifard, Sophomore, Art History
Anne Marie May, Sophomore, Communication
Jessica Schwalb, Sophomore, Business Economics
Liz Wagner, Junior, Environmental Studies
Bobbie Wilson, Senior, Political Science
Ashley Yamahata, Junior, Psychology
Erin Yamamoto, Junior, Sociology