Eight Cyclones Earn Academic Honor

AMES, Iowa- The Big 12 announced the 2008 academic all-Big 12 swimming and diving team on Tuesday with eight members of the Iowa State swimming and diving team earning the distinction.

The Cyclones had six student-athletes named to the academic all-Big 12 first team for their efforts in the classroom. The first-team student-athletes include junior Marni Benson, sophomore Tien Tran, junior Kali Fryklund, junior Maddie Crawford, senior Lindsay Wiesner and sophomore Lindsey Behrens.

Second-Team members are junior Lindsay Wegner and senior Emily Welborn.

To be eligible for the academic all-Big 12 first team, a student-athlete must have achieved a 3.20 GPA cumulative or for the past two semesters. Qualifications for second team honors include a 3.0 GPA either cumulative or for the past two semesters. A student-athlete must also compete in 60 percent of the team's contests to be eligible for either first- or second-team academic all-Big 12 honors. Freshman and transfer students, however, are not eligible to receive the award in their first year of academics at an institution.

Academic all-Big 12 First Team
Marni Benson, Jr., Marketing/Management, Winona, Minn.
Tien Tran, So., Marketing, Greenwood, Ind.
Kali Fryklund, Jr., Marketing/Management, Eden Prairie, Minn.
Maddie Crawford, Jr., Journalism/Mass Comm., Overland Park, Kan.
Lindsay Wiesner, Sr., Kinesiology, Eden Prairie, Minn.
Lindsey Behrens, So., Kinesiology, Council Bluffs, Iowa

Academic all-Big 12 Second Team
Lindsay Wegner, Jr., Marketing, Hutchinson, Minn.
Emily Welborn, Sr.,Marketing, Keokuk, Iowa

Players Mentioned

Lindsey Behrens

Lindsey Behrens

Marni Benson

Marni Benson

Maddie Crawford

Maddie Crawford

Kali Fryklund

Kali Fryklund

Tien Tran

Tien Tran

Lindsay Wegner

Lindsay Wegner

Emily Welborn

Emily Welborn

Emily Welborn

Lindsay Wiesner

Lindsay Wiesner

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