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Brooks Kendall Named To Google Cloud Academic All-America Second Team
6/14/2018 11:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Kendall gives men's tennis its second consecutive season with an Academic All-American
OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton men's tennis' Brooks Kendall earned a spot on the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I At-Large Second Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced on Thursday.
Kendall claimed a perfect 4.0 GPA while studying financial analysis. He also earned 11 singles wins and 13 doubles victories on his way to All-BIG EAST Second Team honors following the 2018 season as the Bluejays tallied double-digit wins (10-10) for the fifth consecutive season.Â
The Prairie Village, Kansas native, gives the Bluejay men's tennis program a CoSIDAÂ Academic All-America for a second consecutive season as Harrison Lang made the All-America Second Team in 2017. Kendall is also the third athlete from the Creighton men's or women's tennis programs -- each under the direction of 21-year head coach Tom Lilly -- to be honored as an Academic All-American.Â
Kendall joins Creighton's Sam Crowley (Softball), Tyler Clement (Men's Basketball) and Jaali Winters (Volleyball) as individuals to earn Academic All-America status during the 2017-18 academic year. The Bluejays' total of four Academic All-Americans sets a new mark for the most in a single academic year. The previous Creighton-high was three in 2011-12 (Ethan Finlay, Brian Holt, Jace Peters -- all from men's soccer).
No less than 38 of the 45 members of the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I Men's At-Large Team have at least a 3.90 GPA, with 27 student-athletes --including Kendall -- maintaining a 4.00 GPA (or better) as either undergraduate or graduate students. The 17 members of the first team (which was expanded due to ties in the voting) have an average GPA of 4.01.
The at-large teams for the Google Cloud Academic All-America program include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as beach volleyball, bowling, field hockey and rowing for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.
2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Men's At-Large Team Division I
FIRST TEAM
Sport                 Name           School          Yr.  GPA          Major
Tennis                Felix Albert (3)    Hawaii                      Sr.   4.00         Finance
Swimming         Laurent Bams    Alabama          Jr.   4.00         Accounting
Tennis                Linus Erhart      Nebraska                  Gr.  4.00/3.91 International Business Management / MBA
Gymnastics       Jacopo Gliozzi (2) William & Mary     Jr.   4.00         Physics
Volleyball        Alex Harthaller     Pepperdine            Sr.   4.00         International Business
Golf                  Alex Herrmann    Georgia State      Sr.   4.14         Managerial Sciences
Swimming         Robert Howard    Alabama          Jr.   4.00         Accounting
Swimming         Anton Ipsen (1)    North Carolina State Sr.   4.00         Industrial Engineering
Swimming         Luke Kaliszak (1)  Alabama          Sr.   3.98         Pre-Med
Volleyball        Marko Kostich      Harvard           Sr.   4.00         Statistics
Swimming         Riley League     Davidson          Sr.   4.00         Philosophy / Economics
Ice Hockey        Olivier Mantha    Alaska Anchorage   Sr.   4.00         Mathematics
Swimming         PJ Ransford (1) (*) Michigan           Sr.   4.00         Mechanical Engineering
Wrestling         Clay Ream (1)     North Dakota State  Sr.   3.97         Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Gymnastics       Noah Roberson   Penn State         Jr.   4.00         Biomedical Engineering / Biomechanical Eng.
Tennis        Peter Tarwid      Brown             Sr.   4.00         Economics
Golf                  Nathan Tenpas    Davidson          Sr.   4.00         Mathematics
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SECOND TEAM
Sport                 Name          School              Yr.  GPA          Major
Golf                  James Beckner   Middle Tennessee State Jr.   4.00         Biology
Skiing               Martin Bergstroem Utah               Sr.   3.94         Mathematics
Tennis                Nuno Borges     Mississippi State     Jr.   3.84         Kinesiology
Swimming         Chris Cole       Southern Illinois      Jr.   4.00         Journalism
Wrestling      Adam Coon       Michigan           Gr.  3.57/4.00 Space Engineering (G) / Aerospace Eng. (UG)
Swimming         Caeleb Dressel    Florida             Sr.   3.30         Natural Resource Conservation
Tennis                William Edin      Idaho State         Gr.  4.00/4.00  MBA
Ice Hockey        Kyle Haak (3)     U.S. Air Force Academy Jr.   3.96     Physics
Golf                  Zach Jewell       Bradley            Sr.   4.00         Marketing
Tennis       Brooks Kendall  Creighton           Sr.   4.00         Financial Analysis
Gymnastics       Robert Neff      Stanford            Sr.   3.67         Computer Science
Gymnastics       Brian Schibler    Oklahoma          Jr.   4.00         Chemical Biosciences / Spanish
Swimming         Andreas Vazaios  North Carolina State  Jr.   3.93         Psychology
Wrestling         Corey Wilding     U.S. Naval Academy  Sr.   3.99         Operations Research
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THIRD TEAM
Sport                 Name              School                Yr.  GPA          Major
Ice Hockey        Dylan Abood         U.S. Air Force Academy   Sr.   3.85         Electrical Engineering
Swimming         Marat Amaltdinov (2)   Purdue                Gr.  3.81/3.79  Finance
Lacrosse           Chris Blewitt         Saint Joseph's          Sr.   3.90         Finance / Economics
Gymnastics       Christian Correale     U.S. Naval Academy     Jr.   3.97         Applied Mathematics
Fencing             Eli Dershwitz         Harvard               Jr.   3.75         History
Fencing             Pascual Di Tella      Duke                 Sr.   3.67         Political Science / Philosophy
Swimming         Pawel Furtek         USC                  Sr.   3.92         Computer Engineering & Computer Science
Lacrosse           Conor Gaffney        Lehigh                So.  4.00         Mechanical Engineering
Lacrosse           Nick Griffin           UMBC                So.  4.00         Chemical Engineering
Swimming         Mitchell Petras        LSU                 Jr.   4.00         Petroleum Engineering
Gymnastics       Yaroslav Pochinka     Minnesota             Sr.   3.91         Neuroscience
Tennis                Logan Powell         Lamar                Sr.   4.00         Psychology
Lacrosse           Ben Reeves (3)       Yale                 Sr.   3.89         Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Tennis                Dustin Werner        Campbell             Jr.   4.00         Economics & Business Administration
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Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year: PJ Ransford, Michigan
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(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2017
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2017
(*) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2016
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Kendall claimed a perfect 4.0 GPA while studying financial analysis. He also earned 11 singles wins and 13 doubles victories on his way to All-BIG EAST Second Team honors following the 2018 season as the Bluejays tallied double-digit wins (10-10) for the fifth consecutive season.Â
The Prairie Village, Kansas native, gives the Bluejay men's tennis program a CoSIDAÂ Academic All-America for a second consecutive season as Harrison Lang made the All-America Second Team in 2017. Kendall is also the third athlete from the Creighton men's or women's tennis programs -- each under the direction of 21-year head coach Tom Lilly -- to be honored as an Academic All-American.Â
Kendall joins Creighton's Sam Crowley (Softball), Tyler Clement (Men's Basketball) and Jaali Winters (Volleyball) as individuals to earn Academic All-America status during the 2017-18 academic year. The Bluejays' total of four Academic All-Americans sets a new mark for the most in a single academic year. The previous Creighton-high was three in 2011-12 (Ethan Finlay, Brian Holt, Jace Peters -- all from men's soccer).
No less than 38 of the 45 members of the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I Men's At-Large Team have at least a 3.90 GPA, with 27 student-athletes --including Kendall -- maintaining a 4.00 GPA (or better) as either undergraduate or graduate students. The 17 members of the first team (which was expanded due to ties in the voting) have an average GPA of 4.01.
The at-large teams for the Google Cloud Academic All-America program include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as beach volleyball, bowling, field hockey and rowing for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.
2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Men's At-Large Team Division I
FIRST TEAM
Sport                 Name           School          Yr.  GPA          Major
Tennis                Felix Albert (3)    Hawaii                      Sr.   4.00         Finance
Swimming         Laurent Bams    Alabama          Jr.   4.00         Accounting
Tennis                Linus Erhart      Nebraska                  Gr.  4.00/3.91 International Business Management / MBA
Gymnastics       Jacopo Gliozzi (2) William & Mary     Jr.   4.00         Physics
Volleyball        Alex Harthaller     Pepperdine            Sr.   4.00         International Business
Golf                  Alex Herrmann    Georgia State      Sr.   4.14         Managerial Sciences
Swimming         Robert Howard    Alabama          Jr.   4.00         Accounting
Swimming         Anton Ipsen (1)    North Carolina State Sr.   4.00         Industrial Engineering
Swimming         Luke Kaliszak (1)  Alabama          Sr.   3.98         Pre-Med
Volleyball        Marko Kostich      Harvard           Sr.   4.00         Statistics
Swimming         Riley League     Davidson          Sr.   4.00         Philosophy / Economics
Ice Hockey        Olivier Mantha    Alaska Anchorage   Sr.   4.00         Mathematics
Swimming         PJ Ransford (1) (*) Michigan           Sr.   4.00         Mechanical Engineering
Wrestling         Clay Ream (1)     North Dakota State  Sr.   3.97         Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Gymnastics       Noah Roberson   Penn State         Jr.   4.00         Biomedical Engineering / Biomechanical Eng.
Tennis        Peter Tarwid      Brown             Sr.   4.00         Economics
Golf                  Nathan Tenpas    Davidson          Sr.   4.00         Mathematics
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SECOND TEAM
Sport                 Name          School              Yr.  GPA          Major
Golf                  James Beckner   Middle Tennessee State Jr.   4.00         Biology
Skiing               Martin Bergstroem Utah               Sr.   3.94         Mathematics
Tennis                Nuno Borges     Mississippi State     Jr.   3.84         Kinesiology
Swimming         Chris Cole       Southern Illinois      Jr.   4.00         Journalism
Wrestling      Adam Coon       Michigan           Gr.  3.57/4.00 Space Engineering (G) / Aerospace Eng. (UG)
Swimming         Caeleb Dressel    Florida             Sr.   3.30         Natural Resource Conservation
Tennis                William Edin      Idaho State         Gr.  4.00/4.00  MBA
Ice Hockey        Kyle Haak (3)     U.S. Air Force Academy Jr.   3.96     Physics
Golf                  Zach Jewell       Bradley            Sr.   4.00         Marketing
Tennis       Brooks Kendall  Creighton           Sr.   4.00         Financial Analysis
Gymnastics       Robert Neff      Stanford            Sr.   3.67         Computer Science
Gymnastics       Brian Schibler    Oklahoma          Jr.   4.00         Chemical Biosciences / Spanish
Swimming         Andreas Vazaios  North Carolina State  Jr.   3.93         Psychology
Wrestling         Corey Wilding     U.S. Naval Academy  Sr.   3.99         Operations Research
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THIRD TEAM
Sport                 Name              School                Yr.  GPA          Major
Ice Hockey        Dylan Abood         U.S. Air Force Academy   Sr.   3.85         Electrical Engineering
Swimming         Marat Amaltdinov (2)   Purdue                Gr.  3.81/3.79  Finance
Lacrosse           Chris Blewitt         Saint Joseph's          Sr.   3.90         Finance / Economics
Gymnastics       Christian Correale     U.S. Naval Academy     Jr.   3.97         Applied Mathematics
Fencing             Eli Dershwitz         Harvard               Jr.   3.75         History
Fencing             Pascual Di Tella      Duke                 Sr.   3.67         Political Science / Philosophy
Swimming         Pawel Furtek         USC                  Sr.   3.92         Computer Engineering & Computer Science
Lacrosse           Conor Gaffney        Lehigh                So.  4.00         Mechanical Engineering
Lacrosse           Nick Griffin           UMBC                So.  4.00         Chemical Engineering
Swimming         Mitchell Petras        LSU                 Jr.   4.00         Petroleum Engineering
Gymnastics       Yaroslav Pochinka     Minnesota             Sr.   3.91         Neuroscience
Tennis                Logan Powell         Lamar                Sr.   4.00         Psychology
Lacrosse           Ben Reeves (3)       Yale                 Sr.   3.89         Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Tennis                Dustin Werner        Campbell             Jr.   4.00         Economics & Business Administration
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Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year: PJ Ransford, Michigan
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(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2017
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2017
(*) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2016
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