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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.
The Prairie Village, Kansas native, gives the Bluejay men's tennis program a CoSIDA 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.
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
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
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
Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year: PJ Ransford, Michigan
(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
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.
The Prairie Village, Kansas native, gives the Bluejay men's tennis program a CoSIDA 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.
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
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
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
Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year: PJ Ransford, Michigan
(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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