Jan. 26, 2001

MILWAUKEE - About 50 student-athletes from the conference were honored to the Midwestern Collegiate Conference fall Academic All-Conference team, the league announced Wednesday.

The MCC Academic All-Conference team honors student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or above with at least three complete semesters at the same institution and who participate in an MCC-sponsored sport as a starter or an important reserve. Selections are made by the MCC Faculty Athletics Representatives and Sports Information Directors.

The teams are comprised of the same number of first-team all-MCC student-athletes in each sport. Wright State led all schools with 12 honorees, while Butler was second with nine recipients.

Highlighting UWM were five student-athletes from various teams:

NAME SPORT CLASS MAJOR Aaron Nodolf Men's Cross Country Senior Mechanical Engineering Abby Hurst Women's Cross Country Sophomore Biology/Pre-Med Erin Blaedow Women's Soccer Junior Elementary Education Julie Ruma Women's Soccer Junior Pre-Med/Psychology Chrissy Schurla Volleyball Junior Business/Accounting