May 26, 2006

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-- Following are the 2006 Pacific-10 Conference Men's and Women's Tennis All-Academic teams, announced today by Commissioner Tom Hansen. To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or significant contributor.

Men's Tennis

First Team                          Yr. GPA   Major
Daniel Chu, Washington              JR  3.60  Business Administration
Mathieu Dehaine, UCLA               SO  3.71  Business Economics
Jeremy Drean, UCLA                  SO  3.80  Business Economics
Jonathon Kinsella, Arizona State    JR  3.47  Management
Andy Kuharsky, Washington           SO  3.65  Business Administration
John Pettit, California             JR  3.58  Business Administration
Alex Slovic, Washington             JR  3.48  Business Administration
Peter Zimmer, Arizona               FR  3.50  Studio Art

Second Team                         Yr. GPA   Major
Thomas Bieri, Oregon                SR  3.26  Business
Christopher Biro, Arizona State     JR  3.46  Business/Mass Communication
Nick Hegarty, Arizona State         JR  3.37  Political Science
Ryan McBride, Arizona State         SR  3.34  Spanish/Education
James Pade, Stanford                JR  3.19  Sociology
Daniel Sebescen, California         JR  3.30  Political Economics of Industrial Economies
Dean Wallace, California            SR  3.28  Legal Studies
Jon Wong, Stanford                  SR  3.40  Human Biology

Honorable Mention: Jamil Al-Agba, USC; Claudio Christen, ARIZ; KC Corkery, STAN; Philipp Gruendler, UCLA; Ben Kohlloeffel, UCLA; Chris Surapol, UCLA; Francois VenderMerwe, ARIZ; James Wan, STAN.


Women's Tennis

First Team                          Yr. GPA   Major
Anca Anastasiu, USC                 JR  3.97  Business Administration
Stephanie Balzert, Arizona          SR  3.67  Spanish
Alice Barnes, Stanford              SR  3.67  Art History
Amber Liu, Stanford                 SR  3.67  Economics
Alex McGoodwin, UCLA                JR  3.87  Psychology
Rebecca Rankin, Arizona State       JR  3.81  Kinesiology
Tara Simpson, Washington            SO  3.64  Biochemistry
Jessica Shu, California             SR  3.68  Material Sciences/Engineering

Second Team                         Yr. GPA   Major
Iza Oreng Ferreria, Arizona         SR  3.45  Mechanical Engineering
Dinka Hadzic, Washington            SR  3.39  Communication
Tracy Lin, UCLA                     SO  3.51  Undeclared
Elizabeth Lumpkin, UCLA             SO  3.68  Undeclared
Kady Pooler, Arizona State          JR  3.28  Management/Marketing
Allison Rainey, Washington          SO  3.47  Political Science/Communication
Stephanie Svanfeldt, Washington     SR  3.26  Political Science
Riza Zalameda, UCLA                 SO  3.48  Undeclared

Honorable Mention: Suzi Babos, CAL; Whitney Deason, STAN; Judy DeVera, USC; Dominika Dieskova, ORE; Laura Gordon, UCLA; Lejla Hodzic, STAN; Monica Hoz de Villa, ORE; Stephanie Kusano, CAL; Jessica Leitch, ASU; Lindsey Nelson, USC; Wendy Pilecka, ASU; Marion Ravelojaona, CAL; Camelia Todorova, ARIZ; Cristina Visico, CAL; Anne Yelsey, STAN.