Huskers Place 18 on Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Eighteen members of the <?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Nebraska swimming and diving team earned recognition from the conference for their academic accomplishments by being named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Fall Honor Roll this week. The Commissioner's Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes who obtain a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher during the previous semester.

The 18 honorees marks the third consecutive semester that the swimming and diving team has increased its number on the honor roll and the most since Pablo Morales took over as head coach in 2001.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>

Seniors Alex King and Becky Johnson led the class once again by earning the academic honor for the seventh consecutive semester. The duo was joined by seniors Mackenzie Clark, Kate Dulgar, Becky Johnson and Rachel Schlatter, giving the seniors a total of six honorees.

Junior co-captain Emilee Crawford headed eight honorees in her class, as she was named to the list for the fifth consecutive semester. Four other juniors (Lauren Bailey, Bailey Ingles, Casey Schnack, Danielle Stansbury) gained recognition for the fourth time.

Divers Courtney Jolly and Kaci Ressler represented the sophomore class, while freshman Jenny Toler and Christina Yemm were named to the honor roll in their first semester in the classroom.

Overall, Nebraska had 235 student-athletes named to the spring honor roll, including 35 who with perfect 4.0 grade-point averages during the fall semester.

Nebraska Swimming and Diving Fall Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Selections (18)

Bailey, Lauren, Jr., San Mateo, Calif., Family & Consumer Science

Bowden, Katie, Jr., Plant City, Fla., Women’s Studies

Buoy, Amie, Sr., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, International Studies

Clark, Mackenzie, Sr., Colorado Springs, Colo., Journalism

Crawford, Emilee, Jr., Overland Park, Kan., Communication Studies

Dulgar, Kate, Sr., San Diego, Calif., Elementary Education

Fitzpatrick, Abby, Jr., Lakeville, Minn., Criminal Justice

Ingles, Bailey, Jr., Omaha, Neb., Elementary Education

Johnson, Becky, Sr., Anoka, Minn., Elementary Education

Jolly, Courtney, So., Plantation, Fla., Undeclared

King, Alex, Sr., Amarillo, Texas, Chemical Engineering

Ressler, Kaci, So., Tampa, Fla., Political Science

Schlatter, Rachel, Sr., Middleton, Wis., Advertising

Schnack, Casey, Jr., Quincy, Ill., Psychology

Stansbury, Danielle, Jr., Lincoln, Neb., Elementary Education

Toler, Jenny, Fr., Elk Grove, Ill., Art History & Criticism

Wheeler, Kate, Jr., Issquash, Wash., Physics

Yemm, Christina, Fr., Sterling, Ill., Undeclared