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2009-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide - Missouri S&T Athletics

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ACADEMICS AND ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS<br />

<strong>Missouri</strong> S&T is proud of its academic reputation as one of the top<br />

institutions for science and technology. The results are also shown in<br />

the consistently strong performance of the student-athletes on the<br />

S&T campus.<br />

During the 2008-09 academic year, a total of 204 student-athletes<br />

at S&T finished with a 3.0 or better grade point average. Forty studentathletics<br />

also finished the school year with a 4.0 GPA. The university<br />

also has a high number of selections to the academic teams in the past<br />

year that were released by the Great Lakes Valley Conference, Great<br />

Lakes Football Conference and New South Intercollegiate<br />

Swimming Conference.<br />

A total of <strong>10</strong>1 S&T student-athletes were selected to the GLVC’s All-<br />

Academic team for the 2008-09 school year, the sixth-best total in the<br />

14-team conference. Jordan Henry, an All-America performer for the<br />

men’s track and field team, was named as the winner of the <strong>2009</strong> GLVC<br />

Paragon Award as the conference’s top student-athlete.<br />

In the past year, two S&T student-athletes earned ESPN The<br />

Magazine Academic All-America honors. A total of 12 individuals were<br />

named to their selected Academic All-District teams during the 2008-09<br />

season.<br />

S&T has had 21 Academic All-America selections over the past five<br />

seasons for a total of 31 since 2000, the fourth-best total in NCAA<br />

Division II.<br />

Top NCAA Division II<br />

Academic All-America Producing<br />

Schools of the 2000s<br />

<strong>Missouri</strong> S&T Academic<br />

All-America Selections<br />

School Conference Total<br />

1. Pittsburg State ..............................................MIAA ............................................. 46<br />

2. Truman State .................................................MIAA ............................................. 45<br />

3. Wingate .................................................. South Atlantic .................................... 34<br />

4. <strong>Missouri</strong> S&T ............................................MIAA/GLVC ....................................... 31<br />

5. Indianapolis ................................................... GLVC ............................................. 30<br />

6. Adams State ........................................ Rocky Mountain .................................. 23<br />

7. Barry.........................................................Sunshine State .................................... 20<br />

T8. Abilene Christian ................................... Lone Star ......................................... 18<br />

T8. Central <strong>Missouri</strong> .........................................MIAA ............................................. 18<br />

T<strong>10</strong>. Emporia State ...........................................MIAA ............................................. 16<br />

T<strong>10</strong>. <strong>Missouri</strong> Southern ..................................MIAA ............................................. 16<br />

Ross Klie<br />

1975-76<br />

Todd Wentz<br />

1983-84<br />

Dave Moellenhoff<br />

1985-86<br />

Brian Westre<br />

2001-02<br />

2002-03<br />

2003-04<br />

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MISSOURI S&T

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