Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU Athletes Making the Grade
March 29, 2001 | General
March 29, 2001
By JACK CARLE BG Sentinel Sports EditorIt was bonus time Sunday evening (March 25) for over 80 student-athletes at Bowling Green State University. Eighty-eight students were recognized athletes, cheerleaders and members of the athletic training staff at the annual student-athlete academic honors banquet.
"This is a bonus for hard work," said Jen Jarjosa, who earned the award asthe top senior female scholar athlete. "It's nothing I worked for or even expected. It's just something to add to the four years that I have been here." Jarjosa, who has already been accepted at the Medical College of Ohio, and Eric Curl, who wants to be a teacher and coach, were the senior scholar athlete of the year winners. Jarjosa has a 4.00 grade-point average in biology/pre-medicine. Curl was a 3.51 grade-point average in social studies.
The Falcon Club junior scholar athlete of the year winners were Tony Malik, men's soccer, and Janean Johnson, women's track and field. "Coming into college, I knew what I wanted to do and a lot of people aren't really sure what they want to do," said Jarjosa, a top performer on the women's swimming team. "I knew I wanted to go to medical school and I knew what I needed to do to get there.
Jarjosa could have attended MCO this academic year, but decided to return to BG for her senior year. She wants to go into pediatrics and child advocacy. "Swimming was definitely the main reason I decided to defer for a year," she said. "And I wanted to have a fun senior year and enjoy myself, before I had the pressure of four more years of med school."
Curl, an offensive lineman for the Falcons' football team, said it was a team effort which led to his academic success. "I don't think I could have wished or dreamed for something like this happening to me," said Curl, who was the starting center this past fall. "This was just the final product of everyone's hard work at the university, whether it be the academic support staff, my coaches, professors, my parents, or my own hard work. It was just a combination of things. I think Bowling Green State University does an outstanding job of providing their student-athletes with that support."
Also nominated for the top female senior award were: Krista Davis, volleyball, 3.91 in biology/education, Perrysburg's Lisa Schroeder, track and cross country, who has a 3.94 in biological sciences, and Lori Williams, track and field, 3.79 in elementary education.
The other senior male nominees were: Scott Dukate, baseball, 3.56 in special education, Doug Schueller, hockey, 3.59 in sport management, and Curtis Valentine, hockey, 3.68 in production and operations management.
For the juniors, Malik has a 3.75 in marketing and Johnson has a 3.58 in chemistry. The other junior male nominees were: Marc Barlow, hockey, 3,49 in biology/pre-optometry, David Larson, track and cross country, 3.80 in integrated social studies, and Adam Schokora, soccer, 3.95 in psychology.
The other junior female nominees were: Angelica Garrett, golf, 3.80 in pre-physical therapy, Andrea Genter, softball, 3.95 in early childhood education, and Jessica Milosek, softball, 3.83 in human movement science.
There were also three team awards presented for academic success. The women's golf, coached by Kurt Thomas, won the small team award for best grade-point average. The women's track and field squad, coached by Scott Sehmann, won the large team award for best grade-point average. The women's cross country team, coached by Cami Wells, won the most improved grade-point average award.
"This should be the biggest event of the year for us," said Paul Krebs, BG's athletic director. "It is the celebration of the student component of the student-athlete ... tonight we had the best of the best here from the academic side."
Of the 88 students honored, 19 had a 4.00 grade-point average. The overall grade-point average of all student athletes at BG is 2.94, Krebs said.
In addition to Schroeder, there were four other athletes from Wood County recognized: Otsego's Holly Frantz, softball, 3.83 in sport management, Eastwood's Cynthia Bostdorff, women's track and cross country, 3.67 as an undecided major, BG's Kerry Koontz, men's track and field, 3.56 in pre-construction management/technology, and Eastwood's Garrett Gabel, men's track and field, 3.52 in general business. Harriett Sockrider, who has worked in the office of residence life for 31 years, received a special recognition award from the athletic department for her help in finding housing for the student-athletes.
