Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU's Amy Smith Named Academic All-MAC
March 11, 2003 | Women's Swimming & Diving
March 11, 2003
Cleveland, Ohio - Bowling Green State University swimmer Amy Smith was named to the 2003 Mid-American Conference All-Academic Team. The team was voted on by the faculty athletic representatives at the nine member institutions that sponsor men's swimming and diving. Due to a tie in the voting, the 15 member team was expanded to 19.
Smith holds a 4.00 grade-point-average and is majoring in social work. The Livonia, Mich. native competed in the freestyle and relays this year for BGSU. The sophomore helped the Falcons to a sixth-place finish in this year's MAC Championships.
MAC Champion Miami had three student-athletes honored, Amy Miranda, Colleen Rambasek and Becca Vianello. Akron led all schools with four members. Buffalo and Eastern Michigan also had three honorees. Ball State and Ohio had two members, while Marshall and Bowling Green had one honoree each.
The honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50% of the contests for that particular sport. First year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award. Outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments from the current season only are considered.
2003 Women's Swimming and Diving Academic All-MAC Team
Name School Year GPA Major Hometown Kathleen Christian Akron Sr. 3.78 Exercise Science Tallmadge, OH Lindsay Jones Akron Sr. 3.95 Speech Pathology Louisville, OH Heather Log Akron Sr. 3.85 Mechanical Engineering Westerville, OH Susan Over Akron Jr. 3.84 Elementary Education Wadsworth, OH Jamie VanNess Ball State Jr. 3.696 Business Lafayette, IN Emily Aubie Ball State Jr. 3.515 Chemistry & Pre-Med Nepean, Ontario Amy Smith BGSU So. 4.00 Social Work Livonia, MI Jennefer Brankovsky Buffalo So. 3.667 Exercise Science Toronto, Ontario Jolie Pun Buffalo Jr. 3.967 Chemistry Fonthill, Ontario Stacey Zimmerman Buffalo Sr. 3.767 Nursing Penfield, NY Althea Lim EMU Sr. 3.65 Computer Info. Systems Quezon City, Phill. Lauren Musk EMU Jr. 3.72 Political Science Ft. Wright, KY Anca Tilea EMU Jr. 3.34 Psychology Sibiu, Romania Erika Nilsson Marshall So. 3.53 Pre-Business/Marketing Haninge, Sweden Amy Miranda Miami Jr. 3.45 Marketing Louisville, KY Colleen Rambasek Miami Sr. 3.66 Early Childhood Education Kettering, OH Becca Vianello Miami Sr. 3.94 Exercise Science Cincinnati, OH Courtney Kostival Ohio Jr. 3.87 Early childhood education Athens, Ohio Samantha Pfaller Ohio Jr. 3.54 Pre-med. Toronto, Ontario
