Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU's Craig Pickerel Named Academic All-District IV First Team
May 31, 2005 | Men's Golf
May 31, 2005
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Bowling Green State University student-athlete Craig Pickerel (Genoa, Ohio) has been named to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV University Division Men's At-Large First Team as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). District IV is composed of colleges and universities in the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.
The 10 members of the first team, including Pickerel, will now move on as candidates for Academic All-America status.
Pickerel was named the 2005 Sportsman of the Year at the Mid-American Conference Men's Golf Tournament on May 7, as voted on by fellow MAC golfers. He became the fifth Falcon to win this prestigious award. He also was named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the second-consecutive year on May 11.
Pickerel earned his undergraduate degree in architectural design (3.88 GPA) earlier this year and is taking graduate courses towards a master's degree in industrial technology with a 4.00 GPA.
He finished tied for 44th with a 72-hole score of 304 at this year's MAC Tournament.
2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV At-Large (University Division)
FIRST TEAM Name (Sport) School Dist. Yr. Hometown GPA Major(s) Rob Altenau (tennis) Dayton IV Sr. North Bend, Ohio 3.952 Biology Tommy Dennis (tennis) Western Michigan IV Sr. Rochester, Mich. 3.81 Finance Jeff Hamberg (rifle) Kentucky IV Sr. Ft. Wayne, Ind. 3.891 Foreign Language/Int. Econ. Mikus Paipars (tennis) Western Kentucky IV Sr. Liepaja, Latvia 3.94 Accounting Craig Pickerel (golf) Bowling Green IV Grad. Genoa, Ohio 4.0 (G)/3.88 (UG) Industrial Tech./Arch. Design Vlad Polyakov (swimming) Alabama IV So. Kazakhstan 3.850 Pre-business Mitch Richeson (swimming) Ohio State IV Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. 3.98 Computer Science Jason Rogers (fencing) Ohio State IV Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. 3.94 Psychology Anant Sitaram (tennis) MTSU IV Sr. Hyderabad, India 3.97 Economincs/Mathematics Stewart Smith (swimming) Alabama IV Sr. Chattanooga, Tenn. 3.850 Business Management
