March 30, 2011

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WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-- Pac-10 Champion Swimming and Diving placed five women and four men on the first team Academic All-Pac-10 team with an additional seven athletes on the second team. Thirteen were named honorable mention.

The Cardinal have the most first and second teammers of any conference program, either women (7) or men (9).

Kelsey Ditto, the Pac-10 Scholar Athlete of the Year for women's swimming, had the highest GPA, majoring in political science with a 3.99 GPA, while Erik Ravnan has a 3.91 GPA as a mechanical engineering major. NCAA runner-up Bobby Bollier has a 3.71 GPA, and Curtis Lovelace checks in a 3.70, both mechanical engineering majors. Morgan Prietstley has a GPA of 3.67 as a management, science and society major.

On the women's side, Kaia Simmons has a 3.69 GPA, Kate Dwelley has a 3.60 GPA as a psychology major and Kerry Kraemer has a 3.64 GPA as an international relations study. Liz Smith rounds out the first team on the women's side with a 3.59 GPA in biology.

Both the men's and women's squads won Pac-10 titles this past season. The men finished third at the NCAA Championships, the women, fourth.

The rankings combine athletes with 3.0 cumulative GPAs and higher and significant contributors to each team's success. The top-21 made the first team, the top-20 made the second team.

Men's First Team
Bobby Bollier, STAN ...........................Jr. ............3.71 ............Mechanical Engineering
Curtis Lovelace, STAN ........................Jr. ............3.70 ............Mechanical Engineering
Morgan Priestley, STAN ......................Jr. ............3.67 ............Management Science and Society
Eirik Ravnan, STAN ............................Jr. ............3.91 ............Mechanical Engineering

Men's Second Team
Scotty Korotkin, STAN .........................So. ...........3.38 ............Psychology
Mack Montgomery, STAN ...................So. ...........3.39 ............Undeclared
David Mosko, STAN ............................Sr. ............3.40 ............Engineering
Andrew Saeta, STAN ..........................So. ...........3.35 ............Undeclared
Matthew Swanston, STAN ...................So. ...........3.21 ............Undeclared

Men's Honorable Mention
Brent Eichenseer, Sr., STAN; Andrew Grinalds, So., STAN;, Chad La Tourette, Jr., STAN;, Taylor Sishc, Jr., STAN;  Matt Thompson, So., STAN; Aaron Wayne, So., STAN

Women's First Team
Kelsey Ditto, STAN ..............................Sr. ............3.99 ............Political Science
Kate Dwelley, STAN ............................Sr. ............3.60 ............Psychology
Kerry Kraemer, STAN ..........................Sr. ............3.64 ............International Relations
Kaia Simmons, STAN .........................So. ...........3.69 ............Undeclared
Liz Smith, STAN .................................Sr. ............3.59 ............Biology

Women's Second Team
Alisa Finn, STAN ................................So. ...........3.50 ............Undeclared
Sam Woodward, STAN ........................Jr. ............3.41 ............Computer Science

Women's Honorable Mention
Angela Duckworth, Jr., STAN; Natalie Durant, So., STAN; Megan Fischer-Colbrie, So., STAN; Jessie Hammes,So., STAN; Meg Hostage, Sr., STAN; Andi Murez, So., STAN; Betsy Webb, Jr., STAN;