June 4, 2009

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CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois track and field athletes Jason Ordway and Bianca Stuart were named to the College Sports Information Directors of America/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team for the 2008-09 season.

Ordway, the 2009 Missouri Valley Conference Champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finished 18th at the NCAA Mideast Regionals in his first trip as a junior May 30. The Holgate, Ohio, native holds a 3.92 cumulative grade point average in physiology.

Stuart, a senior from Nassau, Bahamas, won the 2009 Mideast Regional long jump title May 29 to advance to the NCAA National Championships. The two-time All-American won her seventh MVC title in the long jump last month and holds both the indoor and outdoor records in the event at SIU. The dental hygiene major carries a 3.58 cumulative GPA.

Both athletes are eligible for academic all-america consideration.

Women's District 5 Winners
FIRST TEAM
Gwen Jorgensen - WISCONSIN-MADISON, Gr., Waukesha, Wis., 3.73, 3.90 (grad), Accounting
Vera Neuenswander - INDIANA, Jr., Jefferson City, Mo., 3.97, Social Studies Education
Lindsey Gilman - VALPARAISO, Jr., South Bend, Ind., 4.00, Chemistry; Mathematics
Alyssa Bradford - VALPARAISO, Jr., Mukwonago, Wis., 3.98, Exercise Science
Wendi Robinson - INDIANA, Jr., Danville, Ind., 3.90, Exercise Science
Sarah Hurley - WISCONSIN-MADISON, Sr., Appleton, Wis., 3.84, Political Science, Spanish
Angela Bizzarri - ILLINOIS, Jr., Mason, Ohio, 3.55, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Kara Patterson - PURDUE, Sr., LaCenter, Wash., 3.76, Nutrition, Fitness & Health
Meghan Ginter - NORTHERN ILLINOIS, Sr., Aurora, Ill., 3.94, Nutrition and Dietetics
Bianca Stuart - SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Sr., Nassau, Bahamas, 3.58, Dental Hygiene

SECOND TEAM
Michelle Brunk - ILLINOIS STATE, So., Palatine, Ill., 3.93, Spanish
Kylie Hutsonn - INDIANA STATE, Jr., Terre Haute, Ind, 3.32, Physical Education/Excercise Science
Mallory Peck - PURDUE, Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D., 3.59, Health Sciences
Jackie Ziegler - ILLINOIS, Sr., Deerfield, Ill., 3.87, Community Health
Laura Rolf - VALPARAISO, Sr., Rochester, Mich., 3.58, New Media - Journalism
Erica Moore - INDIANA STATE, Jr., Sullivan, Ind., 3.62, Geology
Holly Nearman - WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE, Sr., Monroe, Wis., 3.70, Journalism and Mass Communication
Ali Bishel - BALL STATE, Jr., Chesterton, Ind., 3.67, Landscape Architecture
Crystina Martinez - IPFW, Sr. Valparaiso, Ind., 3.51, Business
Pam Staton - LOYOLA(Ill.), Sr., Ingleside, Ill., 3.63, Psychology
Rebecca Bauman - NOTRE DAME, Sr., Grand Rapids, Mich., 3.66, Finance and Psychology

Men's District 5 Winners
Kent Wories - BUTLER, Sr., Edwardsville, Ill., 3.94, Finance
Jack Bolas - WISCONSIN-MADISON, Jr., Chapel Hill, N.C., 3.63, Zoology
Patrick Smyth - NOTRE DAME, Sr., Salt Lake, City, Utah, 3.75, History
Scott Krapf - ILLINOIS STATE, Jr., Danville, Ill., 4.0, Recreation & Park Administration
Brian Joyce - EVANSVILLE, Jr., Evansville, Ind., 4.00, Exercise Science
Jason Ordway - SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Jr., Holgate, Ohio, 3.92, Physiology
Scott Keeney - INDIANA STATE, Sr., Frankfort, Ind., 3.96, Mathematics
Andy Baker - BUTLER, Gr., Minehead, U.K., 3.30, 3.87 (grad), Business (MBA)
Erik Hernandez - LOYOLA, Sr., West Chicago, Ill., 3.79, Biology
Kyle Walsh - INDIANA STATE, Sr., Kokomo, Ind., 3.94, Physical Education
Brad Millar - DEPAUL, Jr., Port Elgin, Ontario, 3.79, Physical Education