2005 Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-Big 12 Teams

Among the honorees, there were five nominated with a 4.00 grade point average.

Feb. 22, 2005

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DALLAS--The Big 12 Conference named 97 student-athletes to the 2005 Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-Big 12 teams on Tuesday.

Among the honorees, there were five nominated with a 4.00 grade point average. These student-athletes include Jacob Thomas (Missouri), Ryan Kemp (Texas A&M) and Matt Neal (Texas A&M) on the men's side; while Aly Colver (Kansas) and Paige Nath (Texas) represented the women's field.

Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the women's swimming and diving academic all-league squad consisted of 60 first team members combined with 13 on the second team, while the men had 18 first team members and six student-athletes on the second team. First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.

To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of his/her team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation also are eligible.

Many of these student-athletes will compete at the 2005 Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championships Wednesday-Saturday at the Student Recreation Center Natatorium on the Texas A&M campus in College Station, Texas. This venue has sponsored four league championships in the conference's nine-year tenure prior to this year's event (combined men and women - 1997, 2000 and 2002; men only - 1998).

The Longhorn men's and women's squads are the defending Big 12 champions -- the men have won all eight conference titles, while the women have earned six straight league crowns (1999-2004). The Nebraska women took home top honors in 1997-98.