Michigan State University Athletics
MSU Men's Soccer Leads Big Ten With 19 Academic All-Big Ten Selections
12/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State men's soccer led the Big Ten with 19 Academic All-Big Ten Selections. Overall, 102 Michigan State student-athletes were honored over the Spartans' seven fall sports.
"I am extremely proud of how the guys worked in the classroom this past year. Nineteen of the 22 eligible student-athletes were named Academic All-Big Ten. That's almost 90%," MSU head coach Damon Rensing.
After the Spartans' 19 honorees, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State all had 12 student-athletes earn All-Big Ten selections. Wisconsin was next with 11, while Rutgers followed with 10. Indiana had nine players honored, followed by Maryland with four and Michigan with three.
The Spartans are led by junior midfielder Andrew Herr, who also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors this season. Michigan State had seven seniors honored: Josh Barens, Zach Bennett, Zach Carroll, Jerome Cristobal, Quinn McAnaney, Asa Miller and Jason Stacy.
"Leading the B1G for men's soccer is a credit to the student-athletes' work ethic and discipline, a credit to their parents for establishing good habits and time management skills, and certainly a credit to Jim Pignataro, Jeremy Flynn and the entire staff at the Clara-Bell Smith Center for their hard work supporting our student-athletes," Rensing said.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be letterwinners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
Michigan State Men's Soccer Academic All-Big Ten SelectionsAustin Piwinski, Jr., Human Biology (Harrison Township, Mich.)Josh Barens, Sr., Communication (Dimondale, Mich.)Zach Bennett, Sr., Packaging (Plano, Texas)Zach Carroll, Sr., Philosophy (Grand Blanc, Mich.)Brad Centala, So., Kinesiology (Gross Pointe Woods, Mich.)Jerome Cristobal, Sr., Supply Chain Management (Sterling Heights, Mich.)Jimmy Fiscus, So., Supply Chain Management (Novi, Mich.)Jimmy Hague, So. Applied Engineering Sciences (Walled Lake, Mich.)Andrew Herr, R-Jr., Human Biology (Millersville, Pa.)Ken Krolicki, So., Applied Engineering Sciences (Plymouth, Mich.)Dewey Lewis, Jr., Kinesiology (Rockford, Mich.)Quinn McAnaney, Sr., Kinesiology (Northbrook, Ill.)Asa Miller, Sr., Economics (Louisville, Ky.)Lou Plascencia, So., Supply Chain Management (Okemos, Mich.)Ali Scheib, Jr., Kinesiology (Dearborn Heights, Mich.)Ryan Scott, Jr., Biosystems Engineering (Grand Rapids, Mich.)Jason Stacy, Sr., Economics (Grand Rapids, Mich.)Philip Stair, So., Finance (Flushing, Mich.)Brian Winterfield, Jr., Finance (Grand Blanc, Mich.)
