8/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Aug. 14, 2002
LAS VEGAS - The Mountain West Conference announced the 2002 Academic All-Conference team with seven Rebels adorning the team. To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic term at the member institution, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and be a starter or significant contributor to the team.
Twenty-five student-athletes earned MWC academic honors in 2002, including nine repeat selections from the 2001 squad. UNLV and New Mexico had a league-high seven members on this year's MWC All-Academic team, followed by Air Force and Utah with six each, and BYU and San Diego State with three each.
Three MWC student-athletes earned additional academic honors last season as members of the Verizon Academic All-District Team. Air Force's Adam Howes and Josh Phifer were named to the District VII team, while BYU's David Jensen earned District VIII honors. Phifer went on to capture second-team Academic All-America accolades and Howes was a third-team Academic All-America selection.
Rebels on MWC All-Academic TeamJason Guerra Junior 3.00 Criminal JusticeChad Harris Senior 3.11 MarketingBrad Hertel Sophomore 3.21 FinanceJason Reuss Senior 3.15 CommunicationsRyan Ruiz Sophomore 3.06 Criminal JusticeGarett Shitanishi Senior 3.67 AccountingJoe Wickman Sophomore 3.03 Marketing
