WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – A total of 18 Oregon State student-athletes have been named to the various men’s and women’s rowing Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic teams, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced Tuesday.
On the women’s side, senior (Alsea, Ore./Alsea HS) juniors (Portland, Ore./Central Catholic HS), (Beaverton, Ore./Jesuit HS), (Nelson, New Zealand), and (Myrtle Point, Ore./Myrtle Point HS) and sophomore (Eugene, Ore./Churchill HS) made the first team while two others were selected to the second team and two more received honorable mention.
Senior (Neu-Ulm, Germany) and sophomore Katie Humm (Lake Oswego, Ore./Jesuit HS) made the second team while junior (Camarillo, Calif.) and sophomore (Corvallis, Ore./Corvallis HS) were honorable mention.
O’Connell earned her third consecutive first team honor, while Franceschi, Hanway and Towne each received first team recognition for the second time. Leibinger was recognized on the second team for the third time.
OSU’s men team put the most rowers on the first team squad in the conference with eight. Earning all-academic honors for the Beavers were senior Lindsay Conners (Davis, Calif.), juniors Dan Armitage (Ashland, Ore./Ashland HS), George Dirth (Manchester, N.H.), Will Gustafson (Corvallis, Ore./Crescent Valley HS), Jeff Halleck (Salem, Ore./Sprague HS), Megan Teaford (Prineville, Ore./Crook County HS) and Justin Wagner (Portland, Ore./Jesuit HS) and sophomore Jon Young (Salem, Ore./Salem Academy).
This marks the third time that Conners has received first team honors while Dirth, Halleck and Wagner are all two-time recipients.
