Elmhurst, Ill. (June 13, 2005) ???C Oakland University had a total of 48 student-athletes named to the winter/spring 2005 Mid-Continent Academic All-Conference team it was announced by the league office today. To be selected for the team, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average, be a sophomore or higher in academic standing and compete in the sport for which he/she is nominated. Oakland???s 48 selections to the team were the fourth most in the nine-team league, trailing Valparaiso with 86, Western Illinois with 82 and Southern Utah with 60 recipients. Oakland???s women???s swimming and diving team contributed the most student-athletes to the list for OU with 12 squad members gaining recognition. The Golden Grizzly women???s basketball, men???s golf, softball and men???s swimming and diving teams all contributed six honorees, while the baseball team had four on the list. Oakland???s women???s golf and tennis teams had three honorees each, with the men???s basketball squad placing two of its squad on the list. Oakland???s Winter/Spring Academic All-Mid-Con Honorees Timothy Doig, Baseball Ryan Heath, Baseball Ty Herriott, Baseball Brad Noel, Baseball Kris Krzyminski, Men???s Basketball Cortney Scott, Men???s Basketball Amanda Batcha, Women???s Basketball Anne Hafeli, Women???s Basketball Ashley Holenka, Women???s Basketball Nicole Piggott, Women???s Basketball Leigh Tully, Women???s Basketball Jayme Wilson, Women???s Basketball Charles Kluesner, Men???s Golf Jonathan Pauli, Men???s Golf Matthew Pullen, Men???s Golf Ryan Schultheiss, Men???s Golf Brian Stuard, Men???s Golf Robert Tate, Men???s Golf Patricia Ellsworth, Women???s Golf Stacey Goins, Women???s Golf Leigh Gulbransen, Women???s Golf Maria Benza, Softball Abbey Hernandez, Softball Kate Jones, Softball Nicole Marzano, Softball Danielle Shamus, Softball Natalie Webb, Softball Blaine Dolcetti, Men???s Swimming & Diving Nicholas McCollum, Men???s Swimming & Diving Aroldo Nery, Men???s Swimming & Diving James Sewell, Men???s Swimming & Diving Bryon Tansel, Men???s Swimming & Diving John Van Portfleet, Men???s Swimming & Diving Tracy Caruss, Women???s Swimming & Diving Jenna DeJonge, Women???s Swimming & Diving Andrea Endres, Women???s Swimming & Diving Karoline Freytag, Women???s Swimming & Diving Renie Green, Women???s Swimming & Diving Melissa Jaeger, Women???s Swimming & Diving Line Jensen, Women???s Swimming & Diving Linda Keskey, Women???s Swimming & Diving Holly Miller, Women???s Swimming & Diving Maria Musialczyk, Women???s Swimming & Diving Lindsey Unrath, Women???s Swimming & Diving Lisa Pellafone, Women???s Tennis Lauren Sanchez-Murphy, Women???s Tennis Angela Trecola, Women???s Tennis