2006 Cosida ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA HALL of FAME BALLOT
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2006 CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA HALL OF FAME BALLOT Adam Abele - Purdue University, 1954, Tennis, Finance Major. 5.65 (6.0 scale) GPA 1984 Big Ten singles champion... 1983 Big Ten runner-up ... most Purdue tennis victories and best record in school history ... All-Big Ten four straight years...1983-84 NCAA tournament participant... 1983 and '84 Academic All-America ... Academic All-Big Ten all four years ... currently, Director of North American Internal Audit with Procter & Gamble ...volunteers as United Way coordinator for Procter and Gamble... 1986-87, 1991 Junior Achievement volunteer ... coaches soccer for 6-7 year olds ... serves on Purdue's Athletic Advisory Council... Vice-President of Institute of Internal Auditing. Alvan Adams - University of Oklahoma, 1994, Basketball, Letters with Distinction Major, 3.63 GPA Two-time AAA ... Phi Beta Kappa ... Three-time All-Big Eight Conference ... Big Eight Player of the Year (1975) ... Played 13 seasons in the NBA for the Phoenix Suns ... NBA Rookie of the Year (1975) ... NBA All-Star (1976) ... holds Suns team records for games played (988). minutes played (27,203). rebounds (6.937) and steals (1.289) ... Currently. Senior Vice President, Operations for Sports & Entertainment Services ... Board of Trustees With the Phoenix Museum of History...committee member of Young Life ... appointed by mayor to the Phoenix Historic Preservation Commission ... volunteers with the Boy Scouts of America as a cub/scoutmaster ... was the player representative for Cystic Fibrosis while with the Phoenix Suns. Robert Arnzen – University of Notre Dame, 1969, Basketball, Economics, 3.07 Two-time varsity basketball captain … Leading rebounder and scorer … Second leading scorer upon graduation … (3 yrs.) various All-American Honors … Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Fraternity … NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship … 1969-73 Montreal Expos Organization (Baseball) … 1969-70 New York Jets … 1970-71 Cincinnati Royals … 1972-74 Indiana Pacers … Currently owner of Olde Fort Publications, Inc. … Community Just Say No … Little League baseball, basketball, football … Mathis Foundation For Kids … Volunteer Coach (High School). Todd Azar - Old Dominion University, 1987, Baseball, Finance/Business Administration Major, 3.52 GPA Two-Time AAA for Baseball ... Baseball America first team All-American in 1986, third team in 1985...1985-86 first team all-region, second team in 1987 ... third in the nation in hitting in 1986 with .486 batting average ... Sun Belt All- Conference first team in 1985 and 1986, and MVP and Player of the Year in 1986 ... Sun Belt AllConference second team in 1987 ... Dean's List student and Sun Belt All-Academic, 1985-87 ... inducted into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 ... earned MBA in commerce/finance from Villanova in 1996 ... currently. credit analyst at Commerce Bank ... Chairman for the United Way, 1994-95.... volunteers with the Boys and Girls Clubs in Cherry Hill, NJ. (2001). As a student athlete at ODU, Azar participated in the ODU Monarch Reachout program by putting on baseball clinics, and reading to area youths at local elementary schools. Reggie Barnett – University of Notre Dame, 1975, Football, Economics major, 3.637 GPA Three-year starter at cornerback with career stats of 3 interceptions and 90 tackles … Currently Office Servies Executive for IBM since 2000 … IBM Sales Trainee- 1979-80 … Systems Engineer- 1980-81 … Marketing Representative- 1981-85 … Advisory Marketing Representative- 1985-87 … Quality Manger- 1989-2000 … Inroads (workshops) … Project Continued Success- Aiken High School … Cincinnati Black Achievers- 1989 (YMCA) … Sigma Beta Club (Male Youth Group) … Phi Beta Sigma (Youth Workshops) … Treasurer- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity … One Hundred Black Men United Way … Inducted to Flint, MI Athletic Hall of Fame. Christina J. Barrett - Longwood College, 1988, Women's Golf. Business Administration Major, 3.53 GPA Three-time AAA ... five-time Dean's list student ...Longwood College "Most Valuable Player" (1986-88) ...Longwood College "Female Athlete of the Year" (1988) ...NGCA Division II All-American ... National Small College All-American ...NGCA Division II National Champion 1986-87 ... Honda Award recipient (1988) ... currently, playing on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour … posted four top-10 finishes during the 2005 LPGA Tour season, tying for eighth three times including a season-low round of 65 at the Sybase Classic, while finishing 48th on the money list with earnings of $253,484 (fifth-best year of her 17-year career) … Surpassed the $3 million mark in career earnings ($3,087,828) during 2005 to rank 41st all-time on the LPGA Tour … Tina was also inducted into the inaugural Longwood University Athletics Hall of Fame on November 27, 2005 ‹ one of six inductees in the inaugural class ... captain for the Junior Girls' Golf Club in Colorado Springs. conducting clinics each fall ... gives financially to Arizona Special Olympics and other charities ... volunteers as LPGA Junior Golf PenPal and at numerous LPGA Charity Pro-Am Events. Brad Beanblossom - Oklahoma State University, 1993. Baseball, Biology Major. 4.0 GPA Two-time AAA ... Ten-time President's Honor Roll (4.0 GPA)...Three-time Academic All-Big 8...Graduated from OSU Summa Cum Laude ... Four-time OSU Academic Achievement Award Winner... four-year .starter in the infield ... holds school record for games played (271). at bats (941), and doubles (75)... 1987 and 1990 College World Series All- Tournament Team ... Inducted into OSU Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 ... St. Louis Cardinals draft pick. played 3 years in AAA ... Currently, National Accounts Manager at Louisville Slugger...formerly, Sales Training. Sales Representative... Fellowship of Christian Athletes for ten years, w as involved in speaking engagements and fundraising ... volunteered time to youth patients at Texas Christian Hospital in Houston, TX ... Four-year Youth Group leader at Springdale Church and Forest Cove Baptist Church ... presently involved in providing youth camps for inner city youths at Springdale Church. Arthur Becker - Arizona State Universitv, 1965, Men's Basketball, History Major, 3.40 GPA Two-time AAA ... seventh on ASU's all-time career scoring average list ... sixth in all-time rebounds and free throw percentage ... first team AAA and WAC All-Academic in 1963 and '64 ... inducted into the ASU Hall of Fame ...currently, the Men's AD at Scottsdale Community College, where he serves as a liaison to the Fiesta Bowl ... also is the secretary of the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference ... volunteer work includes working as an executive committee member for the National Alliance of Two Year Collegiate Athletic Administrators and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics ... serves on the board of adjustments for the City of Tempe. Karen (Belm) Killen - Virginia Commonwealth University. 1990. Cross Country, Chemistry/Biology, 3.96 GPA 1990 AAA ... Sun Belt conference Female Athlete of the Year 1988-89 ... team captain ... Rhodes Scholarship Competition State Finalist (1989-90)... Phi Kappa Phi College of Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Scholarship ... received Honors. Provost and Presidential Scholarships ... graduated Summa Cum Laude... received MD from Medical College of Virginia ... currently, Director of Cat Scans at Forsyth Radiological Associates ... also currently. Assistant Professor at University of Maryland Medical System (19992000)...served as Chief Resident for MCV...recognized as Resident of the Year...has published articles in numerous medical journals ... member of the ACR Committee on Emergency Radiology, Nonoperative Management of Trauma Committee. Radiological Society of North America and the American Medical Association. Thomas J. Bonfield - Saint Leo College, 1977. Baseball. Accounting _Major. 3.91 GPA Two-time AAA ... Valedictorian of class in 1977 ... Postgraduate Scholar ... Adjunct professor at Universitv of Florida ... played in minor leagues with NY Yankee organization ... currently City Manager of Pensacola. y FL ... active member in Temple Terrace, FL Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club... published. Brian Branson - Elon University, 1987. Men's Basketball, Accounting, 4.0 GPA Two-time AAA, Team Member of the Year in 1988 ...Elon team MVP... inducted into Elon Sports Hall of Fame (1998)... graduated Summa Cum Laude ... member of Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership society. also member of the Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Chi Honor Societies ... currently, Chief Financial Officer with BTI Telecom Corp., a telecommunications company which provides Local/Long Distance and data services ... named CFO at the age of 31 ... has been part of BTI's growth from $40 million in revenues in 1992 to nearly 5300 (estimated) in 2001 ... serves on the BTI Board of Directors ... volunteers as a youth sports coach for soccer and baseball ... Sunday school teacher ... volunteer fund raiser for United Way and American Red Cross ... served on the National Telecommunications Data Exchange. James Breland, Jr. - Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), 1967, Football, Civil Engineering. 3.0 GPA Consensus All-America center... 1966 first team honors from AP, UPI and AFCA...named top lineman in Southeast by Touchdown Club of Atlanta ... earned master's in civil engineering in 1968 from GT....1978 GT HOF inductee ... currently, senior vice president and member of board of directors of Post, Buckley. Schuh & Jernigan, Inc.. consulting engineers and planners ... youth basketball coach