Swimmer Kevin Nead Named to ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America At-Large First Team
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | Men's Swimming & Diving
University of Florida senior swimmer Kevin Nead (Ithaca, N.Y.) is part of the 2008 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America At-Large first team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Tuesday. He is the second Gator male swimmer to earn multi Academic All-America honors during his career, as Nead was a third-team selection as a junior. Nead owns a 3.97 grade point average in zoology and wants to attend medical school.
Nead joined the Gator team for the 2005-06 season after competing for Virginia as a freshman. He is the 2007 and 2008 SEC Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a two-time UF Swimming Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Nead is a three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll plus appeared on the 2004-05 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll. He has been selected to the Dean's List six times, the President's List three times and has been awarded the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship, the William Carleton Scholarship and inducted into the Matthew's Society. As one of the three recipients of the Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship, Nead spent six months in Lille, France, in 2007 where he studied the genetics of Type II Diabetes under Dr. Phillippe Froguel, the first most cited Diabetes researcher in the world. Last month, Nead was awarded a NCAA postgraduate scholarship.
| Florida's Men's Swimming | ||
| Name | Year | Team |
| Kevin Nead | 2008 | 1st |
| Kevin Nead | 2007 | 3rd |
| Luca De Matteis | 2007 | 3rd |
| Justin Zumsteg | 2005 | 3rd |
| Scott Schultz | 2004 | 1st |
| Greg Reeves | 2001 | 1st |
| Greg Reeves | 2000 | 1st |
| Greg Reeves | 1999 | 2nd |
| Michael Kiedel | 1996 | 2nd |
| Michael Dillon | 1987 | 2nd |
| Matt Cetlinski | 1986 | HM |
A four-time All-SEC performer, Nead was a captain of the Gator swim team this season. He is a two-time U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier, three-time NCAA Championship qualifier and a two-time honorable mention All-American. He finished fourth at the 2007 SEC Championships in the 400 individual medley.
Nead joins three other Gators who earned ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America honors in 2007-08 – Stacey Nelson, softball (first team), Amber McCray, volleyball (second team) and Tim Tebow, football (first team).
To be nominated for Academic All-America honors, the student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for his career. No athlete is eligible until he has reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution.
| 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's At-Large Team | ||||||
| UNIVERSITY DIVISION | ||||||
| FIRST TEAM | ||||||
| Name | School | Dist. | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Drew Allenspach (Golf) | Indiana | V | Jr. | Sugar Land, Texas | 4.00 | Accounting & Finance |
| *Dylan Carney (Gymnastics) | Stanford | VIII | Gr. | Dartmouth, Mass. | 3.97 | Biological Sciences |
| Mathieu Dehaine (Tennis) | UCLA | VIII | Sr. | Meudon, France | 3.81 | Business-Econ, Math & Applied Science |
| Eric Gardiner (Water Polo) | U.S. Naval Academy | II | Sr. | Upland, Calif. | 4.00 | Comparative Politics |
| *Tanner Gardner (Wrestling) | Stanford | VIII | Gr. | Berryton, Kan. | 3.73 | Public Policy & Sociology |
| Sandy Hohener (Water Polo) | Stanford | VIII | Sr. | Santa Ana, Calif. | 4.09 | Civil Engineering |
| Jeff Lerg (Ice Hockey) | Michigan State | IV | Jr. | Livonia, Mich. | 3.75 | Finance |
| Mike Leveille (Lacrosse) | Syracuse | I | Sr. | Delmar, N.Y. | 3.87 | Accounting |
| Andrew Lord (Ice Hockey) | Rensselaer | I | Sr. | West Vancouver, B.C. | 3.99 | Management |
| +%Tyler McCormick (Wrestling) | Missouri | VII | Sr. | Leawood, Kan. | 3.95 | Business management |
| +Kevin Nead (Swimming) | Florida | III | Sr. | Ithaca, N.Y. | 3.97 | Zoology/Pre-Med |
| Chris Renninger (Golf) | U.S. Naval Academy | II | Sr. | Darnestown, Md. | 4.00 | Chemistry |
| *!Joseph Sykora (Golf) | Alabama | IV | Sr. | Daphne, Ala. | 4.00 | Accounting; MBA |
| *^Eric Tannenbaum (Wrestling) | Michigan | IV | Sr. | Naperville, Ill. | 3.81 | Neuroscience |
| +Stephen Tetrault *Gymnastics) | Nebraska | VII | Sr. | Lincoln, Neb. | 3.74 | Mathematics |
| Academic All-America of the Year: Mike Leveille, Syracuse | ||||||
| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name | School | Dist. | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Paul Amess (Golf) | Temple | II | Sr. | Stevenage, England | 3.90 | Finance |
| Tim Balise (Lacrosse) | Massachusetts-Amherst | I | Jr. | Wilbraham, Mass. | 4.00 | Psychology |
| Jake Bateman (Gymnastics) | Ohio State | IV | Jr. | Kingsport, Tenn. | 3.80 | Biology |
| Luther Clement (Fencing) | St. John's (NY) | I | Sr. | Lawrence, Kan. | 3.63 | English |
| Jonas Enander Hedin (Golf) | Charlotte | III | Sr. | Taby, Sweden | 3.75 | Business Management |
| Eddie Erazo (Swimming) | UC-Irvine | VIII | Sr. | San Diego, Calif. | 3.94 | Psychology & Social Behavior |
| Benedikt Fischer (Tennis) | Memphis | IV | Jr. | Dusseldorf, Germany | 4.00 | International Business |
| #Geoff Handsfield (Swimming) | East Carolina | III | Sr. | Morehead City, N.C. | 3.97 | Physics |
| Max Lipsitz (Volleyball) | Penn State | II | So. | Williamsville, N.Y. | 3.51 | Finance |
| Matt McGinnis (Swimming) | Texas | VI | Sr. | Raleigh, N.C. | 3.73 | Radio-Television-Film |
| Wynn Michalak (Wrestling) | Central Michigan | IV | Sr. | Caro, Mich. | 3.81 | Mathematics & Phys. Ed. |
| Justin Orr (Volleyball) | Ball State | V | Sr. | Gladstone, Mo. | 4.00 | Biology & Pre-Dental |
| Jordan Pearce (Ice Hockey) | Notre Dame | V | Jr. | Anchorage, Alaska | 3.80 | Anthropology, Pre-Med |
| +Paul Rabil (Lacrosse) | Johns Hopkins | II | Sr. | Gaithersburg, Md. | 3.49 | Political Science |
| +Ben Rubeor (Lacrosse) | Virginia | III | Sr. | Towson, Md. | 3.56 | English |
| Landis Stankievech (Ice Hockey) | Princeton | II | Sr. | Trochu, Alberta | 3.97 | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
| THIRD TEAM |
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| Name | School | Dist. | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Mark Anderson (Ice Hockey) | Colgate | I | Jr. | Hastings, Neb. | 3.81 | Cellular Neuroscience |
| Barden Berry (Golf) | North Carolina | III | Sr. | Kinston, N.C. | 3.88 | Psychology |
| Arnau Brugues (Tennis) | Tulsa | VI | Jr. | Barcelona, Spain | 3.69 | Exercise Sports Science |
| Nick Delic (Swimming) | West Virginia | II | Sr. | Split, Croatia | 3.62 | Finance |
| Don Ellison (Swimming) | Eastern Michigan | IV | Jr. | King City, Ontario | 3.98 | Physics |
| Andrew Hickey (Rifle) | Nevada | VIII | Jr. | Sutter, Calif. | 3.97 | Biology |
| Joseph Kapurch (Swimming) | Georgia | III | Sr. | Dale City, Va. | 3.97 | Cellular Biology |
| Patrick Kelley (Golf) | IPFW | V | Jr. | Fort Wayne, Ind. | 4.00 | Accounting |
| Andrew Long (Swimming) | Northwestern | V | Jr. | Aurora, Ill. | 3.97 | Mech. & Manufacturing & Design Eng. |
| Todd Obergoenner (Golf) | Southern Illinois | V | Jr. | Cape Girardeau, Mo. | 4.00 | University Studies |
| Vladimir Paunic (Tennis) | Southeastern Louisiana | VI | Sr. | Novi Sad, Serbia | 4.00 | Finance |
| Max Quinzani (Lacrosse) | Duke | III | So. | Duxbury, Mass. | 3.62 | Undeclared |
| Tyler Ruegsegger (Ice Hockey) | Denver | VII | So. | Lakewood, Colo. | 3.98 | Business |
| Evgeny Samoylov (Tennis) | Bradley | V | Sr. | Velikiy Novgorod, Russia | 4.00 | Accounting |
| Bojan Szumanski (Tennis) | Texas Tech | VI | Sr. | Opole, Poland | 3.92 | Personal Financial Planning |
| Matthias Wellermann (Tennis) | Mississippi | VI | Sr. | Lingen, Germany | 3.93 | Business |
| Jonathan Winder (Volleyball) | Pepperdine | VIII | Sr. | Irvine, Calif. | 3.36 | Advertising |
| * - 2007 Academic All-America First Team ! - 2006 Academic All-America First Team | ||||||
| # - 2007 Academic All-America Second Team ^ - 2006 Academic All-America Second Team | ||||||
| + - 2007 Academic All-America Third Team % - 2006 Academic All-America Third Team | ||||||
