Gator Swimmer Clark Burckle Earns ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America? Third-Team Honors
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 | Men's Swimming & Diving
University of Florida rising senior and nine-time All-American swimmer Clark Burckle (Louisville, Ky.) earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Third-Team honors, announced Wednesday by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Burckle joins six other Gators to earn Academic All-America honors during the 2008-09 academic year. Florida's seven Academic All-America selections in 2008-09 are second only to the nine that received Academic All-America honors during the 1995-96 season.
A 2008-09 CoSIDA Academic All-District III Men's At-Large First-Team honoree, Burckle advanced to the national ballot after posting a 3.56 cumulative GPA as a Food and Resource Economics major at Florida.
A two-time SEC Champion and 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier, Burckle will represent the United States at the World University Games when 26 of the nation's best swimmers head to Belgrade, Serbia, July 5-11, 2009, to compete in the swimming portion of the Games that extend from July 1-12, 2009. At the 2008 U.S. Open, Burckle walked away with two silver medals and recorded three career-best swims, resulting in his invitation to the WUG roster.
In addition to Burckle's Academic All-American accolades, junior Lady Gator swimmer and five-time NCAA backstroke champion Gemma Spofforth (West Sussex, England) also represented the UF swimming and Diving program in both the pool and classroom after earning ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III Women's At-Large Second-Team honors. Spofforth was the first Florida female honored since 2005 when former Gator Vipa Bernhardt earned Academic All-District accolades.
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.
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Third Team
University Division
(Name, School, Class, Hometown, GPA, Major)
Shane Kwaterski, WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Sr., Bailey's Harbor, Wis., 4.0, Marketing
Andy Lamson, WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, So., Colchester, Vt., 4.0, Business and Economics
Jason Dunford, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sr.Nairobi, Kenya, 3.74, Human Biology
Peter Malnati, MISSOURI, UNIVERSITY OF (Mizzou), Sr., Dandridge, Tenn., 4.0, Journalism
Benjamin Evenden, MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY, Sr.Cresco, Pa., 3.99, Business Finance
Chip Peterson, NORTH CAROLINA, UNIVERSITY OF, Jr., Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., 3.85, Biology
Peter Truszkowski, DUKE UNIVERSITY, Sr., Northfield, Ill., 3.74, Biology
Evgeny Samoylov, BRADLEY UNIVERSITY, Sr., Velikiy Novgorod, Russia, 4.00, Accounting
Tor-Hakon Hellebostad, NEW MEXICO, UNIVERSITY OF, Jr.Nesoddtangen, Norway, 3.98, University Studies
Markus Leandersson, EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, Sr., Hvalstad, Norway, 4.00, Finance
Clark Burckle, FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF, Jr., Louisville, Ky., 3.56, Food & Resource Economics
Patrick Kelley, IPFW, Sr., Fort Wayne, Ind., 4.00, Accounting
Nathan Durham, U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, Sr., Greensboro, N.C., 3.74, Ocean Engineering
Mike Phillipich, U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Sr., Lansing, Mich., 3.77, Systems Engineering Management
Bill Jones, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sr., Fremont, Mich., 3.65, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Chay Genoway, NORTH DAKOTA, UNIVERSITY OF, Jr., .Morden, Manitoba, 3.64, Management
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III Women's At-Large Second Team
(Name, School, Class, Hometown, GPA, Major)
Marrit Boonstra, FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF, Jr., Groningen, The Netherlands, 3.43, Economics
Aileen Davis, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, Jr., Edinburgh, Scotland, 3.69, French
Sara Smith, VIRGINIA TECH, Sr., McGaheysville, Va., 3.81, Biology
Gemma Spofforth, FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF, Jr., West Sussex, England, 3.46, Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Reka Zsilinszka, DUKE UNIVERSITY, So., Fayetteville, N.C., 3.76, History
Karine Bolme, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, Jr., Oslo, Norway, 4.00, International Business/Marketing
Mary Kate Bowman, APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Sr.Winston-Salem, N.C., 3.96, Music Education
Sofia Aidemark, NORTH CAROLINA-GREENSBORO, UNIVERSITY OF, Jr., Laholm, Sweden, 3.92, Communication Studies
Amanda McDowell, GEORGIA TECH, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., 3.59, International Affairs
Bianca Eickhorn, MIAMI, UNIVERSITY OF, So., Tengen, Germany, 3.83, International Finance & Marketing
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