The Nebraska swimming and diving team placed 14 members on the Academic All-Big 12 teams on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Two Huskers, Kelsey Ida and Julie Giehl, received perfect 4.0 GPAs, two of 15 women's swimmers and divers in the Big 12 to do so.

12 Huskers were named to the First-Team, including seniors Courtney Jolly (4th First-Team nomination), Jenna Stroud (1st First-Team nomination, 2nd overall), Jenny Toler (4th First-Team nomination) and Christina Yemm (3rd First-Team nomination). Juniors Kaitlin Arntz, Kelsey Ida and Sarah Ziegelmann each earned their second straight nomination to the First-Team.

Among those earning their first Academic All-Big 12 nomination were Jess Andrews, Emily Burbach, Julie Giehl, Kelsey Grushecky and Meredith Matthies, all sophomores. Senior C.J. Bray and junior Colleen Criss earned Second-Team nominations.

To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of her team’s scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.

The Huskers are getting set to begin competition at the Big 12 Championships in Columbia, Mo., from Wednesday to Saturday. Check back with Huskers.com to get recaps on all seven sessions of the event.

Academic All-Big 12
First Team

• Jess Andrews (So. - Undeclared)

• Kaitlin Arntz (Jr. - Advertising)

• Emily Burbach (So. - Animal Science)

• Julie Giehl* (So. - Finance)

• Kelsey Grushecky (So. - Biological Sciences)

• Kelsey Ida* (Jr. - International Studies, History, Philosophy)

• Courtney Jolly (Sr. - Animal Science)

• Meredith Matthies (So. - Business Administration)

• Jenna Stroud (Sr. - Communication Studies)

• Jenny Toler (Sr. - Art History and Criticism)

• Christina Yemm (Sr. - Nutrition, Exercise & Health Science)

• Sarah Ziegelmann (Jr. - Marketing)

Second Team

• C.J. Bray (Sr. - Nutrition, Exercise & Health Science)

• Colleen Criss (Jr. - Speech-Language Pathology)