11/26/02

Sixteen Longhorns named to Academic All-Big 12 teams

DALLAS -- Sixteen members of the 10th-ranked Texas Longhorns were named to the 2002 Football Academic All-Big 12 teams, the conference office announced on Tuesday.

Redshirt freshman C Will Allen (undeclared), sophomore OG Trey Bates (communications), senior OT Robbie Doane (corporate communications), sophomore C Jason Glynn (communications), senior DB Brandon Hedgecock (biology), senior WR Richard Hightower (business marketing), junior RB Brett Robin (kinesiology/pre-med), junior DB Tien Van Nguyen (business finance) and senior LB Corey Weideman (economics) were the nine Longhorns selected to the first team. First-team members consist of those student-athletes who have maintained a 3.2 grade-point average or better.

Junior OG Tillman Holloway (business finance), junior DS Cullen Loeffler, senior RB C.J. Martin (business finance), junior LB Stevie Stigall (communications), junior DE Kalen Thornton (business finance), senior WR Michael Ungar (sociology) and senior OL Keith Virdell (kinesiology) each were second-team selections. To be eligible for the second team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00-3.19 GPA.

Doane, Loeffler and Robin each earned academic all-conference honors for the third consecutive season, while Bates, Glynn, Hightower, Holloway, Thornton and Van Nguyen were selected for the second year in a row. Robin was a first-team Verizon Academic All-District VI selection two weeks ago and is on the ballot for the Academic All-America team, while Doane, Glynn and Thornton were second-team All-District VI choices.