Juno Earns First-team Academic All-District Selection

     UW-Stevens Point senior track and field athlete Leah Juno has been selected to the Verizon Academic All-District first team for women's spring at-large sports.

     Juno, a Brillion native, was also a first-team All-District selection in the fall for cross country and earned third-team Academic All-American honors. She is now eligible for Academic All-American honors in the spring.

     Juno is a two-time NCAA Division III champion, having won the 800 meters at the 2001 indoor championships and at the 2000 outdoor championships. She will compete for her third individual title in the event this weekend at the national championships in Decatur, Ill. Juno has posted the top times in Division III this season in both the 800 meters and 1,500 meters.

     She was named the Division III Midwest Region indoor Athlete of the Year and won Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference outdoor titles in the 800 meters and 4x400 relay. She also won the WIAC indoor 1,500 meters title this season.

     Juno carries a 3.86 grade point average in Computer Information Systems and Mathematics. She was one of four WIAC athletes named to the team, which includes the top 10 female athletes from all spring sports besides softball. It includes all Division II, Division III and NAIA athletes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Indiana in track and field, golf, tennis and lacrosse.

     All 10 athletes on the first team had at least a 3.84 GPA and four members of the second team had perfect 4.0 GPA's. Other WIAC athletes on the first team were UW-Oshkosh tennis player Jenny Pekulik and UW-La Crosse track and field athletes Tina Basten and Ellen Findlay.

UW-Stevens Point Finishes Second in WIAC Men's All-Sports Standings

     With titles in men's basketball and men's swimming and diving, UW-Stevens Point placed second in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's all-sports standings for the 2000-01 school year. The Pointers totaled 48 points to finish just one-half point behind UW-La Crosse for the award. UW-Stevens Point had won the award the past four years.

     UW-Stevens Point also finished fourth in the women's standings with titles in soccer, swimming and diving and softball. The Pointers had 59 points, while UW-Oshkosh won the women's award with 64.5 points.

     The Pointers were third in the conference's overall standings, finishing with 107 total points. UW-La Crosse won the award with 111 points and UW-Oshkosh was second with 108 points. UW-Stevens Point won the combined award in 1999-2000.

     Pointers are awarded according to final conference standings in each sport on a 9-8-7, etc., basis, or 8-7-6, etc., depending on how many schools compete in the sport.

Bielmeier, McCann Selected to Baseball All-Tournament Team

     UW-Stevens Point seniors Troy Bielmeier and Pat McCann were named to the NCAA Division III All-Oshkosh Regional Tournament team for their performances last weekend.

     Bielmeier, a pitcher from Wautoma, threw 7 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the victory in the Pointers' first round 3-1 triumph over Ripon. Bielmeier struck out six and walked one, while allowing six hits in the victory.

     McCann, a shortstop from Antigo, went three-for-four and scored two of the Pointers' three runs in the win over Ripon. He finished the weekend four-for-nine, reaching base in six of 12 plate appearances. McCann also had 16 fielding plays at shortstop without an error in the tournament.

     The Pointers lost to St. Thomas 5-1 and Ripon 2-0 to finish 30-14 overall. It was the team's fourth Division III tournament appearance in five years.