Juno Earns Second Verizon Academic All-American Award

     For the second time during the 2000-01 school year, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point senior Leah Juno has been selected as a Verizon Academic All-American. Juno was most recently honored as a second-team selection in track and field after garnering third-team honors in cross country last fall.

     The squad includes all NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA athletes in spring sports besides softball. Sports included are women's track and field, lacrosse, tennis and golf. Each team includes 15 student-athletes.

     A Brillion native, Juno holds a 3.86 grade point average with a double major in Computer Information Systems and Mathematics. Of the 45 student-athletes honored, 35 had over a 3.90 GPA. There were 14 athletes with perfect 4.0 GPA's.

     Juno's second selection gives UW-Stevens Point four Academic All-Americans this season and 10 in the past two years. Soccer players Marie Muhvic and Margaret Domka were both honored last fall.

     UW-Stevens Point had three Academic All-American selections in its history before 1999-2000. Juno joins Dan Schwamberger, who was honored in both cross country and track and field last season, as the only two-time Academic All-Americans in UW-Stevens Point history.

     Juno is a three-time NCAA Division III champion in the 800 meters, winning outdoor titles in 2000 and 2001 to become the first Pointer female to win back-to-back titles in the same event. She also won the indoor national championship in 2001 and led the Pointers to their highest-ever national finish at fourth place.

     Juno also has won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference outdoor 800 meters titles the past two seasons and won the indoor 1,500 meter championship this season.

     Juno was a team captain in both track and field and cross country, while also serving as Vice President of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. She helped coordinate the group's community clean-up activities and the university's community athletic carnival. Juno graduated in May and is now employed at Kimberly-Clark Corporation.