Montana State Student-Athletes Earn ESPN The Magazine All District Academic Honors
5/21/2010 9:21:45 AM | General, Men's Skiing, Men's Tennis
Montana State All America skier Tyler Reinking and tennis standout Esteban Ferrero each garnered ESPN The Magazine All District VII At-Large Academic honors, as voted and announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Montana State All America skier Tyler Reinking and tennis standout Esteban Ferrero each garnered ESPN The Magazine All District VII At-Large Academic honors, as voted and announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Reinking (Silverthorne, CO) earned Second Team All-America accolades by placing 6th overall at the 2010 NCAA Skiing Championships in the Nordic Freestyle event. He was a member of the Bobcat ski team that placed 8th at the NCAA Championship. In addition, he helped guide the MSU Nordic squad to a third place finish at the NCAAs, including winning the men's freestyle event. On the season, Reinking had four top ten finishes, including a 6th place showing in the freestyle at the Utah Invite. Reinking has a 3.97 grade-point average in university studies.
Ferrero (Manizales, Colombia) finished 2010 with a 9-14 overall mark as Montana State's No. 4 singles player. He also posted a 9-13 doubles record. For his efforts, he earned Second Team All-Big Sky honors. Ferrero was also a First Team 2009 Arthur Ashe Jr. All-Scholar and a four-time Academic All-Big Sky selection. Off the court, he was involved in a Bozeman Cancer Support Center fund-raiser that raised over $10,000. Ferrero has a 3.95 cumulative grade-point average in anthropology.
The at-large academic category consists of teams in women's bowling; women's crew; men's and women's fencing; women's field hockey; men's and women's golf; men's and women's gymnastics; men's and women's ice hockey; men's and women's lacrosse; men's and women's rifle; men's and women's skiing; men's and women's swimming; men's and women's tennis; men's volleyball; men's and women's water polo; and men's wrestling.
Both Reinking and Ferrero are eligible for Academic All America honors, which will be selected the second week of June.
