May 22, 2001
STAMFORD, Conn. - Stanford University junior men's tennis player K.J. Hippensteel (Roanoke, VA/International Academy) has been selected to the 2001 Verizon Academic All-District 8 Spring At-Large First Team. In addition, Cardinal sophomore men's tennis player David Martin (Key Biscayne, FL/Boca Raton Prep) was named to the Second Team.
The team is selected by voting among members of the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America in the district. Each member of the team will now represent the district - which is comprised of schools in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and British Columbia - on the Verizon Academic All-America ballot. To be eligible for consideration for the team a student-athlete must carry a GPA of 3.2 or higher, must be in at least his second year of participation at the school and must be an important squad contributor.
Hippensteel, who owns a 3.50 GPA in Human Biology, is currently ranked 15th in the nation in doubles and 18th in singles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The two-time All-American has won both the ITA Regional Singles Championship and Pacific-10 Conference Doubles Championship this season.
Martin, who has a 3.65 GPA and has yet to declare a major, is ranked 14th in the nation in doubles and 53rd in singles. The Second Team All-Pac-10 selection captured two doubles titles this season - the ITA Regional and the Pacific-10 Conference Invitational.
First TeamNameSchoolYearSportGPAMajor
Christian BankenArizonaSr.Track & Field3.805Mgmt. Info. Systems
Charles ClingerWeber StateSr.Track & Field3.65Business Admin./Finance
Eric DudleyWashington StateJr.Track & Field3.95Mechanical Engineering
John HedengrenBrigham YoungSr.Track & Field3.96Chemical Engineering
K.J. HippensteelStanfordJr.Tennis3.50Human Biology
Santiago Lorenzo OregonJr.Track & Field3.72Exercise&Movement Sci.
Clint OlsonPepperdineJr.Volleyball3.975Psychology/Spanish
Andrew ParkSouthern CaliforniaJr.Tennis3.70Biology/Pre-Med
John StieglerOregonSo.Track & Field3.83Mathematics
Nils WiklundNorthern ArizonaSr.Track & Field3.95Civil Engineering
Second Team
NameSchoolYearSportGPAMajor
Joel AlbertsIdahoSo.Track & Field4.00Electrical Engineering
Jason AllredPepperdineJr.Golf3.603Speech Communication
Adrian BarnesCaliforniaSr.Tennis3.82Rhetoric
Kevin Bell Idaho StateSr.Track & Field3.87Accounting
Jeremy Berman WashingtonSr.Tennis3.52Psychology
Fasil Bizuneh Arizona StateSo.Track & Field3.33Chemical Engineering
Tim Gerlach PacificJr.Volleyball3.75Electrial Engineering
David MartinStanfordSo.Tennis3.65Undeclared
C.J. NakayamaFresno StateSr.Track & Field3.80Marketing
Jeff QuinneyArizona StateSr.Golf3.29Finance