Duck tennis players

get academic praise
Six Oregon tennis players were honored by the Pacific-10 Conference on Friday for their academic efforts this year.
Juniors Sven Swinnen and Manuel Kost were named to the second team to pace the Oregon men. Swinnen earned a 3.36 grade point average in pre-business administration, and Kost was named to the team because of a 3.40 in business administration.
Four women were named. Juniors Ester Bak and Daria Panova also were named to the second team. Bak is an accounting major and earned a 3.57 GPA, while Panova, an economics major, carried a 3.38.
Sophomore Anna Leksinska and senior Courtney Nagle earned Pac-10 honorable mention praise.

Oregon golfers earn five
The Oregon golfers weren’t far behind their tennis counterparts on Friday, taking home five Pac-10 academic honors.
Sweden native Therese Wenslow placed as one of six members on the Pac-10’s first-team all-academic. Wenslow, who took home a CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII At-Large second team nomination on Thursday, earned a 4.02 GPA — the highest among players on the first two teams — in business administration.
Senior Katie Cunningham, junior Jamie Seefried and sophomore Michelle Timpani all earned honorable mention honors. Seefried’s mention marks the third season in a row that the Spokane, Wash., native has earned an honorable mention bid.
California senior Sarah Huarte, who won the national championship last week, was named to the honorable mention squad.
Redshirt freshman Dustin Pewarchuk was the lone nominee for the men, taking a second-team mention after posting a 3.77 GPA in pre-business administration.
To be eligible for a Pac-10 academic award, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.0 GPA and be a starter or significant contributor.

— Hank Hager