North Dakota State Forward Brett Winkelman Named to Academic All-District Team
2/7/2008 6:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
FARGO, N.D.--North Dakota State forward Brett Winkelman was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 7 University Division men's basketball team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America on Thursday, Feb. 7.
Winkelman, a 6-foot-6 junior from Morris, Minn., has a 3.84 cumulative grade-point average in industrial engineering and management with a minor in business administration. He advances to the national ballot for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® team to be announced Wednesday, Feb. 27.
Winkelman was selected last year as the third CoSIDA Academic All-American® in NDSU men's basketball history with a spot on the University Division second team. He leads NDSU with 7.8 rebounds per game and is the Bison's second leading scorer at 19.4 points per game. He ranks 15th on the school's career lists for scoring (1,217) and is also 15th in rebounding (555).
Drake senior Adam Emmenecker, Saint Louis graduate student Luke Meyer, Northern Colorado senior Thanasi Panagiotakopoulos and Kansas senior Sasha Kaun round out the District 7 team.
To be eligible for CoSIDA Academic All-America® honors, student-athletes must have a 3.20 or better cumulative GPA on a 4-point scale, have sophomore athletic standing, and be a starter or key reserve for their team.
2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 7 Men's Basketball Team
University Division
First Team
Brett Winkelman, North Dakota State, 3.84, Industrial Engineering and Management
Luke Meyer, Saint Louis, 3.77 (3.50 graduate), Accounting
Thanasi Panagiotakopoulos, Northern Colorado, 3.78, Business Administration
Sasha Kaun, Kansas, 3.24, Computer Science
