Each week, the McNamara Academic Center for Student-Athletes (MAC) will recognize one University of Minnesota student-athlete for his or her academic achievements. The winner of the McNamara Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending on October 30th is Hailey Cowles, from the women’s volleyball team.

Associate Head Coach Scott Swanson remarks on how great of an honor this is for Hailey as well as the gopher volleyball team.

Each week, the McNamara Academic Center for Student-Athletes (MAC) will recognize one University of Minnesota student-athlete for his or her academic achievements. The winner of the McNamara Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending on October 16th is Ben Pisani, from the men’s golf team.

Dr. Susanne Jones, Associate Professor in the Communications Studies Department, and supervisor of Ben’s senior paper describes his hard work and dedication in the classroom.

University of Minnesota swimmer Stacy Busack (Fergus Falls, Minn.) participated in the NCAA's Student-Athlete Development Coaches Forum, last week at the Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fl.

The first year of this forum, just 45 student-athletes participated in the two-day event, May 27-28. The objective of the forum is to provide a three-phase coaching development opportunity to students interested in becoming coaches in the sport of bowling, soccer, swimming & diving or wrestling after graduating from college.

Last Wednesday, Busack arrived in Florida as the NCAA held a welcome dinner in which NCAA member Curtis Holloman spoke to the group. Thursday was the most extensive day in which the student-athletes were involved in the forum for 13-straight hours. In that time, Busack and the rest of the student-athletes learned all facets of coaching, including recruiting, fundraising, marketing, crisis management (Stacy's favorite topic) and the business side of the profession.

Each week, the McNamara Academic Center for Student-Athletes (MAC) will recognize one University of Minnesota student-athlete for his or her academic achievements. For the first time, six students will be honored collectively. The winners for the week ending May 1st, 2009 are Colleen Conway, Katie Dalen, Briana Hassett, Lauren Pockl, Shannon Stemper and Bethany Wolvington from the softball team.

Here is the schedule for exam review sessions starting Saturday, May 9. (click "read more" to see the schedule).

Each week, the McNamara Academic Center for Student-Athletes (MAC) will recognize one University of Minnesota student-athlete for his or her academic achievements. The winner of the McNamara Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending April 24th is Brian Peterson from the wrestling team.

Head wrestling coach J Robinson is pleased to see Brian’s hard work be recognized.

“Brian brings all the right things to his approach on his academics. He shows attention to detail, hard work and the ability to understand that what he is investing today will have great dividends later on in his life,” Robinson said. “I am continually amazed at the extra time Brian devotes to his studies to ensure that he is successful academically. He is one of the hardest workers on the team.”

Each week, the McNamara Academic Center for Student-Athletes (MAC) will recognize one University of Minnesota student-athlete for his or her academic achievements. The winner of the McNamara Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending April 17th is David Haley from the men’s golf team.

Associate head coach Andrew Tank is glad to see Haley earn recognition for his academics.

“David is a hard worker and deserving of this honor,” Tank said. “We are proud of his accomplishments in the classroom.”

Academic Counselor Chelsie Schafer has been pleased to see David have great success during his freshmen year.

Each week, the McNamara Academic Center for Student-Athletes (MAC) will recognize one University of Minnesota student-athlete for his or her academic achievements. The winner of the McNamara Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending April 10th is Jake Annear from the men’s tennis team.

Men’s tennis coach Geoff Young has noticed the time and effort that Annear has put into his academics this semester.

“Jake has been the most academically improved student on team this semester,” Young said. “He has done a good job in all of his classes and he has really shown his dedication to academics.”