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2012 Academic All-OAC At-Large Teams
Five members of Capital University athletics teams were named to the Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference At-Large teams, the league announced Monday, May 21.
Men's golfers Brian Zenk (Centennial, Colo.) and Mark Williams (Carroll, Ohio), and men's tennis players Tommy Stein (Clyde, Ohio) and John Murray (Bolingbrook, Ill.) were picked to the men's team, while women's golfer Erin Keeth (Greenwood Village, Colo.) earned Academic All-OAC honors on the women's side. All five student-athletes are first time Academic All-OAC selections.
The men's and women's teams consist of student-athletes with at least sophomore academic standing who participated in golf, swimming & diving and tennis during the 2011-12 season. Honorees must have maintained a grade point average of at least 3.25 on a 4.0 scale, and be a starter or key reserve on his or her team. The Academic All-OAC teams are selected by the conference's Faculty Athletic Representatives (FARs).
Zenk and Williams, who are both sophomores, helped the men's golf team to one tournament championship and a third-place finish at the OAC Championships in 2011-12. Zenk placed third at the Kenyon Fall Invitational on Sept. 24-25 to help Capital take home the tournament title. Williams garnered All-OAC accolades after tying for sixth place at the conference meet on April 27-29. Zenk maintains a 3.79 cumulative GPA and is majoring in nursing, while Williams studies organizational communications and carries a 3.71.
Stein, a senior who played primarily No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles, finished with six singles wins, including four in OAC dual matches, and 10 doubles victories, while Murray, a junior at No. 1 singles and doubles, posted seven singles triumphs (four in OAC) and 12 doubles wins (five in OAC) on his way to an honorable mention all-conference campaign. The duo helped the Crusaders reach the OAC Tournament quarterfinals. Stein graduated with a bachelor's in biology/pre-medicine and a 3.91 GPA, while Murray holds a 3.63 and is majoring in nursing.
Keeth was a key contributor for the women's golf team, which tied the all-time program best with a fourth-place finish at the OAC Championships on April 28-29. The junior was named honorable mention All-OAC after finishing tied for 11th with the second-best score in the field on the second day of the meet. Keeth is also a nursing major and possesses a cumulative GPA of 3.89.
