Kansas Men's Basketball Lands Three on Academic All-Big 12 Team

March 2, 2005

DALLAS –

DALLAS – Kansas seniors Aaron Miles and Michael Lee and junior Christian Moody were named to the 2005 Men’s Basketball Academic All-Big 12 team, the league announced Wednesday.

Miles and Moody were among the 12-member first team selections, which requirements include maintaining a 3.2 grade point average or better either the last two semesters or cumulative and participating in 60 percent of this year’s games. Lee was a second-team selection for maintaining a GPA between 3.0 and 3.2.

Moody and Miles are repeat honorees from last season. Lee is on the squad for the first time in his career. This marks the second straight year and sixth time in the nine-year history of the Big 12 that KU has had three or more student-athletes named to the men’s basketball academic all-conference team.

2005 Men’s Basketball Academic All-Big 12 Team

First Team (3.20-plus grade point average; *indicates 4.00 GPA)
Name, School (Class, Major, Hometown)
Aaron Miles, Kansas (Sr., Communication Studies, Portland, Ore.)
Christian Moody, Kansas (Jr., Pre-Medicine, Asheville, N.C.)
Jimmy McKinney, Missouri (Jr., General Studies, St. Louis, Mo.)
Jason Dourisseau, Nebraska (Jr., Communication Studies, Omaha, Neb.)
Jake Muhleisen, Nebraska (Sr., Finance, Lincoln, Neb.)
*Bronsen Schliep, Nebraska (Jr., Business Administration, Fairfield, Neb.)
John Turek, Nebraska (Sr., Marketing, Council Bluffs, Iowa)
Tony Wilbrand, Nebraska (Jr., Computer Science, Alliance, Neb.)
Kevin Bookout, Oklahoma (Jr., Human Relations, Stroud, Okla.)
Terrence Crawford, Oklahoma State (Sr., Economics, Oklahoma City, Okla.)
David Monds, Oklahoma State (So., Undeclared, Macon, Ga.)
Chris Walker, Texas A&M (Jr., Computer Science, Dallas, Texas)

Second Team (3.00 to 3.19 GPA)
Name, School (Class, Major, Hometown)
Brien Mattingly, Colorado (Sr., Political Science, Pueblo, Colo.)
Scott Senger, Colorado (Sr., Finance, Louisville, Colo.)
Michael Lee, Kansas (Sr., Sociology, Portland, Ore.)
Stephen Graham, Oklahoma State (Sr., Aviation Sciences/Prof. Pilot, Brandon, Fla.)
Frans Steyn, Oklahoma State (Jr., Finance, Pretoria, South Africa)