PRINCETON, N.J. – The Ivy League released its list of student-athletes selected for All-Ivy Academic honors in winter sports today. The 80 men and women were starters or key reserves on an officially recognized varsity team with 3.0 or better cumulative grade point averages.
Each institution nominated five men and women from its eligible student-athletes and the list of Cornell's athletes can be found below.
Jeff Foote
(Sr., Men's Basketball, Applied Economics and Management, Lookwood, N.Y.)
Foote was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy League pick and garnered the league's Defensive Player of the Year honor for the second straight year. The conference's leading field goal percentage shooter (.625) and rebounder (8.1) also ranked second in blocked shots (1.9).
Jon Fife
(Sr., Men's Tennis, Economics, Scarsdale, N.Y.)
Since the start of the spring season, Fife has posted an 18-4 record in singles, primarily at the No. 4 spot, while going 2-1 in the Ivy League. Fife has also gone 2-1 in the conference in doubles.
Colin Greening
(Sr., Men's Ice Hockey, Applied Economics and Management, St. John's, Newfoundland)
Greening was named first-team All-Ivy League and second-team All-ECAC Hockey after leading the Big Red to the ECAC Hockey tournament title and a berth in the NCAA tournament. He was also the ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year and is a finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, which will be presented on Thursday in Detroit, Mich.
Rebecca Hirschfeld
(So., Fencing, Undeclared, New York, N.Y.)
One of the Big Red's most consistent fencers throughout the season, Hirschfeld earned a second-team All-Ivy selection after finishing the 2010 Ivy League Fencing Championship with an individual record of 13-5 in women's foil.
Justin Kerber
(Jr., Wrestling, Applied Economics and Management, Emmetsburg, Iowa)
Justin Kerber finished the regular season with an 18-9 record and qualified for the NCAA tournament at the 165-pound weight class. The junior placed third at the EIWA tournament to earn the automatic bid. He is a two time first-team All-Ivy honoree.
Amanda Mazzotta
(So., Women's Ice Hockey, Human Development, London, Ontario)
Mazzotta backstopped the Big Red to its most successful season in program history, finishing as the national runner-up in a thrilling triple-overtime loss to Minnesota-Duluth. She was named to the all-tournament team for the NCAA tournament after setting a championship game record (61 saves) and a tournament record (123 saves) in Cornell's historic run. She was also named first-team All-Ivy League and third-team All-ECAC Hockey on the year.
Virginia McMunigal
(Sr., Women's Basketball, Economics, Philadelphia, Pa.)
A two-year starter, McMunigal leaves Cornell ranked first overall in career 3-point field goal percentage (.392) and fourth overall in career 3-pointers made (121). She capped her senior season with a selection to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District second team.
Maddie Pearsall
(Jr., Gymnastics, Engineering, LaGrange, Ill.)
Pearsall placed third overall on the floor exercise as she held Cornell capture its third straight Ivy Classic title.
Duane Teixeira
(Sr., Melrose, Mass.)
Teixeira was named the most valuable performer of the meet as the Big Red men took second at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships. He won a pair of events, claiming victories in the long jump and triple jump, posting the top four marks in both events, including the best long jump mark in 20 years.
Elizabeth Wisner (Jr., Women's Polo, Applied Economics and Management, Upperco, Md.)
Wisner was selected Northeast Regional MVP in leading the Big Red to the No. 1 seed in next weekend's national championship tournament.
