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UB athletes earn academic honors
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams were named Academic All-American Teams for the 2004 spring semester, as announced by the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).
The men's team, under the direction of head coach Budd Termin, was one of just 49 Division I men's programs to receive the national recognition. The Bulls attained a team grade-point average of 2.95 during the spring semester, tying for 27th on the list with the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The UB women's team, under the direction of head coach Dorsi Raynolds, was one of 74 Division I women's programs to earn the national recognition. With a 3.23 team GPA during the spring semester, the Bulls tied for 39th on the list with Southern Illinois and Northwestern.
Katrin Fischer and Kristen Ortman of the women's tennis team and Josh Liederman of the men's tennis team were named Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athletes.
In addition, the UB women's tennis team was named an ITA All-Academic Team.
Fischer sports a 3.77 GPA, while Ortman has a 3.52 GPA. The women's tennis team has a 3.26 team GPA and was one of only three Mid-American Conference schools—the others being Ball State and Marshall—to earn the distinction.
Liederman is an economics major with a 3.77 GPA. This is the second year in a row that Liederman has earned the distinction.
Crew team adds two assistant coaches
Crew head coach Rudy Wieler announced two additions to his coaching staff last week. Aina Williams and Elizabeth Ostermeier have joined the Bulls as assistant coaches in time for the 2004-05 season.
Williams comes to UB from Willamette University in Salem, Ore., where she was the men's rowing coach and sports information director. She led the Bearcats to a third-place overall finish at the Northwest Conference Championships this year.
Prior to her time at Willamette, Williams spent a year as an assistant women's crew coach at Rutgers, where her team won the Big East Regatta.
Williams began her collegiate coaching career at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.
Ostermeier comes to UB from Augusta, Ga., where she has been training with former national team sculling coach Igor Grinko in an effort to make the United States National Sculling Team.
While at the Augusta Training Center, Ostermeier won a gold medal in the Elite Women's Quad at the U.S. Rowing Nationals in 2002, and a silver medal in the same event in 2003.
Ostermeier's coaching career started at George Mason University, where she served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in 1999-2000.
She also was an assistant boy's rowing coach at Robinson High School, helping her squad finish fourth overall in the state.
From 2000-02, Ostermeier served as an assistant women's rowing coach at Division II Barry University. Last year, she served as the Augusta Masters coach in Georgia.