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Three-time NCC selection Jason Rhoten highlights the 13-member 2007-2008 North Central Conference Men's All-Academic At-Large team announced today. Three other team members, North Dakota's John Fitzgerald, St. Cloud State's Kevin Luckens and Minnesota State's Marty Wahle, have been named to the team for the second time. The team was selected by a vote of the league's sports information directors.

The team is derived from the conference's golf, tennis, wrestling and swimming & diving teams.

The select group has a combined grade point average of 3.64.

Here is the 2007-2008 Academic All-North Central Conference Men's At-Large Team:

2007-08 Academic All-North Central Conference Men's At-Large Team 

Name	School	Sport	Yr.	GPA	Major	Hometown
Paul Barduson	Augustana	Golf	So.	3.49	Ex. Sci./Fitness Man.	Pipestone, Minn.
John Degenstein	North Dakota	Swimming	Jr.	3.72	Chemical Engineering	The Woodlands, Texas
Mitch Dickison	St. Cloud State	Swimming	Jr.	3.81	Criminal Justice	Faribault, Minn.
John Fitzgerald*	North Dakota	Swimming	Jr.	3.91	Communications	Maplewood, Minn.
Sean Fitzgerald	St. Cloud State	Swimming	Sr.	3.52	Comm. Arts/Literature	Marshalltown, Iowa
Cody Garcia	Nebraska-Omaha	Wrestling	So.	3.37	Exercise Science	Hutchinson, Kan.
Westy Hanson	St. Cloud State	Wrestling	So.	3.70	Biomedical Science	Crookston, Minn.
Jon Herzog	Minnesota State	Golf	Jr.	3.74	Marketing	New Ulm, Minn.
Kevin Lukens*	St. Cloud State	Tennis	Sr.	3.48	Criminal Jus./Rec. Sport Man.	Wahpeton, N.D.
Jason Rhoten^	Minnesota State	Wrestling	Sr.	3.33	Biology/Ecology	Kasson, Minn.
Travis Ross	St. Cloud State	Golf	So.	3.91	Finance	Crookston, Minn.
Jerad Suess	North Dakota	Golf	Sr.	4.00	Accounting	Williston, N.D.
Marty Wahle*	Minnesota State	Swimming	Jr.	3.38	Elementary Education	Fort Collins, Colo.

* - Two-time selection, ^ - Three-time selection

Class Breakdown: Senior (4), Junior (5), Sophomore (4).

Team Breakdown: Augustana (1), Minnesota State (3), Nebraska-Omaha (1), North Dakota (3), St. Cloud State (5).