April 16, 2003
BERKELEY -
Sophomore forward Amit Tamir and redshirt-freshman forward Erik Bond have earned spots on the Pac-10 All-Academic men's basketball team.
Tamir, who has a 3.18 GPA, claimed one of five positions on the first unit. He was the only player to be voted to both the All-Pac-10 and first team All-Academic teams this season. Bond, with a 3.29 GPA, was an honorable mention academic choice.
Cal is also the only school in the conference to have at least one first team All-Academic choice each of the last three years. Ryan Forehan-Kelly, Dennis Gates and Morgan Lingle were on the squad in 2001, while Gates repeated his first-team selection in 2002.
To be eligible for the Pac-10 team, student-athletes must have a minimum 3.0 overall GPA.
2003 Pac-10 All-Academic Men's Basketball Team
First team
Justin Allen, ASU Jr 3.46 GPA Justice Studies
Joe Kirchofer, STAN Jr 3.30 GPA Urban Studies
Shawn Redhage, ASU Sr 3.61 GPA Construction Science
Nick Robinson, STAN So 3.37 GPA Political Science
Amit Tamir, CAL So 3.18 GPA Undeclared
Honorable mention
Jay Anderson, ORE Jr 3.10 GPA Pre-business
Erik Bond, CAL R-Fr 3.29 GPA Undeclared
Rob Little, STAN So 3.11 GPA Undeclared
Rory O'Neil, USC So 3.01 GPA Math
