Feb. 28, 2007

GREEN BAY, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay sophomore forward Mike Schachtner has been named to the men's basketball ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Third Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He is the third Phoenix player all-time to earn the honor, joining Tom Jones (1974) and Tony Bennett (1991, 1992).

Schachtner joins first-team honoree Stephanie Gross of the women's soccer team as Academic All-America selections from UW-Green Bay this academic year. He was one of just two sophomores to earn the award, joining second-team pick Brett Winkelman of North Dakota State. Butler junior guard A.J. Graves, named to the first team, joins Schachtner as a selection from the Horizon League.

A native of Somerset, Wis., Schachtner became eligible for the honor by being named to the Academic All-District V first team. He was named a second-team All-Horizon League pick earlier this week and ranks second on the Phoenix in scoring at 15.1 points per game. Schachtner leads the team with nine 20-plus point games and two 30-plus point games this season. He currently ranks seventh nationally with a .917 free throw percentage, is third in the Horizon League with a .463 three-point field goal percentage and fifth in the league with a .494 field goal percentage.

Schachtner, who carries a 3.844 grade point average while focusing on general studies, scored a career-high 36 points Dec. 12 against Chicago State, hitting 11 of 15 shots including seven of eight 3-pointers. He also posted 31 points against Cleveland State Jan. 6 to make him the first Phoenix player since Jeff Nordgaard in 1995-96 to post multiple 30-point games in the same season.

In Horizon League games this season, Schachtner led UW-Green Bay with an average of 15.9 points per game and just missed out on setting the single-season league record for free throw percentage in league-only games at .958.

Fourth-seeded UW-Green Bay (17-14) will compete in the second round of the Horizon League tournament at 7 p.m. Central time Friday in Dayton, Ohio, as it faces fifth-seeded Youngstown State.

University Division
Academic All-America First Team
Adam Haluska, Sr., Iowa, 3.5, Finance/Marketing
A.J. Graves, Jr., Butler, 3.39, Mathematics & Actuarial Science
Graham Dow, Sr., Cornell, 3.99, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Lee Humphrey, Sr., Florida, 3.68, Exercise Physiology
Joe Reitz, Jr., Western Michigan, 3.72, Finance

Second Team
Jamaal Tatum, Sr., Southern Illinois, 3.57, Speech Communications
Anthony Tolliver, Sr., Creighton, 3.53, Finance
Justin Hare, Jr., Belmont, 3.85, Exercise Science
Brett Winkelman, So., North Dakota State, 3.81, Industrial Engineering and Management
Jim Goffredo, Sr., Harvard, 3.45, Economics
Jack Leasure, Jr., Coastal Carolina, 3.76, History

Third Team
Mike Schachtner, So., UW-Green Bay, 3.84, General studies
Rodney Stuckey, Jr., Eastern Washington, 3.34 Interdisciplinary studies
Chris Chalko, Gr., Elon, 3.69, Doctor of physical therapy
Matt Lefeld, Sr., Bowling Green, 3.97, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management