Becca Kueny

University of Missouri-Rolla senior Becca Kueny, a two-time conference champion in the javelin throw, is now a two-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America selection.

Kueny was named to the team that was released today as a first team selection for the 2006-07 season. The award comes on the heels of a second straight appearance at the NCAA Division II Championships where she finished ninth in the javelin, the event in which she repeated as the Great Lakes Valley Conference champion just a month earlier.

A ceramic engineering major who was also the recipient of the women's Gale Bullman Award following the 2006-07 athletic season, Kueny earned All-America honors in the javelin in 2006 after posting the second-best throw in the event in school history of 148-6.

In addition, Kueny placed seventh in the discus throw at the conference meet this season to help lead the Lady Miners to a fourth place finish in the meet. She is also a member of the GLVC All-Academic team for the 2006-07 season and has earned four academic all-district awards, two in track and field and two more as a member of the women's basketball team.

Kueny is the fifth UMR student-athlete to earn ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors during the 2006-07 school year. She joins Dan Gravlin (men's soccer), Kandi Wieberg (women's soccer), Bill Gaul and Andy Shelley (swimming) as recipients of the award. UMR has had 47 Academic All-America awards given to its student-athletes throughout its history including 24 since 2000, the fifth-highest total among NCAA Division II institutions.