BUFFALO, NY - Four University at Buffalo student-athletes were named to the women's outdoor track and field Academic All-Mid-American Conference team, the league announced today in Cleveland. Voting was conducted by the MAC's faculty athletic representatives.

A total of 31 student-athletes were named to the Academic All-MAC women's team. The number of honorees is set for the specific sport or 33 percent of the number of nominees, whichever is greater.

Named to the team were Jennie Donofrio (Pittsford, NY/Penfield), Jen Jezorski (Elmira, NY/Elmira Southside), Jenny Koeppel (Amherst, NY/Amherst), and Faith Thompson (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls). Jezorski, Koeppel and Thompson were also named to the Academic All-MAC indoor squad announced in March.

Jennie Donofrio

Donofrio, a junior exercise science major with a 3.980 grade point average, set her top 5,000-meter run mark of 18:07.86 at Gina Relays on April 30. She also set the top 10,000-meter run mark of 38:27.80 at the Bucknell Bison Open on April 16. Donofrio also won the 5,000-meters at the UB Open on April 23 in 18:24.08. Additionally, she earned other academic honors as a UB Scholar-Athlete, MAC Commissioner's Award and MAC Presidential Award recipient.

Jen Jezorski

Jezorski, a junior speech and hearing sciences major with a 3.610 grade point average, completed her season as UB's top performer in the 800- and 1,500-meters. She won the 800-meters at the UB Open (2:11.74) and UNCW Seahawk Invitational (2:14.03) and finished second in the 1,500-meters at the Gina Relays (4:29.27). Jezorski also ran the opening leg of UB's record-setting 4x1,500-meter relay and anchored the sprint medley relay at the Raleigh Relays on March 26. During the year, Jezorski was also named as a UB Scholar-Athlete and earned the MAC Commissioner's Award.

Jenny Koeppel

Koeppel, a senior mathematics major with a 3.637 grade point average, set the school record in the 10,000-meter run with her 35:32.65 clocking at the Mt. SAC Relays, against some of the country's best competition. At the MAC Championships last weekend, Koeppel finished fourth in the 10,000-meters in 35:50.65 and added a fifth-place finish in the 5,000-meters in 17:15.55. A UB Scholar-Athlete and MAC Commissioner's Award recipient in 2004-05, Koeppel was also named UB's Female Student-Athlete of the Year for her cross country accomplishments.

Faith Thompson

Thompson, who graduated with a degree in psychology with a 3.973 grade point average and is currently pursuing a master's degree in school counseling, returned to the team after redshirting the 2003-04 season. In the 2005 outdoor season, she won the league's hammer throw title with her record-setting toss of 198-10 (60.60m) to break her own UB, MAC and Ohio track records and earn First Team All-MAC honors on the field. Thompson also placed third in the shot put at 50-5.50 (15.38m) at the MAC meet. Thompson has now won the hammer throw in seven of UB's eight meets this season. A two-time MAC Field Athlete of the Week and five-time MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week, Thompson has qualified for the NCAA East Regional Championships in the hammer and shot put. She also set the UB shot put record at the Bucknell Bison Open on April 16 with a throw of 50-9.25 (15.47m).

Academic All-MAC honorees must be sophomores or higher, carry a cumulative GPA of at least 3.2 and participate in 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport to be eligible for the yearly honor. First-year athletes and junior college transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award.