Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Jamie Wolf To Be Honored This Weekend

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, January 7. A pair of aquatics-related student-athletes will be honored with Top VIII recognition at the NCAA Honors Celebration this weekend in Nashville, Tenn.

Ben Wildman-Tobriner of Stanford, and Jamie Wolf, a diver at Clarion University, both earned the high honor that lauds award-winners for their athletics success, academic accomplishments, community service and leadership

Wildman-Tobriner earned 20 all-American honors and was named the 2007 Pacific-10 Conference Swimmer of the Year. The 2006-07 Stanford Athletic Board's Al Masters Award winner for most outstanding student-athlete, Wildman-Tobriner also was recognized with a Pacific-10 Medal, the conference's most prestigious honor. In international competition, he captured two gold medals at the 2007 FINA World Championships, competed at the 2006 Pan Pacific Champions, and is a member of the USA National "A" Team.

After leading Stanford to four Pacific-10 championships, the 2007 NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient and academic all-American graduated in May 2007 with a degree in biomechanical engineering. He was named the 2007 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American of the Year in the university division.

Wildman-Tobriner worked as a swim camp assistant and volunteered for the Boys and Girls Club. He also served at Veteran's Hospital and was a research associate for neurosurgery at the Stanford Medical Center.

Wolf, a seven-time Division II national champion and eight-time all-American, was named the 2007 Division II Female Scholar Athlete of the Year. A three-time Division II NCAA Female Diver of the Year and three-time Clarion University Female Athlete of the Year, Wolf also holds the Division II one-meter dive record and numerous records at Clarion.

Graduating in May 2007 with a degree in molecular biology and a perfect grade-point average, Wolf was a finalist for the 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year award and was selected as the 2007 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American of the Year. An NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient, Wolf was an eight-time scholar-athlete award recipient, recognized by both her university and conference.

Wolf was a member of the Beta Beta Beta Biology Honors Fraternity and Student Honors Association. She participated in Clarion's biotechnology club, health careers club and Dance Marathon committee. Wolf also managed an undergraduate research laboratory and contributed to Clarion's Operation Clean Sweep and canned food drive efforts.

Special thanks to the NCAA for contributing to this report.

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