Michigan punter Zoltan Mesko named academic All-American

By Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com

Posted on Tue, Nov 24, 2009 : 3:12 p.m.

The honors keep coming for Zoltan Mesko.

The senior punter was named to ESPN The Magazine's first-team Academic All-American team Tuesday, a day after he earned first-team all-Big Ten honors and was named a finalist for the Ray Guy Award.

Zoltan Mesko was named an academic all-American on Wednesday.

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Mesko is the 18th Wolverine to make the academic first team, and the first since Rob Renes in 1999. He graduated with a business degree in June and is currently enrolled in Michigan's sports management master's program.

Five other Big Ten players earned first-team all-academic honors: Michigan State's Blair White, Northwestern’s Zeke Markshausen and Penn State's Josh Hull, Andrew Pitz and Stefen Wisniewski.

Mesko averaged a school record 44.5 yards per punt this year.

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Dave Birkett covers University of Michigan football for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached by phone at 734-623-2552 or by e-mail at davidbirkett@annarbor.com. Follow him on Twitter @davebirkett.