Five Jayhawks named to academic team

Kansas University women’s basketball players Ivana Catic, Rebecca Feickert, Kelly Kohn, Katie Smith, and Marija Zinic were named to the 2009 Academic All-Big 12 team, the conference office announced Thursday. All five players were named to the first team and Feickert was one of three players in the league to boast a 4.0 GPA. In all, 43 student athletes were honored by the league.