Click here for complete 2006-2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's At-Large Teams as selected by CoSIDA
Senior Sara Bauer of the University of Wisconsin and senior Jamie Wolf of Clarion University head the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's At-Large Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
The women's at-large program for Academic All-America includes the sports of bowling, crew, fencing, golf, gymnastics, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, tennis, and water polo.
Bauer, a native of St. Catharines, Ontario, was selected as the University Division Academic All-America of the Year for the second straight year. The ice hockey standout scored 24 goals and had 48 assists to lead Wisconsin to its second straight NCAA Division I championship. A two-time first team All-American, she won the 2006 Patty Kazmaier Award as the most outstanding player in women's collegiate hockey and was the 2007 Most Outstanding Player in the 2007 Frozen Four. A kinesiology major, she compiled a 3.97 grade point average.
Wolf, from South Park, Pa., was named the College Division Academic All-America of the Year. She won 2007 NCAA Division II Diving titles in the one and three-meter events. The 2007 NCAA II Diver of the Year, set the NCAA II one-meter record with 453.7 5 points. She became the first NCAA II diver to win seven of a possible eight national titles in four years, finishing second in the 2006 one-meter event. Wolf was the NCAA II Diver of the Year three times, while maintaining a 4.0 GPA in molecular biology.
The University Division first team features nine athletes with a 4.0 GPA, including seniors Kristin Brown of Pittsburgh, Sarah Chrzanowski of Eastern Michigan, Jessica Javelet of Louisville, Karie Walton of Drexel, and Jody Yednock of Northern Illinois, juniors Kate Burdick of Michigan State, Kristen Hastrup of Auburn, and Kristi Miller of Georgia Tech and grad student Heidi Hershberger of American.
Rounding out the University Division first team are sophomores Amanda Blumenhurst of Duke and Courtney Kupets of Georgia, seniors Blakeley Griffith of Tennessee and Brittney Schumann of Oklahoma, and senior Stacy Lewis of Arkansas.
In addition to Wolf, the College Division first team had seven athletes with 4.0 or better. They were seniors Brittany Anderson of Truman State, Beth Bard of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Courtney Beard of Shenandoah, and Brenna Clark of Pfeiffer, juniors Rebecca Angstadt of Moravian and Rebekah Moody of Wingate, and sophomore Julia Zimmerman of MIT.
Also on the first team were, seniors Alisha Flatter of Wilmington (Ohio), Jess Furman of Ursinus, Lija Kaleps-Clark of Truman, Katie Kingsbury of Washington & Lee, Tina Money of Notre Dame (Md.), Lindsay Sabo of Kings (Pa.), and Becky Weima of Calvin.
The Academic All-America program annually honors over 1600 student-athletes who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA (the College Sports Information Directors of America), a 2,000-member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Since the programs inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
ESPN The Magazine winner of the 2006 and 2003 National Magazine Award for General Excellence is a provocative and innovative sports publication. Full of insight, analysis, impact and wit, the oversized bi-weekly with a circulation of 1.9 million looks ahead to give fans a unique perspective on the world of sports.
For more information about the Academic All-America Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com or e-mail rlipe@bentley.edu.