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2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Men's and Women's At-Large Teams release dates:

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Andrew Williamson of Wayland Baptist and Wiebke Schlender of Indiana Tech Headline CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division At-Large Teams

AUSTIN, Texas – Junior Andrew Williamson, a golfer from Wayland Baptist University, and senior Wiebke Schlender, a golfer from Indiana Institute of Technology, headline the 2016-17 Academic All-America® College Division Men’s and Women’s At-Large Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
 
The College Division Academic All-America® at-large teams are comprised of student-athletes from NAIA, Canadian and two-year institutions.
 
The at-large program for the CoSIDA Academic All-America® program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo for both men and women; bowling, crew and field hockey for women; and volleyball and wrestling for men.
 
A native of Pretoria, South Africa, Williamson is a business administration major and boasts a 4.00 grade-point average. This marks the second year in a row he made the CoSIDA Academic All-America®, landing on the first team in 2016. Williamson is a two-time NAIA All-American first team selection as well as a two-time Jack Nicklaus NAIA Player of the Year finalist. He ranks fourth in NAIA Golfstat rankings and is seventh with a 71.71 stroke average.
 
At the 2017 NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship, Williamson helped Wayland Baptist to a seventh-place finish. He earned all-tournament team honors as he finished tied for 12th with a four-round score of 299. In 12 events this year, Williamson has not placed outside the top 15 in any event.
 
Schlender is a business administration, sports management and marketing major from Paderborn, Germany, and owns a 4.00 G.P.A. A member of the Indiana Tech women’s golf team, she helped the Warriors to a 14th-place finish at the 2017 NAIA National Championship as she placed 64th overall individually. Schlender earned NAIA All-American third team honors this year, making her a four-time NAIA All-American.
 
This is the third year in a row Schlender has made the women’s at-large team, making the first team in 2016 and second team in 2015. She is a three-time Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference medalist.
 
There are five other repeat honorees on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® men’s at-large team: Matthew Cheung of Oklahoma City University, Colin Eriks of the University of British Columbia, Kristian Kiland of Doane University, Howard Mahan of Kansas Wesleyan University, and Derek Sivertsen of Oklahoma City. This is the third year in a row Cheung has made the squad, earning second team honors in 2015 and first team honors in 2016. Eriks and Sivertsen landed on the first team in 2016, while Kiland and Mahan made the second team last year.
 
A senior finance major from Brisbane, Australia, Cheung carries a 3.92 G.P.A. He helped Oklahoma City to a sixth-place finish at the 2017 NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship, as he placed tied for 19th overall. For the year, Cheung carded a 71.84 average score, ranking him 12th in the NAIA.
 
Eriks is a senior civil engineering major from Vancouver, British Columbia, and owns a 3.92 G.P.A. A swimmer, he won a Canada West bronze medal in the 400 IM and placed sixth in the event at the U SPORTS national meet. Eriks is a member of four Canada West Conference championship-winning teams.
 
Kiland carries a 3.97 G.P.A. as a chemistry major at Doane. Playing No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles, he sported a 6-10 record at both positions. Against NAIA squads, Kiland is 5-4 in singles plays with two losses coming in third-set tiebreakers. A four-time All-Great Plains Athletic Conference first team selection in singles, he also earned first team All-GPAC honors in doubles play this year.
 
A graduate student, Mahan is seeking his master’s degree in business administration and has a 4.00 G.P.A. The Fredonia, Kansas, native completed his bachelor degree a year early with a perfect 4.00 G.P.A. In 29 rounds of golf for Kansas Wesleyan, Mahan averaged 77.4 strokes per round.
 
A senior wrestler from Moore, Oklahoma, Sivertsen owns a 3.76 G.P.A. as an accounting major at Oklahoma City. Going 16-8 on the year, he is the 184-pound NAIA South Qualifying Group champion and had five falls on the year. Sivertsen was named a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete this year and was an NAIA All-American as a junior.
 
Joining Williamson, Cheung, Eriks, Kiland, Mahan, and Sivertsen on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team are: Jordan Cox and Kevin Konfederak of Georgia Gwinnett University, Ronnie Myburgh of the University of Northwestern Ohio, and Victor Neves of Park  University.
 
Making the CoSIDA Academic All-America® men’s at-large second team are: Derik Bailey of Morningside College, Josh Chiles of Williams Baptist College, Matt DePauw of Clarke University, Daniel Leonard of Lindsey Wilson College, Reed Maggard of the College of Idaho, Guilherme Magnoler of Olivet Nazarene University, Patrick Mudd of Purdue University Northwest, Karan Salwan of Xavier (La.) University, Michael Severi of Biola University, and Jared Yoshino of Lourdes University.
 
There were four student-athletes with a G.P.A. of 4.00 on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® men’s at-large team. The first team boasts a combined G.P.A. of 3.92, while the second team has a combined G.P.A. of 3.73. The overall G.P.A. for this year’s team is 3.82.
 
In addition to Schlender, there are eight repeat honorees on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® women’s at-large team. Senior Katie-Lee Wilson of Oklahoma City is a three-time honoree as she made the second team in 2015 and first team in 2016. Natasha Hongsermeier of Morningside, Mckayla Stevens of College of Idaho, and Sam Vikstrom of Indiana Tech are repeat first team honorees, while Amy Ahlers of Concordia (Neb.) University, Caroline Goodin of Oklahoma City, Tiffany Ray of Olivet Nazarene University, and Sabrina Schloo of Keiser University each made the second team a year ago.
 
An elementary education/special education major from Albion, Nebraska, Ahlers boasts a 3.99 G.P.A. She is the 2016-17 GPAC Champion and GPAC Golfer of the Year. Ahlers qualified for the national tournament as an individual and owned an 80.27 stroke average. She posted three event wins and recorded nine top-10 finishes.

Goodin is a senior accounting major from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and carries a 3.95 G.P.A. She helped the Stars win the program’s eighth NAIA national championship as the team led from wire-to-wire, finishing with an eight-stroke advantage. Goodin earned NAIA All-American First Team honors for her efforts as she carried a 76.67 stroke average.
 
Hongsermeier sports a 4.00 G.P.A. as a biology, chemistry and music triple major. The senior from Phillips, Nebraska, posted a 12-3 record as the No. 3 singles player for Morningside and went 12-4 at No. 2 doubles. Hongsermeier is the 2016 national recipient of the NAIA Dr. Leroy Walker Champions of Character Award.
 
A dietetics major from Grandville, Michigan, Ray owns a 3.58 G.P.A. She helped Olivet Nazarene to its first-ever NAIA national championship in women’s swimming. Ray is a three-time individual national champion, winning in the 200 IM and 400 IM in 2017 and the 200 IM in 2016. She is a six-time NAIA All-American.
 
Schloo registers a 3.99 G.P.A. as an international business major. The senior represented Keiser well at the 2017 NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship as she tied for 14th to earn a spot on the All-Tournament Team. A second team NAIA All-American, Schloo owns eight career top-10 finishes with six coming this year.
 
Hailing from Eastvale, California, Stevens is a biology and history double major with a 3.92 G.P.A. She qualified for the finals in three events at the NAIA Women’s Swimming National Championships, placing fifth in the 200 IM, sixth in the 400 IM and seventh in the 200 Breaststroke. Stevens is the school record holder in six individual events.
 
Vikstrom is a criminal justice major from Burnsville, Minnesota, and has a 3.92 G.P.A. She helped Indiana Tech to the semifinal round of the NAIA Women’s Lacrosse Invitational Tournament. Vikstrom is a two-time NAIA All-American, earning first team honors in 2016 and second team in 2017. She is the 2017 WHAC Defensive Player of the Year and a All-WHAC First Team honoree. She tallied 64 goals and 23 assists.
 
An exercise science major with a 4.00 G.P.A., Wilson is a senior from Owasso, Oklahoma. A member of the 2017 NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship team, she posted an 84.20 stroke average for Oklahoma City. Wilson posted a season-best round of 79 in the O-City Classic.
 
Joining Schlender, Ahlers, Goodin, Hongsermeier, Stevens, Vikstrom, and Wilson on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® women’s at-large first team are: Chiara Di Salvo of Georgia Gwinnett, Courtney Dye of Indiana Tech, and Vanessa VanOost of Olivet Nazarene.
 
Joining Ray and Schloo on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® women’s at-large second team are: Sammy Dammann of Biola, Jessica Lemcke of Davenport University, Jacky Normandeau of Wilfrid Laurier University, Valeria Podda of Georgia Gwinnett, Kristina Scott of Indiana Tech, Malia Shimabukuro of Midland Univesity, Makenzie Shivers of Park, and Lisa Tixier of Biola.
 
There were four student-athletes with a G.P.A. of 4.0 on the women’s at-large team. The first team boasts a combined G.P.A. of 3.94, while the second team has a combined G.P.A. of 3.88. The overall G.P.A. for this year’s team is 3.91.


FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College
Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
mfmaceachern@yhc.edu
(706) 379-5106

Jay Stancil, Union (Ky.) College
Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
jstancil@unionky.edu
(606) 546-1292