May 13, 2004

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Five Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) baseball and three IIAC softball student-athletes were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VII College Division Teams announced on Thursday.

Baseball - Buena Vista University junior infielder Brian Ricken (Marshalltown, Iowa/Marshalltown HS), a biology major, was a First Team Academic All-District baseball selection. Four student-athletes were named to the Academic All-District Second Team – Central College sophomore infielder Adam Duerfeldt (Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale HS), Luther College junior infielder David Zelinskas (Dubuque, Iowa/Senior HS), Simpson College senior infielder Mike Donnenwerth (Sheffield, Iowa/SCMT HS) and Wartburg College sophomore catcher Brian Greiner (Des Moines, Iowa/Lincoln HS). Duerfeldt is a chemistry major, Greiner is an accounting major, and Donnenwerth and Zelinskas are biology majors.

Softball – Simpson College junior outfielder Kate Brandt (Coquitlam, B.C./Pinetree HS) and Upper Iowa University senior infielder Chyanne Kleve (Waucoma, Iowa/Turkey Valley HS) were First Team Academic All-District softball selections. Simpson sophomore pitcher Bradi Smith (Lacona, Iowa/Southeast Warren HS) was a Second Team selection. Brandt is a biology major, Kleve is a criminology/wellness major and Smith is an English/secondary education major.

To be eligible for selection to the Academic All-District Team and the Academic All-America® Team, a student-athlete must have reached sophomore academic and athletic standing, be a starter or key reserve and possess at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). The CoSIDA Academic All-America® Baseball Team will be announced on June 1. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® Softball Team will be announced on June 3.

District VII College Division includes NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA schools in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

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