May 27, 2004

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Six Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) student-athletes, five males and one female, were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VII College Division At-Large Teams announced on Thursday. Student-athletes participating in sports that do not have its own CoSIDA Academic All-District and All-America Team are eligible for the At-Large Team including swimming, golf, tennis and wrestling.

Loras College junior swimmer Rebekah Reid (Caledonia, Ill./Rockford Guilford HS) was named to the 10-member Women’s At-Large Team.

Coe College senior tennis player Nick Barnes (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington HS), Coe senior swimmer Dustin Briggs (Jefferson, Iowa/Jefferson-Scranton HS), Luther College junior wrestler Garrett South (Cumberland, Iowa/C&M HS) and Wartburg College junior tennis player Mark Giesmann (Waverly, Iowa/Waverly Shell Rock HS) were named to the Men’s At-Large First Team. Simpson College senior wrestler Bart George (Truro, Iowa/Norwalk HS) was a Second Team selection.

Barnes was a First Team Academic All-District selection and a Third Team All-America® selection in 2003. Giesmann was a First Team Academic All-America® selection in football in the fall 2003.

Reid, Barnes, Briggs, South and Giesmann will all move onto the CoSIDA Academic All-America® At-Large Team ballots. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® Men’s At-Large Team will be announced on June 15. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large Team will be announced on June 17.

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).

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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