May 15, 2007

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today its All-Academic Team for the 2007 spring season. One hundred eighty-one student-athletes from the Conference’s six spring sports met the requirements for recognition.

To be eligible for IIAC All-Academic Team honors a student-athlete must compete at the varsity level, be at least a sophomore in academic standing and attain a 3.5 or better grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).

The 2007 Spring All-Academic Team is comprised of 77 sophomores, 58 juniors and 46 seniors. Luther College has a Conference-high 43 student-athletes on the Tem followed by Wartburg College (33 student-athletes), Central College and the University of Dubuque (20 student-athletes each).

One hundred five of the student-athletes honored participated in track and field, including 63 women and 42 men. Twenty-nine softball players, 20 baseball players, 16 men’s golfers and 11 men’s tennis players round out the Team.

Fifty-eight (32.1 percent) of the 2007 Spring All-Academic Team earned IIAC All-Academic honors in the fall or winter season. Nineteen of Luther’s 43, 11 of Wartburg’s 33 and 10 of Dubuque’s 20 Spring All-Academic Team members earned similar honors in the fall or winter.

The complete sport-by-sport listing of the Iowa Conference 2007 Spring All-Academic Team is here.

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