November 21, 2006
Release courtesy of Nick Huber, Buena Vista Univ. sports information director

STORM LAKE, IOWA . . . Jodi Coleman, a defender on the Buena Vista University women's soccer team, has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women's Soccer Second Team College Division as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Coleman, a senior accounting and business education major from Denison, Iowa, was one of 22 student-athletes currently attending NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA institutions to be named to the Academic All-America first or second teams.

This is the second consecutive season that Coleman has been named to the Academic All-American® Second Team. She was a three-time all-conference selection and concluded her career as the program's all-time assist leader with 14 assists. Coleman has posted a cumulative grade point average of 3.97.

Coleman was the only Iowa Conference women's soccer player named to the Academic All-America® Teams. She is only the fourth repeat Academic All-American® in the entire history of Buena Vista's athletic program. Coleman was placed on the national ballot by virtue of being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team earlier this month.

The Academic All-America® Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA; a 2,000-member organization consisted of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America® honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Division I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.

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