May 27, 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS , IOWA . . . Six Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) student-athletes were named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District® VII College Division At-Large Teams released May 27. Student-athletes participating in sports that do not have their own Academic All-District and Academic All-America® Teams are eligible for the At-Large Team including swimming, golf, tennis and wrestling.

Luther College wrestler Alec Bonander (Larchwood, Iowa/West Lyon), Coe College wrestler Tyler Burkle (Coggon, Iowa/North-Linn), Central College men's tennis player Jared Feddersen (Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge), and Central College men's golfer Reid Turner (Des Moines, Iowa/Grandview Park Baptist) were named to the Men’s At-Large Team. Coe College women's tennis player Hillary Allen (Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins) and Luther College women's swimmer Elissa Schmidt (Claremont, Minn./Owatonna) were named to the Women's At-Large Team.

Bonander is a junior management major with a 3.79 grade point average. Burkle is a sophomore business administration with a 3.86 GPA. Feddersen is a senior history and social science major with a 3.93 GPA. Turner is a senior chemistry major with a 3.80 GPA. Allen is a sophomore chemistry major with a 3.91 GPA. Schmidt is a senior biology major with a 3.84 GPA.

Feddersen was a First Team Academic All-District At-Large selection last year. All six individuals move on to the national Academic All-America® ballot. The CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Men’s At-Large Team is scheduled to be announced on Tuesday, June 10. The CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large Team is scheduled to be announced on Thursday, June 12.

To be eligible for selection to the Academic All-District 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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