June 5, 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Eleven Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) student-athletes were named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District® VII College Division Track and Field/Cross Country Teams released June 5.

Wartburg’s Hannah Baker (Keota, Iowa/Keota) and Kelsey Steffens (DeWitt, Iowa/Central) and Central’s Kari Hutchinson (Charles City, Iowa/Charles City) were named to the Women’s First Team, while Central’s Angie Berry (Norwalk, Iowa/Norwalk) and Hannah Anderson (Goodell, Iowa/Garner-Hayfield), Coe’s Holly Rader (Sumner, Iowa/Sumner), Cornell’s Rachelle Hawkins (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly), and Dubuque’s Caroline Zelent (Merrill, Wis./Merrill) were named to the Women’s Second Team.

On the men’s side, Dubuque’s Jonathan Erickson (Pella, Iowa/Pella) was named to the First Team, while Central’s Guy Dierikx (Port Byron, Ill./Riverdale) and Wartburg’s Brian Chenoweth (Geneseo, Ill./J.D. Darnall) were Second Team selections.

Baker is a sophomore biology major with a 3.96 grade point average. Steffens is a junior elementary education major with a 3.90 GPA. Hutchinson, a communication major, graduated in May with a 3.45 GPA. Rader is a senior athletic training, physical education and nursing major with a 3.59 GPA. Berry is a sophomore history and secondary education major with a 3.58 GPA. Hawkins is a junior kinesiology major with a 3.67 GPA. Anderson is a sophomore biology major with a 3.94 GPA. Zelent is a senior environmental science major with a 3.88 GPA.

Erickson is a senior flight major with a 3.90 grade point average. Dierikx, an exercise science major, graduated in May with a 3.42 GPA. Chenoweth is a junior business administration major with a 3.76 GPA.

Baker, Steffens, Hutchinson, and Erickson advance to the national Academic All-America® ballot. The CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Team is scheduled to be announced on Monday, June 23. The CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Team is scheduled to be announced on Wednesday, June 25.

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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