November 20, 2007

CEDAR RAPIDS , IOWA . . . The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today its All-Academic Team for the Fall 2007 season. Two hundred sixty-four student-athletes from the Conference’s eight fall 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 Fall 2007 All-Academic Team is comprised of 103 seniors, 88 sophomores and 73 juniors. Luther College has a Conference-high 52 student-athletes on the Team followed by Wartburg College (35 student-athletes), Coe College (32 student-athletes), Central College (29 student-athletes), Buena Vista University (28 student-athletes), and Loras College (27 student-athletes).

Seventy-eight of the student-athletes are cross country runners, 48 women and 30 men. Fifty-seven of the honorees are soccer players, 33 women and 24 men. Rounding out the All-Academic Team are 53 football players, 36 volleyball players, 25 women’s tennis players and 15 women’s golfers.

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

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