June
4, 2009
CEDAR
RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Six Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (IIAC) athletes have been named to the ESPN The
Magazine Academic All-District VII College Division Track
& Field/Cross Country Teams selected by the College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced Thursday.
Luther
College men's athlete David McKay (Iowa City,
Iowa/Iowa City) and Wartburg College women's athletes Hannah
Baker (Keota, Iowa/Keota) and Kelsey Steffens
(DeWitt, Iowa/Central Clinton) were
named to the First Team. Central College women's athlete Rachel
Boeke (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Jefferson), Cornell College
women's athlete Rachelle Hawkins (Boise, Idaho/Bishop
Kelly), and Wartburg College men's athlete Brian Chenoweth
(Geneseo, Ill./J.D. Darnall) was named to the Second Team.
McKay
is a senior political science major with a 3.94 grade point
average. Baker is a junior biology major with a 3.97 GPA. Steffens
is a senior elementary education major with a 3.90 GPA. Boeke
is a senior exercise science/athletic training major with a
3.58 GPA. Hawkins is a senior kinesiology major with a 3.69
GPA. Chenoweth is a senior business administration major with
a 3.76 GPA.
Academic
All-District First Team members move on to the national CoSIDA/ESPN
The Magazine Academic All-America® ballot. The ESPN
The Magazine Academic All-America® Men's Track &
Field/Cross Country Team is scheduled to be announced on Thursday,
June 18 and the Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Team
is scheduled to be announced on Friday, June 19.
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
3.30 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.
View
CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Men's
Track & Field/Cross Country Teams (.pdf)
View
CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Women's
Track & Field/Cross Country Teams (.pdf)
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