July
9, 2009
CEDAR
RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Thirty-one Iowa Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (IIAC) student-athletes and six teams were
named to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country
Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) 2009 Division III Women's All-Academic
Track and Field Team.
Simpson
College, with a 3.569 cumulative team GPA was the highest ranked
Iowa Conference team award recipient, followed by Luther College
at 3.505. Cornell College (3.333), Loras College (3.253), Wartburg
College (3.227), and Central College (3.132) also made the list.
In
addition, Wartburg College was selected as the 2009 Indoor Track
and Field Scholar Team of the Year and as the 2009 Outdoor Track
and Field Scholar Team of the Year. Wartburg swept the women’s
indoor and outdoor track and field team championships this year.
To
qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team,
the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point
average of 3.30 and have met the NCAA Division III Indoor or
Outdoor automatic or provisional qualifying standard in their
respective event. For a team to be nominated, it must carry
a minimum 3.100 cumulative grade-point average.
A
total of 274 student-athletes representing 91 Division III colleges
and universities made up the 2009 All-Academic team. Calvin
College led the way with the most student-athletes on the list
with 13, followed by Wartburg College and University of Wisconsin,
La Crosse, each with 12 student-athletes on the list. For conferences,
the WIAC had the most student-athletes on the list with 35 followed
by the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with 31, and
the New England Small College Athletic Conference and New England
Women's & Men's Athletic Conference, each with 19.
There
were 100 Division III programs that made up the women’s
2009 All-Academic Teams. The Centennial Conference, Iowa Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference,
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, University Athletic
Association, and Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
led all conferences with six teams selected from each conference
as All-Academic Teams for 2009. Shenandoah University led all
institutions with a 3.676 team cumulative GPA, followed by Whitworth
University with a 3.641 team GPA. Carleton College had the third-highest
cumulative GPA with a 3.590.
2009
USTFCCCA Division III Women's All-Academic Track and Field Team
Team
Honorees - Central College, Cornell College, Loras
College, Luther College, Simpson College, Wartburg College
Individual
Honorees
Central
(4) - Rachel Boeke, Emily Teas, Rachelle Tipton, Jill
Ziskovsky
Cornell (2) - Madison Craw, Rachelle Hawkins
Loras (3) - Mary Bridget Corken, Tara Kilburg,
Heidi Tobin
Luther (5) - Lauren Boleen, Emily Cory, Janet
Dobyns, Katie Dolan, Dani Meirick
Simpson (5) - Lauren Bucklin, Carissa Coopman,
Chelsey Degen, Sarah Hammel, Kayla Knaack
Wartburg (12) - Hannah Baker, Nicole Calabrese,
Sarah Hoffmann, Jenny Kordick, Anna Kraayenbrink, Amanda Kuiken,
Jennifer Kuiken, Brittany Melloy, Molly Meyer, Pam Rodgers,
Kelsey Steffens, Audrey Weidman
USTFCCCA
Release -- Individuals
USTFCCCA
Release -- Teams
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