November 26, 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS , IOWA . . . The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today its All-Academic Team for the Fall 2008 season. Two hundred forty-eight 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 2008 All-Academic Team is comprised of 82 seniors, 83 juniors and 83 sophomores. Luther College has a Conference-high 42 student-athletes on the Team followed by Coe College (34 student-athletes), Central College (32 student-athletes), Simpson College (31 student-athletes), Wartburg College (30 student-athletes), Buena Vista University and University of Dubuque (21 student-athletes each), Cornell College (19 student-athletes), and Loras College (18 student-athletes).

Sixty-nine of the student-athletes are cross country runners, 46 women and 23 men. Forty-seven of the honorees are soccer players, 26 women and 21 men. Rounding out the All-Academic Team are 55 football players, 37 volleyball players, 28 women’s tennis players and 12 women’s golfers.

The complete sport-by-sport listing of the Iowa Conference Fall 2008 All-Academic Team is here.

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