June 25, 2008

Twenty eight NAIA student-athletes earned the 2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors selected by The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

 

CoSIDA selects Academic All-America teams in 12 programs: football, women's volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's track & field/cross country, women's track & field/cross country, men's at-large and women's at-large.  At-large teams consist of athletes from women's bowling, women's crew, men's and women's fencing, women's field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball, men's and women's water polo and men's wrestling.

 

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in NCAA Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all championship sports.

 

BASEBALL

First Team

Tyler Whitaker, Sr., Rogers State

 

Second Team

Jason Decker, Jr., Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)

 

BASKETBALL (Men)

First Team

Chris Pendleton, Sr., Southern Virginia

 

Second Team

Ben Falkenberg, Jr., Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)

Ryan Fiegi, Sr., Oregon Tech

 

Third Team

Jack Rother, Sr., Morningside (Iowa)

 

BASKETBALL (Women)

First Team

Allison Fowler, Sr., Union (Ky.)

 

FOOTBALL

First Team

Kyle Elsasser, Sr., Nebraska Wesleyan

 

Second Team

Patrick O’Neal, Sr., Union (Ky.)

 

GOLF (Men) – AT-LARGE

Second Team

Bruno Buccolo, Sr., Oklahoma Christian

 

SOCCER (Men)

First Team

Adam Barnes, Sr., Oklahoma Christian

Mitchel Memming, Sr., Nebraska Wesleyan

 

Third Team

Justinn Feerhusen, Sr., Doane (Neb.)

 

SOCCER (Women)

First Team

Erika Garbrecht, Jr., Oklahoma City

Kristin Brown, Sr., Oklahoma Christian

 

Second Team

Cassie Tyler, Sr., Oklahoma Christian

 

SOFTBALL

First Team

Mindy Crabaugh, Sr., Oklahoma City

 

SWIMMING AND DIVING (Women) – AT-LARGE

Second Team

Lindsey Cline, Sr., California Baptist

 

TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY (Men)

First Team

Evan Knight, Sr., Nebraska Wesleyan

 

Second Team

Derek Carson, Jr., Nebraska Wesleyan

 

Third Team

Patrick Grewe, Sr., Oklahoma Christian

 

TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY (Women)

First Team

Holly Andrews, Sr., Nebraska Wesleyan

Meagan Bauer, Sr., Doane (Neb.)

Naomi Christensen, Sr., Houghton (N.Y.0

 

Second Team

Katrina Morgan, Sr., Embry-Riddle (Fla.)

 

Third Team

Charlotte Heron, Jr., Oklahoma Christian

 

TENNIS (Men) – AT-LARGE

First Team

Mislav Hizak, Sr., Embry-Riddle (Fla.)

 

Third Team

Nathan Anderson, Sr., Nebraska Wesleyan