Feb. 10, 2006

Seven NAIA women's basketball players were named College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americans in the College Division team for their respective districts.  District honorees are now eligible to be named to the ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAMS. Players must be nominated by their institution's sports information director.

District 3
Second Team
Sarah Helton, University of Virginia's College at Wise

District 4
Second Team
Kristi Beougher, Cedarville University (Ohio)
Allison Fowler, Union College (Ky.)

Third Team
Becki Woodworth, Union College (Ky.)

District 6
First Team
Tasha Turney, Oklahoma Christian University
Lauren Decker, Oklahoma Christian University

Third Team
Katie Fariss, Oklahoma Christian University

The College Sports Information Directors of America (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. A first team, second team and third team are selected in both the University (Division I and I-AA) and College (Division II, III and NAIA) Divisions.