CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- Four Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) volleyball players have been named to the 2014 Capital One Academic All-District® 8 Team for NCAA Division III, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The teams recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
Dubuque's
Klaudia Basierak and Wartburg's
Bailey Wilson were named to the First Team, while Buena Vista's
Jordan Henningsen and Coe's
Brianna Smith were selected to the Second Team.
Basierak is a junior elementary education major with a 3.96 grade point average. Wilson is a senior math and economics major with a 4.00 GPA. Henningsen is a senior corporate communications major with a 3.60 GPA. Smith is a junior biology and neuroscience major with a 3.88 GPA.
As First Team Academic All-District® honorees, Basierak and Wilson advance to the Capital One Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.
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NCAA Division III (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, IA, ID, KS, LA, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY, Canada) |
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FIRST TEAM |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
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Klaudia Basierak |
DUBUQUE |
Jr. |
Hainseville, Ill. |
3.96 |
Elementary education |
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Erin Cusenbary |
TRINITY (TX) |
Sr. |
San Antonio, Texas |
3.78 |
Political science / Spanish |
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Tanner Hoke |
CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS |
Jr. |
Honolulu, Hawai’i |
3.96 |
Biology |
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Allie Frappier |
POMONA-PITZER |
Sr. |
Atherton, Calif. |
3.78 |
Psychology |
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Kendall Pye |
MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR |
Jr. |
College Station, Texas |
4.00 |
Mathematics |
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Bailey Wilson |
WARTBURG |
Sr. |
West Des Moines, Iowa |
4.00 |
Math / economics |
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SECOND TEAM |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
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Shannon Courtney |
TRINITY (TX) |
Jr. |
Houston, Texas |
3.86 |
Marketing / Spanish |
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Jordan Henningsen |
BUENA VISTA |
Sr. |
Alta, Iowa |
3.60 |
Corporate communications |
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Kayla Hines |
MCMURRY |
Sr. |
Robinson, Texas |
3.97 |
Psychology |
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Megan Lee |
TEXAS LUTHERAN |
Sr. |
Universal City, Texas |
3.89 |
Education |
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Kirea Mazzolini |
POMONA-PITZER |
Sr. |
Phoenix, Ariz. |
3.95 |
Chemistry |
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Brianna Smith |
COE |
Jr. |
Urbandale, Iowa |
3.88 |
Biology & neuroscience |
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Alyssa Stanek |
NEBRASKA WESLEYAN |
Sr. |
Ceresco, Neb. |
3.89 |
Exercise science |
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Michelle Toro |
TEXAS-DALLAS |
So. |
Flower Mound, Texas |
3.93 |
Mechanical engineering |
