Seven GLIAC Student-Athletes Earn 2011 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country Honors

TOWSON, Md. - The 2011 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country Teams were announced by the Academic All-America® Committee.  Seven Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) student-athletes earned Academic All-District honors. The GLIAC student-athletes earning this award are:

Click here for the women's release on the CoSIDA webpage

Click here for the men's release on the CoSIDA webpage

District 4 College Division

Women's First Team

Monica Kinney, Grand Valley State University, Junior

Maggie Stalker, Wayne State University, Graduate Student

Women's Second Team

Melanie Hoffman, Michigan Technological University, Junior

Lauren Kessler, Wayne State University, Senior

Tina Muir, Ferris State University, Senior

Men's First Team

Kyle Griffin, Lake Erie College, Senior

Devin O'Neill, Lake Erie College, Junior

The 2011 Capital One Academic All-District® Track & Field/Cross Country Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, have been released to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performance in athletics and the classroom.

The Capital One Academic All-District and All-America teams are nominated and voted on by CoSIDA members across the country. To be eligible for the Academic All-America program, student-athletes must have a 3.30 GPA or higher, must have completed two semesters at their current institution and must not be freshmen or redshirt freshmen (eligibility).

CoSIDA’s College Division District IV encompasses all student-athletes from non-NCAA Division I institutions in the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.