Lees-McRae's Mitchell Nets Women's Volleyball Academic All-District Honors

Lees-McRae's Mitchell Nets Women's Volleyball Academic All-District Honors

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Lees-McRae's Mitchell Nets Women's Volleyball Academic All-District Honors

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 10, 2011

Capital One Academic All-District ® Volleyball Teams Released 

The 2011 Capital One Academic All-District ® Volleyball Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, have been released to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.   Capital One became the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA’s Academic All-America teams programs in 2011.

                The Academic All-District ® teams include the student-athletes listed on the following pages and are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.  This is the first year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moves from recognizing a University Division  (Division I) and a College Division  (all non-Division I) and doubles the number of scholar-athletes honored. The teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.

The Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2011-12 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.

First-team Academic All-District ® honorees 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 II (Conference Carolinas, Peach Belt, South Atlantic) 

FIRST TEAM

Name                                             School                                               Yr.       Hometown                         GPA    Major

Anna Garrison                              MONTEVALLO                                 Sr.       LaVergne, Tenn.                4.00    Communication studies

Grace Krauser                              WINGATE                                          Jr.        Louisville, Ky.                     4.00    Sociology

Samantha Lukralle                     SOUTH CAROLINA-AIKEN           Jr.        Lindenhurst, N.Y.               3.95    Nursing

Maggie Malone                            WINGATE                                          Sr.       Chicago, Ill.                         3.52    Mathematics / education

Megan Mitchell                                       LEES-MCRAE                                  Jr.        Minden, Nev.                      3.96               Business administration

Danielle Parker                            FRANCIS MARION                          Sr.       Lockwood, Mo.                   4.00    Computer science

Ashley Sarmiento                        TUSCULUM                                     So.      Dayton, Ohio                      4.00    Mathematics / math education

Liz Willis                                        WINGATE                                          Sr.       Raleigh, N.C.                      3.83    Biology

 




 

Mitchell nets program's first Academic all-District honors

 

BANNER ELK, N.C. --- Lees-McRae College junior Megan Mitchell (Minden, Nev.) was named to the 2011 Capital One Academic all-District III Women’s Volleyball team, presented by Capital One and selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), announced College officials on Thursday.

Mitchell becomes the first player in program history to earn academic all-district honors, garnering first team recognition. The junior setter is in the midst of another solid season for the Bobcats, entering Friday’s Conference Carolinas Tournament semifinal round ranked first in the conference and ninth in the nation in service aces per set (0.62). Mitchell is also the program’s all-time leader in assists (3,253), and ranks second in service aces (153).

A native of Minden, Nev., Mitchell earned all-Conference Carolinas First team honors this season for the second straight year, having led the conference in total assists (1,116) and assists per set (9.79) to date this fall. The three-time all-conference selection is also a tremendous student, sporting a 3.96 grade point average as a business administration major. Mitchell was also listed on the 2011 Conference Carolinas Spring Presidential Honor Roll, and is a member of Sigma Beta Delta and Alpha Chi.

Lees-McRae returns to the court on Friday when the Bobcats host King College in the semifinal round of the Conference Carolinas Tournament at 6:30 p.m. in Williams Gymnasium.