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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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
November 10, 2011
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.