Official CoSIDA Academic All-America® Release
AUSTIN, Texas – Senior Emily Oren of Hillsdale College headlines the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Women's Track & Field/Cross Country teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Overall, seven Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) student-athletes achieved CoSIDA Academic All-America® status.
Oren has been selected as the recipient of the Academic All-America® of the Year award for Division II women's track & field/cross country, while Hampel has been tabbed the Academic All-America® of the Year award winner for Division II men's track & field/cross country.
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2015-16 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.
An economics major with a 3.71 G.P.A., Oren is a nine-time NCAA Division II national champion in indoor and outdoor track & field. She recently captured national championships in the 1,500 meters and the 3,000 meter steeplechase and was the top individual scorer at the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships with 26 points.
The native of Holland, Michigan, set an Olympic qualifying time and the NCAA Division II track & field record with a time of 9:50.54 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the 2016 GLIAC Championship meet. She is also the NCAA Division II record holder in the mile with a time of 4:45.2.
Oren was recently named the 2016 Division II Honda Women's Athlete of the Year for women's track & field. She is a three-time USTFCCCA Women's Track Athlete of the Year honoree, as well as being selected the GLIAC Women's Track Athlete of the Year for the last three consecutive years.
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Emily Oren Hillsdale Sr. Holland, Mich. 3.71 Economics
Ryan Roush (3) Malone Sr. Canfield, Ohio 3.86 Exercise Science
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Sarah Berger Walsh So. Wadsworth, Ohio 3.94 Pre-Med (Biology)
Sarah Meek Malone Sr. Akron, Ohio 4.00 Communication Arts
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Kaitlyn Barber Walsh So. Toledo, Ohio 3.94 Pre-Pt (Biology)
Sarah Clow Tiffin Sr. Tiffin, Ohio 3.94 Psychology
Women's Academic All-America® of the Year: Emily Oren, Hillsdale
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2014-15
(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team selection in 2014-15
(!) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2013-14
The 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 2015-16 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.
For more information about the Academic All-District™ and Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com.