The 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District™ Men's & Women's Track & Field / Cross Country Teams have been released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. A total of nine Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) student-athletes have achieved CoSIDA Academic All-District™ distinction.

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 fifth year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America® Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.

FIRST TEAM

Name                                  School                                  Yr.     Hometown                   GPA   Major

Ethan Barnes                       GRAND VALLEY STATE           Sr.     Caledonia, Mich.            3.91   Integrated sciences

Kaitlyn Barber                      WALSH                                  So.    Toledo, Ohio                 3.94   Pre-PT (biology)

Sarah Berger                        WALSH                                  So.    Wadsworth, Ohio           3.94   Pre-med (biology)

Sarah Clow                          TIFFIN                                   Sr.     Tiffin, Ohio                   3.94   Psychology

Christopher May                   GRAND VALLEY STATE           Jr.     Elmhurst, Ill.                 3.63   Biomedical sciences

Sarah Meek                          MALONE                                Sr.     Akron, Ohio                  4.00   Communication arts

Natalie Nelson                      GRAND VALLEY STATE           Sr.     Brighton, Mich.              3.70   Biomedical sciences

Emily Oren                          HILLSDALE                            Sr.     Holland, Mich.               3.71   Economics

Ryan Roush                        MALONE                                Sr.     Canfield, Ohio               3.86   Exercise science

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.

First-team Academic All-District™  honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month. 

For more information about the Academic All-District™ and Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com.