Michigan Tech's Hoyt Named Academic All-American

Michigan Tech's Hoyt Named Academic All-American

Release courtesy of Ian Marks, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications, Michigan Technological University

TOWSON, Md. -- Michigan Technological University women's basketball player junior Sam Hoyt was recently named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Division II Second Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The Arkansaw, Wis., native has a 3.93 cumulative grade point average in mathematics. She ranks in the top-10 in the GLIAC in six statistical categories: third in 3-pointers made per game (2.6), sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5), seventh in scoring (15.6 ppg) and assists (3.8), eighth in steals (1.9) and ninth in 3-point percentage (.385).

She is the ninth women’s basketball player to earn the award and the first since Lucy Dernovsek in 2010-11.

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FIRST TEAM

Name

School

Yr.

Hometown

GPA

Major

Brittany Cox

Pfeiffer

Jr.

Winston-Salem, N.C.

3.92

Sports Management

Megan Eul

Minnesota, Crookston

Sr.

Rosemount, Minn.

3.97

Early Childhood Education

Vanessa Jones

Nebraska-Kearney

Sr.

Colorado Springs, Colo.

3.96

Marketing & Business Admin.

Michelle McDonald

Winona State

Sr.

Johnsburg, Ill.

3.96

Elementary Education

Kaitlin Petri

Chadron State

Sr.

Kearney, Neb.

3.95

Business Administration

SECOND TEAM

Name

School

Yr.

Hometown

GPA

Major

Mikayla Barondeau

Northern State

Sr.

Frederick, S.D.

4.00

English Writing & Secondary Ed.

Lauren Battista

Bentley

So.

North Easton, Mass.

3.93

Marketing & liberal studies

Kelly Costello

Chaminade

Sr.

Wixom, Mich.

4.00

International Trade, Bus. Adm.

Sam Hoyt

Michigan Tech

Jr.

Arkansaw, Wis.

3.93

Mathematics

Traci Keyser

Fort Hays State

Jr.

Cambridge, Neb.

4.00

Management

Kaitlin Snyder

Fairmont State

Jr.

Charleston, W.Va.

3.71

Nursing

THIRD TEAM

Name

School

Yr.

Hometown

GPA

Major

Lydia Bridenbaugh

West Virginia Wesleyan

Sr.

Chillicothe, Ohio

3.80

Exercise Science

Nicole Bozek

Alaska Fairbanks

Gr.

Mukilteo, Wash.

3.80

Accounting (UG); Business (G)

Nikki Frederickson

Mercyhurst

Sr.

Jamestown, N.Y.

3.91

Biochemistry

Hanna Johansson

Alaska Anchorage

Sr.

Gothenburg, Sweden

3.66

Journalism, Public Comm.