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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |