TOWSON, Md. – Senior forward Marc Herschberger of Metropolitan State and senior midfielder Megan Woodworth of Colorado School of Mines lead the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Soccer Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

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Herschberger has been chosen as the recipient of the Academic All-America® of the Year award for Division II men’s soccer while Woodworth won the award for women’s soccer.

The Capital One 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 2012-13 D-II Academic All-America teams program.

Th GLIAC had four student athletes chosen for the first team. Senior Colby Catlett from Ohio Dominican University, senior Zach Myers from Saginaw Valley State University, senior Chelsea Parise from Grand Valley State University, and junior Melanie Hoffman from Michigan Technological University.

The GLIAC also had one student-athlete chosen for the second team. Senior Shara Perry from Ohio Dominican University.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON EACH INDIVIDUAL CLICK THE LINK BELOW:

Colby Catlett: Ohio Dominican University
http://ohiodominicanpanthers.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/releases/2012112731s612

Zach Myers: Saginaw Valley State University
http://www.svsucardinals.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/releases/201211283wpesz

Chelsea Parise: Grand Valley State University
http://www.gvsulakers.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/112812aab.html

Melanie Hoffman: Michigan Technological University
http://www.michigantechhuskies.com/sports/wsoc/2012-13/releases/20121106whi73n

Shara Perry: Ohio Dominican University
http://ohiodominicanpanthers.com/sports/wsoc/2012-13/releases/20121127dvuqpq

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Capital One, an NCAA Corporate Champion, began its affiliation with college sports with the sponsorship of the 2001 Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl (now the Capital One Bowl) and ESPN’s Capital One Bowl Week. In 2010, Capital One launched the Capital One Cup, a prestigious new program rewarding NCAA Division I athletics programs for their cumulative on-field performance across multiple men’s and women’s sports. In addition, Capital One sponsors the ABC College Football Halftime Report, Capital One All-America Mascot Team, all 88 NCAA Championships including the Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, and numerous other collegiate athletics programs.

To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports. For more information about the Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Dan O’Connell, Towson University (doconnell@towson.edu) (410) 704-3102
Academic All-America ® Vice-Chair for Publicity/Communications

Shane Meling, Univeristy of Incarnate Word (meling@uiwtx.edu) (814) 732-1834

Bob Shreve, Edinboro University (rshreve@edinboro.edu) (210) 805-3071