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
About Capital One
Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a
financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital
One, N.A. and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had $122.2 billion in
deposits and $197.5 billion in total assets outstanding as of
December 31, 2010. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One
offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to
consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. Capital One,
N.A. has approximately 1,000 branch locations primarily in New
York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the
District of Columbia. A
Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol "COF" and is included in the S&P 100
index.
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