Tampa Volleyball Dominates Academic All-Region Team
TAMPA, Fla. - The University of Tampa was responsible for five of the seven selections in its district as the 2012 Capital One Academic All‐District ® Volleyball Team was announced.
Spartan volleyball players Meagan Burke, Frances Cardenas, Kahley Patrick, Holly Reschke and Danielle Selkridge were each honored in District 5. The district was comprised of the Gulf South, Southern Intercollegiate and Sunshine State Conferences.
The five academic standouts for the Spartans are all starters for the No. 7 team in the nation, helping the squad to a 23-3 overall record.
The team was selected by the College Sports Information
Directors of America. The list has been released to recognize the
nation's top student‐athletes for their combined performances
athletically and in the
classroom. Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to
CoSIDA's Academic All‐America teams programs since 2011.
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 second 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 team combines NAIA, Canadian and two‐year schools.
The Capital One 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 2012‐13 DII and DIII Academic All‐America® teams program.
First‐team Academic All‐District ® honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All‐America® Team ballot, where first‐, second‐ and third‐team All‐America honorees will be selected later this month.