Feely and Weber Grab CoSIDA Academic All-America Honors
AUSTIN, Texas – Bowling Green's Lauren Feely and Western Michigan’s Kayla Weber were named to the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Third Team announced Thursday.
Feely, majoring in elementary education, and Weber, majoring in biomedical science, were two of the 26 with 4.00 GPA’s named to the first, second and third teams. Both were also named to the 2016 Academic All-District Women’s At-Large First Team.
Feely won the MAC all-around title at the league championship meet and was named Academic All-MAC earlier this year, leading the Falcons to their first NCAA Regional team appearance in 25 years. She tied for first in the MAC rankings in the all-around, tied for third on vault and tied for eighth on floor. She was a second-team All-MAC finisher and earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team. She placed sixth in the all-around at the NCAA Regional Championship and was part of a team that set new school records on the beam as well as posting the highest single-meet score in program history with a 196.500.
Weber competed in all 12 meets this season on either vault or bars. She scored a season-high 9.725 on vault against Eastern Michigan and a 9.750 on bars against UIC in March. She placed third in the opening meet of the season on bars against UIC. At the MAC Championships she scored a 9.700 on bars to finish inside the top-25.
Nearly 75 percent (34) of the 46 members of the 2016 Academic All-America® Division I Women’s At-Large Team posted at least a 3.90 G.P.A., including a staggering 26 student-athletes with spotless 4.0 G.P.A. The 15 members of the first-team registered an average G.P.A. of 3.95, with more than half (eight) logging a 4.0 G.P.A.
The at-large teams for the Academic All-America® program include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as beach volleyball, bowling, crew and field hockey for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.
THIRD TEAM
Sport Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Tennis Breaunna Addison Texas Sr. Boca Raton, Fla. 3.31 Sport management
Gymnastics Nicole Artz Michigan Jr. Holland, Mich. 3.62 Elementary education
Gymnastics Lauren Feely Bowling Green State Jr. Gurnee, Ill. 4.00 Inclusive early childhood education
Rifle Elizabeth Gratz West Virginia So. Sigel, Ill. 4.00 Business management
Tennis Natalya Krutova Northwestern State Sr. Sevastopol, Ukraine 4.00 Biology
Bowling Janine Kuwahara Sam Houston State Jr. Davao City, Philippines 4.00 Accounting/economics
Swimming Lauren Lamendola South Carolina Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. 3.96 Exercise science
Golf Alessandra Liu William & Mary Sr. Cynwyd, Pa. 3.95 Kinesiology & health sciences
Gymnastics Alex McMurtry Florida So. Midlothian, Va. 4.00 Applied physiology/kinesiology & fitness
Crew Muriel Solberg Brown Sr. Rockford, Ill. 3.88 Chemistry/economics
Lacrosse Zoe Stukenberg Maryland Jr. Ellicott City, Md. 4.00 Biological sciences
Tennis Aldila Sutjiadi Kentucky Jr. Jakarta, Indonesia 4.00 Mathematical economics
Water Polo Ali Thomason Michigan Sr. San Rafael, Calif. 3.70 Neuroscience
Gymnastics Kayla Weber Western Michigan Sr. Canton, Mich. 4.00 Biomedical science
Swimming Samantha Wicks Boise State Sr. Anchorage, Alaska 3.94 Health science
Tennis Hannah Wille Cincinnati Sr. St. Louis, Mo. 4.00 Biology (pre-med)
