TOWSON, Md. - Seniors Nick Trull of Anderson University and
Michelle McDonald of Winona State headline the 2012 Capital One
Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Basketball Teams as
selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA).
A Kinesiology major with a 3.90 G.P.A., Trull has been selected
as the Academic All-America of the Year for Division II men's
basketball. McDonald, an elementary education major with a 3.96
G.P.A., is the Academic All-America of the Year for Division II
women's basketball.
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 2011012 D-II Academic All-America teams
program.
The recipient of the NCAA Division II Elite 88 Award at last year's
national championship, Trull has led No. 21 Anderson to a 20-4
record. As a junior, he was a key performer for the Trojans, who
finished the season with a 21-12 record and reached the Division II
Elite Eight in Springfield, Mass.
The second-leading scorer in school history with 1,434 points,
Trull is the Trojans' second-leading scorer with a 15.0 average. He
is also averaging 4.1 rebounds per game and has an .815 free throw
percentage.
A native of Charlotte, N.C., Trull has contributed prominently
throughout his four-year career in the Trojans' backcourt. He is
also shooting 38.9 percent from three-point range making 53 of 161
three-pointers. He adds 42 assists and 28 steals.
Last year, he was the winner of the South Atlantic Conference
Scholar-Athlete of the Year award for men's basketball.
A 6-0 forward, McDonald is the leading scorer and rebounder at
Winona State. While averaging 16.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per
game, the Johnsburg, Ill. native has led the Warriors to a 17-9
record. The fourth-leading scorer in the Northern Sun
Intercollegiate Conference, she is also the fourth-leading
rebounder in the conference. A two-time selection as the NSIC
Player of the Week, McDonald is second in the NSIC with a .555
field goal percentage.
As a junior, McDonald earned first team All-NSIC honors while
leading the Warriors to their first-ever NSIC championship. The
Warriors' top scorer with a 15.8 average, she also led the team
with 7.0 rebounds per game. Honored as the NSIC Tournament Most
Valuable Player, she averaged 21.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game
in the NSIC tournament. The Warriors, who finished the season with
a 21-9 record, advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
A two-time member of the NSIC All-Academic team, McDonald ranks
fourth on the Warriors' career scoring list with 1,324 points. She
is also the fourth-leading rebounder (690) in school history.
Trull is one of four seniors on the Capital One Academic
All-America® Division II Men's Basketball team.
He is joined on the first team by Rory Blanche of Western
Washington University, Ryan Dougherty of Southwest Baptist
University, Desmond King of Texas A&M-Commerce, and Kramer
Soderberg of Lindenwood University.
A Manufacturing Engineering Technology major with a 3.74 G.P.A.,
Blanche has led No. 10 Western Washington to a 23-3 record. He is
averaging a team-leading 16.7 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. The
fifth-leading scorer in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, he
is third in the GNAC with a .599 field goal percentage. The
15th-leading scorer in school history with 1,137 points, Blanche
was an honorable mention all-conference selection last season when
he averaged 14.3 points per game.
Dougherty, a 5-11 guard, is a Biology (Pre-Physical Therapy)
major with a 3.62 G.P.A. at Southwest Baptist. The leading scorer
for the Bearcats, he is averaging 16.3 points per game while making
69 of 181 three-point field goal attempts. He also has 105 assists
and 34 steals, second on the team. A native of Fort Worth, Texas,
Dougherty is the fourth-leading scorer in the Mid-America
Intercollegiate Athletic Association. He also ranks fifth in the
MIAA in assists.
A Kinesiology major with a 3.73 G.P.A., King was the Lone Star
Conference North Division Newcomer of the Year in 2011. A former
transfer from Paris Junior College, he was named as an All-LSC
first team selection after averaging 16.1 points and 7.0 rebounds
per game. A 6-7 forward, King is the leading scorer for Texas
A&M University-Commerce, averaging 15.0 points and 5.7 rebounds
per game. A native if Alexandria, La., he is the fourth-leading
scorer in the conference.
A 5-11 guard, Soderberg has led Lindenwood to a 26-3 record
while averaging 17.2 points per game. A Mass Communication major
with a 3.69 G.P.A., the St. Charles, Mo. native was a third team
NAIA All-American as a junior after transferring from Miami (Ohio)
University. Named as a first team All-Heartland of America Athletic
Conference selection, he led the Lions to a 29-6 record last
season. Soderburg, who has topped the 1,000-point mark in just two
seasons, is also averaging 3.5 assists per game. He has only 44
turnovers and 41 steals.
The five members of the Capital One Academic All-America®
Division II Men's Basketball first team have an average G.P.A. of
3.74.
Seniors Braydon Hobbs of Bellarmine and Chris Johansen of Regis
join junior Jonathan Morse of Metropolitan State and sophomores
Mike Dentlinger of Nebraska-Kearney and David Downs of
Seattle-Pacific on the Capital One Academic All-America®
Division II second team.
Graduate student Steve Swiech of California (Pa.) heads the
third team, along with seniors John Corrigan of Shippensburg,
Robert Huntingdon of Nova Southeastern and Matt Morris of Fort
Lewis. Junior Andrew Davis of Texas A&M-Commerce completes the
third team.
Joining McDonald on the Capital One Academic All-America®
Division II Women's Basketball first team are seniors Megan Eul of
Minnesota, Crookston, Vanessa Jones of Nebraska-Kearney and Kaitlyn
Petri of Chadron State and junior Brittany Cox of Pfeiffer
University.
An early childhood education major with a 3.97 G.P.A., Eul is
the second-leading scorer and rebounder at Minnesota, Crookston. A
5-10 senior forward from Rosemount, Minn., she is averaging 13.3
points and 5.7 rebounds per games. A two-time member of the
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-Academic team, she
averaged 9.9 points per game as a junior.
Honored as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Academic
Player of the Year last season, Jones is a Business Administration
major with a 3.96 G.P.A. A first team All-RMAC selection at
Nebraska-Kearney, she averaged 16.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per
game last season. A native of Colorado Springs, Col., she became
the 23rd player in school history to score 1,000 points. She leads
the Lopers with a 6.9 rebounding average while scoring 13.5 points
per game.
A Business Administration major with a 3.95 G.P.A., Petri is
averaging 16.5 points and 6.7 rebounds per game at Chadron State.
Honored as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Academic Player
of the Year this season, she was named as a Daktronics All-America
third team selection as a junior. She earned Academic All-America
honors after averaging 19.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. After
missing the 2010-11 season with an injury, she has returned to
average 16.5 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
The only junior on the Capital One Academic All-America®
Division II Women's Basketball first team, Cox is a sports
management major with a 3.92 G.P.A. The leading scorer in the
Carolinas Conference, she is averaging 21.3 points per game and has
been named as the conference Player of the Week twice. A native of
Winston-Salem, N.C. native recently scored her 1,000th career point
at Pfeiffer. The seventh-leading scorer in NCAA Division II, she
also ranks among the national leaders with 77 three-point baskets.
A second team all-conference selection as a sophomore, she is also
averaging 6.3 rebounds per game.
The five members of the Capital One Academic All-America®
Division II Women's Basketball first team have an average G.P.A. of
3.95.
The Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Women's
Basketball second team features seniors Mikayla Barondeau of
Northern State and Kelly Costello of Chaminade, along with juniors
Sam Hoyt of Michigan Tech, Traci Keyser of Fort Hays State, and
Kaitlin Snyder of Fairmont State. Sophomore Lauren Batista of
Bentley rounds out the six-player second team.
The third team consists of graduate student Nicole Bozek of
Alaska Fairbanks and seniors Lydia Bridenbaugh of West Virginia
Wesleyan, Nikki Frederickson of Mercyhurst and Hanna Johansson of
Alaska Anchorage.
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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 ([email protected]) (410)
704-3102
Academic All-America ® Vice-Chair for
Publicity/Communications
Bob Shreve, Edinboro University ([email protected]) (814)
732-1834
Academic All-America ® Coordinator of Division II Publicity
2012 Capital One
Academic All-America ® Division II
Men's Basketball Team
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Rory Blanche Western Washington Sr. Ashland,
Ore. 3.74 Manufacturing Engineering Tech.
Ryan Dougherty Southwest Baptist Sr. Fort Worth, Tex. 3.62 Biology
(Pre-Physical Therapy)
Desmond King Texas A&M-Commerce Sr. Alexandria,
La. 3.73 Kinesiology
Kramer Soderberg Lindenwood Sr. St. Charles, Mo. 3.69 Mass
Communications
Nick Trull Anderson (S.C.) Sr. Charlotte, N.C. 3.90 Kinesiology
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Mike Dentlinger Nebraska-Kearney So. Omaha, Neb. 3.95 Business
Administration
David Downs Seattle Pacific So. Kirkland, Wash. 3.80 Business
Administration
Braydon Hobbs Bellarmine Sr. New Albany, Ind. 3.53 Criminal
Justice
Chris Johansen Regis Sr. Albuquerque, N.M. 3.96 Business
Management
Jonathan Morse Metropolitan State Jr. Boulder,
Colo. 3.55 Biology
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
John Corrigan Shippensburg Sr. Harrisburg, Pa. 3.97 History
Andrew Davis Texas A&M-Commerce Jr. Richardson,
Texas 4.00 Accounting
Robert Huntington Nova Southeastern Sr. Perth,
Australia 3.77 Exercise & Sports Science
Matt Morris Fort Lewis Sr. Durango, Colo. 3.59 Business
Administration
Steve Swiech California (Pa.) Gr. Greenock, Pa. 3.70 Business
Administration
Academic All-American of the Year: Nick Trull, Anderson
FIRST TEAM
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
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
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.
Academic All-American of the Year: Michelle McDonald, Winona
State