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2017-18 Academic All-America® Teams and Honorees
Miranda Ristau of Northern State Headlines CoSIDA Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Teams
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Miranda Ristau
AUSTIN, Texas – Northern State University senior center
Miranda Ristau headlines the 2017-18 Academic All-America® Division II Basketball Teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The 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 2017-18 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.
Ristau a native of Warner, South Dakota, was named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Player of the Year and finished the year leading the squad by averaging 19.8 points per game. The Wolves lead the country in rebounding thanks to Ristau’s team high 7.8 boards per game, while her team ranks sixth in the nation in field goal percentage aided by Ristau’s 56.3 percent shooting (254-of-451). She joined Northern State’s 1,000 career point club this season and currently ranks sixth in school history with 1,461 career points.
Ristau is making her first appearance on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Basketball Team thanks to a perfect 4.00 GPA as a biology major. She helped the Wolves earn an at-large berth into the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Tournament, where Northern State upended Arkansas Tech University in the first round, for the program’s first postseason win in five years, and fell to Augustana (S.D.) University in the semifinal round of the Central Region Tournament.
The six CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II women’s basketball first team members hold a composite 3.94 GPA. Seven members of the 16-player first, second and third teams honorees hold a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA.
Three CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II women’s basketball selections are repeat picks from the 2016-17 honor squads with the trio of players making the 2017-18 first team. The repeat performers from the women’s team include Ashland University’s
Andi Daugherty, a second team selection in both 2015-16 and 2016-17, Minnesota State University – Moorhead’s
Drew Sannes, a third team honoree in 2016-17, and
Ashland’s Laina Snyder, a second team selection in 2016-17.
2017-18 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Team – NCAA Division II
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Andi Daugherty (2, #) |
Ashland University |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Finance |
| Jessica Kelliher |
Lewis University |
Jr. |
3.8 |
Organizational Communications |
| Miranda Ristau |
Northern State University |
Sr. |
4 |
Biology |
| Drew Sannes (3) |
Minnesota State University Moorhead |
Gr. |
4.00 / 4.00 |
Business Administration |
| Laina Snyder (2) |
Ashland University |
Sr. |
3.91 |
Business Management |
| Erin Walsh |
Lee University |
Sr. |
4 |
Health Science |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Alexis Dillard |
Anderson University |
Gr. |
4.00 / 4.00 |
Master of Arts in Elementary Ed. Certification |
| Rachel McInerney |
Ferris State University |
Sr. |
3.97 |
Elementary Education |
| Jordan McPhee |
Seattle Pacific University |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Business Administration |
| Hailey Tucker |
Southwestern Oklahoma State University |
Jr. |
3.86 |
Communications |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Alisha Breen |
Montana State University Billings |
Sr. |
3.67 |
Health & Human Performance |
| Kori Bullard |
Ouachita Baptist University |
Sr. |
4 |
Biology |
| Morgan Dahlstrom |
University of Southern Indiana |
Sr. |
3.91 |
Exercise Science |
| Emily Ferreri |
Saint Michael's College |
Jr. |
4 |
Biology |
| Anja Fuchs-Robetin |
Florida Southern College |
Jr. |
3.92 |
Exercise Science |
CoSIDA Academic All-America® of the Year: Miranda Ristau, Northern State University
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2016-17
(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team selection in 2016-17
(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2015-16
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College | Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
mfmaceachern@yhc.edu | (706) 379-5106
Todd Wetmore, Liberty University University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
twetmore@liberty.edu | (434) 582-2292