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Kendall Knapke of Indiana Tech Spotlights 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NAIA Women's Basketball Teams
Kendall Knapke
Indiana Tech
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AUSTIN, Texas – Senior forward Kendall Knapke from Indiana Institute of Technology headlines the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NAIA Women’s Basketball Teams as named by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Knapke collected the Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for NAIA women’s basketball.
Knapke, an accounting and business management major from Hoagland, Indiana, owns a 4.00 GPA. Knapke has garnered first-team All-Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference honors and Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete this season. In addition to becoming a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America® honoree, she has accumulated three All-WHAC nods, two NAIA scholar-athlete awards and a pair of selections to the WHAC All-Academic team. She has also been WHAC All-Newcomer and the Emil S. Liston Award winner for the conference during her career.
Knapke led Indiana Tech (32-4) to a breakout season in 2018-19 with its first WHAC Tournament championship, a single-season record for victories and first appearance in the NAIA Division II Tournament quarterfinals since 1993. The Warriors also repeated as conference regular-season champions. Knapke and her fellow seniors own a 108-28 mark for the best record of any class in program history.
Knapke ranks fourth in NAIA Division II with 109 3-pointers and 10th with 7.2 defensive rebounds a game. She led the team with 15.6 points and 7.8 rebounds a game while shooting 42.1 percent from 3-point range. In her career, Knapke amassed 1,669 points, 926 rebounds, 132 blocked shots and 315 three-pointers.
Nicole Buckingham from Lawrence Technological University was a repeat selection to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® teams after being named to the second team a year ago.
Four women’s CoSIDA Academic All-America® honorees boast 4.0 GPAs. The team averaged a 3.90 GPA.
2018-19 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Team – NAIA
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Maya Ah You Dias |
Eastern Oregon University |
Sr. |
3.67 |
Psychology |
| Nicole Buckingham (2) |
Lawrence Technological University |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Biomedical Engineering |
| Madison Egr |
Midland University |
Sr. |
4 |
Elementary Education |
| Kara Gerka |
University of Saint Francis (Ind.) |
Jr. |
4 |
Physicians Assistant |
| Kendall Knapke (2) |
Indiana Institute of Technology |
Sr. |
4 |
Accounting & Business Management |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Kendall Bradbury |
Taylor University |
Sr. |
3.52 |
Exercise Science |
| Erika Feenstra |
Dordt College |
So. |
3.98 |
Exercise Science |
| Sarah Miller |
Ave Maria University |
Jr. |
3.89 |
Accounting |
| Madison Sickles |
Grand View University |
Sr. |
4 |
Elementary Education |
| Ali Tucker |
Lyon College |
Sr. |
4 |
Biology |
Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year: Kendall Knapke, Indiana Institue of Technology
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA second team selection in 2017-18
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College | Google Cloud Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
mfmaceachern@yhc.edu | (706) 379-5106
Rich Tortorelli, Oklahoma City University | Google Cloud Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
rtortorelli@okcu.edu | (405) 208-5304