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Sydney Kopp of DePauw Tops Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Team
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Sydney Kopp
AUSTIN, Texas – DePauw’s
Sydney Kopp headlines the 2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division III women's basketball teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced Wednesday.
Kopp, a political science major from Burr Ridge, Illinois, has been named as the Academic All-America® NCAA Division III for women’s basketball.
Kopp is the NCAC Player of the Year and a Jostens Award finalist after leading DePauw to a perfect 16-0 league record and the 2020 NCAC championship. A three-time first team All-NCAC honoree, Kopp led all players in scoring and was seventh in rebounding.
Four women are repeat selections including
Yuleska Ramirez-Tejada (Emmanuel) and
Eva Reinertsen (UW-Superior) on the first team.
The women’s first team consists of Kopp, Ramirez-Tejada, Reinertsen,
Taite Anderson (Bethel) and
Katie McShea (Marymount).
Four of the five women on the first team are seniors with McShea, only a sophomore, completing the group.
Ramirez-Tejeda was a second team honoree last season with Reinertsen a third team pick.
Hannah Frazier (Wheaton (Ill.)) returns to the second team.
The final repeat selection,
Kelly Williams (Randolph-Macon), is a second team honoree this year after earning that same honor in 2017-18. Williams, the 2020 ODAC Player and Scholar-Athlete of the Year, missed the majority of the 2018-19 season with an injury.
Springfield College, with second teamers
Alex Goslin for the women and
Heath Post for the men, is the only school selections to both the men's and women's teams.
The 2019-20 full women’s team has a 3.87 average GPA with five members boasting perfect 4.0 GPAs. The first team averages a 3.87 GPA.
Frazier, Copp, Williams and
Paige Matijasich (Kenyon) are four of the 10 finalists for the women’s Jostens award.
The Division III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division III Academic All-America® teams program.
2019-20 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Teams – NCAA Division III
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Taite Anderson |
Bethel University |
Sr. |
3.7 |
Biokinetics |
| Sydney Kopp |
DePauw University |
Sr. |
3.75 |
Political Science |
| Katie McShea |
Marymount University |
So. |
4 |
Biology |
| Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda (2) |
Emmanuel College |
Sr. |
3.89 |
Criminal Justice |
| Eva Reinertsen (3) |
University of Wisconsin-Superior |
Sr. |
4 |
Social Work |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Hannah Frazier (2) |
Wheaton College (Illinois) |
Sr. |
3.75 |
Mathematics |
| Megan Flynn |
The Sage Colleges |
Gr. |
3.99/4.00 |
Business Administration (UG) / MBA (G) |
| Alex Goslin |
Springfield College |
Sr. |
4 |
Mathematics / Secondary Education |
| Sophie Nick |
Vassar College |
Sr. |
3.93 |
Biochemistry |
| Mary Kate O'Day |
Framingham State University |
Sr. |
3.93 |
Sociology |
| Kelly Williams (*) |
Randolph-Macon College |
Sr. |
3.81 |
Computer Science / Accounting |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Madeline Eck |
Amherst College |
Sr. |
3.85 |
Economics / Psychology |
| Paige Matijasich |
Kenyon College |
Sr. |
3.88 |
Chemistry |
| Caitlin Navratil |
Nebraska Wesleyan University |
Sr. |
3.53 |
Social Work |
| Sammie Woodward |
Carthage College |
Sr. |
4 |
Exercise Science |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Sydney Kopp, DePauw University
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II second team selection in 2018-19
(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II third team selection in 2018-19
(*) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II second team selection in 2017-18
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | CoSIDA Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332
Scott Musa, Shenandoah University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
smusa@su.edu | (540) 665-5417