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Denison's KT Kustritz Headlines 2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Women's At-Large Team
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KT Kustritz
AUSTIN, Texas – Denison University senior swimmer
KT Kustritz leads the 2019-20 Academic All-America® Division III Women's At-Large team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The Academic All-America® Women’s Team Member of the Year, Kustritz is a health, exercise and sport studies major with a 3.74 G.P.A. from St. Paul, Minn.
Note: Despite the cancellation of spring competition during COVID-19, CoSIDA continued its sponsorship of the Academic All-America® awards program. Student-athletes were selected based on career statistics.
A second-team Academic All-America® selection in 2019 and 2018, Kustritz is a five-time national champion and 27-time All-American. She is the national record-holder in the 100-yard breaststroke and is a 22-time NCAC champion. Kustritz qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100-yard breaststroke and competed in the 2019 Phillips 66 National Championships. She owns seven Denison varsity records and is also a three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American. She was named the 2017 NCAC Newcomer of the Year and the 2019 NCAC Swimmer of the Year.
Among the 45 student-athletes selected to the Academic All-America® Division III At-Large teams, 12 women carry a 4.0 grade-point average. Yhe 15 members of the women’s at-large first team team carry a 3.90 average G.P.A.
Twelve women are repeat Academic All-America® selections. Swimmer
Anne Shirley Dassow of Grove City and golfer
Anna Foley of DePauw joined Kustritz as three-time honorees. Both were on the 2019 second team, though Dassow made the 2018 first team and Foley received second-team distinction as a sophomore.
Other women’s student-athletes to repeat as Academic All-America® honorees include: first-teamers
Mikayla Bisignani (Johns Hopkins, swimming),
Emma Schulz (SUNY Cortland, gymnastics) and
Deborah Wen (MIT, swimming) repeated their first-team honors; first-teamer
Honore Collins (New York University, swimming) was a second-team selection last year; first-teamers
Nicole Andriani (Montclair State, field hockey),
Nicole Tan (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, tennis) and
Natalie Zaravella (Denison, swimming) were third-team honorees last year; and second-teamers
Kristin Dantzler (Randolph-Macon, tennis) and
Emily Hageboeck (Washington and Lee, swimming) achieved third-team distinction a year ago.
The Division III Academic All-America® program is 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.
2019-20 Academic All-America® Women's At-Large Teams – NCAA Division III
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Sport |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Field Hockey |
Nicole Andriani (3) |
Montclair State University |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Business Management / Administration |
| Lacrosse |
Liza Barr |
Gettysburg College |
Sr. |
3.9 |
Organization & Management Studies |
| Swimming |
Mikayla Bisignani (1) |
Johns Hopkins University |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Molecular & Cellular Biology / Psychology |
| Fencing |
Erin Chen |
Johns Hopkins University |
Sr. |
3.9 |
Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Swimming |
Honore Collins (2) |
New York University |
Sr. |
3.55 |
Business |
| Swimming |
Anne Shirley Dassow (#) |
Grove City College |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Biology |
| Golf |
Anna Foley (^) |
DePauw University |
Sr. |
4 |
Biochemistry |
| Field Hockey |
Arielle Johnston |
Salisbury University |
Sr. |
4 |
Community Health |
| Swimming |
KT Kustritz (^) |
Denison University |
Sr. |
3.74 |
Health, Exercise & Sport Studies |
| Ice Hockey |
Emily Lambert |
Norwich University |
Sr. |
4 |
International Business / Spanish |
| Lax, Fld. Hky. |
Erin Nicholas |
Middlebury College |
Jr. |
3.8 |
Molecular Biology / Biochemistry |
| Gymnastics |
Emma Schulz (1) |
SUNY Cortland |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Biology |
| Tennis |
Nicole Tan (3) |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
Sr. |
3.85 |
Neuroscience |
| Swimming |
Deborah Wen (1) |
MIT |
Jr. |
4 |
Physics & Chemistry / Biology |
| Swimming |
Natalie Zaravella (3) |
Denison University |
Sr. |
3.87 |
Economics / Global Commerce |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Sport |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Lacrosse |
Reilly Armstrong |
Aurora University |
Gr. |
4.00/4.00 |
MBA (G) |
| Golf |
Taylor Beckwith |
Whittier College |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Psychology |
| Lacrosse |
Kyra Bednarski |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
Sr. |
3.47 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Lacrosse |
Regan Cook |
York College (Pa.) |
Sr. |
3.97 |
Sport Management |
| Tennis |
Kristin Dantzler (3) |
Randolph-Macon College |
Sr. |
4 |
Archaeology / Greek |
| Swimming |
Rebecca Erwin |
Birmingham-Southern College |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Biology |
| Lax, Fld. Hky. |
Kara Finnerty |
Bowdoin College |
Sr. |
3.8 |
Government & Legal Studies / Francophone Studies |
| Swimming |
Maddie Ford |
Connecticut College |
Jr. |
3.99 |
Computer Science / Art |
| Field Hockey |
Devon Goetz |
MIT |
Sr. |
3.8 |
Mechanical Engineering / Brain & Cognitive Sciences |
| Swimming |
Emily Hageboeck (3) |
Washington and Lee University |
Sr. |
3.84 |
Accounting |
| Field Hockey |
Jillian Hughes |
Salisbury University |
Sr. |
3.8 |
Community Health |
| Gymnastics |
Cassidy Marquette |
Ithaca College |
Sr. |
3.99 |
Biochemistry |
| Water Polo |
Victoria Rose Meek |
California Lutheran University |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Criminology & Criminal Justice |
| Lacrosse |
Hannah Stein |
Baldwin Wallace University |
Sr. |
3.99 |
International Business |
| Gymnastics |
Tali Twomey |
Springfield College |
Sr. |
3.9 |
Rehabilitation & Disability Studies |
| Field Hockey |
Casey Wagner |
Rowan University |
Sr. |
3.99 |
Chemical Engineering |
| Swimming |
Blake Zhou |
MIT |
Sr. |
3.76 |
Brain & Cognitive Science |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Sport |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Lacrosse |
Sadie Camilliere |
Swarthmore College |
Sr. |
4 |
Psychology / Linguistics |
| Tennis |
Ellen Druebbisch |
University of Lynchburg |
Jr. |
4 |
Biomedical Science |
| Swimming |
Ellen Gilbert |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
So. |
4 |
Psychology |
| Crew |
Christine Hovermale |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Sr. |
3.9 |
Actuarial Mathematics |
| Swimming |
Macy Klein |
St. Catherine University |
So. |
4 |
Exercise & Sport Science / Pre-Physical Therapy |
| Tennis |
Maddy Knoll |
St. Catherine University |
Sr. |
4 |
Biology / Chemistry / Psychology |
| Swimming |
Agnes Lo |
University of Chicago |
Sr. |
3.64 |
Environmental & Urban Studies |
| Swimming |
Emmie Mirus |
Kenyon College |
Jr. |
3.85 |
Sociology / Spanish |
| Lacrosse |
Addy Mitchell |
Middlebury College |
Jr. |
3.85 |
International Global Studies |
| Swimming |
Emma Nicklas-Morris |
Carnegie Mellon University |
Sr. |
3.89 |
Psychology |
| Tennis |
Ally Persky |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Jr. |
4 |
Chemical Engineering |
| Tennis |
Madeline Slicker |
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
Sr. |
3.99 |
Special Education |
| Swimming |
Lilia Staszel |
MIT |
Sr. |
3.84 |
Computer Science / Economics / Data Science |
Academic All-America® of the Year: KT Kustritz, Denison University
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2019
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2019
(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third-team selection in 2019
(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2019 and first-team in 2018
(^) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2019 and 2018
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | CoSIDA Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332
Ryan Klinkner, Saint John’s University (Minn.) | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
rklinkner@csbsju.edu | (320) 363-3127