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Danielle De Castro of Oregon Tech Headlines CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Team
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Danielle De Castro
AUSTIN, Texas – Senior
Danielle De Castro of Oregon Institute of Technology headlines the 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Division Cross Country/Track & Field teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The NAIA Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NAIA national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 NAIA Academic All-America® teams program. 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.
De Castro, who was a CoSIDA Academic All-America* first-team selection a year ago and is majoring in mechanical engineering, is a seven-time NAIA All-American boasting a 4.0 grade-point average. The Seattle, Washington. native excelled on the cross country course and the track as she holds five school records in the indoor 1,000-meter, mile, 3000-meter and the distance medley relay as well as the outdoor 1,500-meter run.
On the track, De Castro earned All-American honors in four different events and on the cross country course, finishing inside the top-30 twice in 2016 and 2018.
Joining De Castro as repeat first-team selections are
Taylor Bluemel (Taylor University) and
Kelli Smith (Cornerstone University). The 10-member first team had three 4.0 GPAs and averaged a 3.93 GPA. Westmont College’s
Chena Underhill was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team for the third consecutive year.
2019-20 Academic All-America® Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Teams – NAIA
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Ariana Anderson |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Ariz.) |
So. |
4 |
Aerospace Engineering |
| Rachel Battershell |
Concordia University (Neb.) |
So. |
3.97 |
Biology / Pre-Med |
| Taylor Bluemel (1) |
Taylor University |
Sr. |
3.96 |
Elementary Education |
| Bailey Cossentine |
William Jessup University |
Sr. |
4 |
Kinesiology |
| Danielle De Castro (1) |
Oregon Institute of Technology |
Sr. |
4 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Kate Grint |
Doane University |
Sr. |
3.69 |
Biology |
| Kelli Smith (1) |
Cornerstone University (Mich.) |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Elementary Education |
| Chena Underhill |
Westmont College |
Sr. |
3.97 |
Political Science / Data Analytics |
| Molly Vitale-Sullivan |
College of Idaho |
Sr. |
3.87 |
Physics / Mathematics |
| Vendela Williams |
William Jessup University |
Sr. |
3.9 |
Psychology |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Lorna Bechtel |
Indiana Wesleyan University |
Jr. |
3.93 |
Nursing |
| Destiny Copeland |
Indiana Institute of Technology |
So. |
3.85 |
Psychology |
| Julia Johnson |
University of Jamestown |
Sr. |
4 |
Nursing |
| Morgan Luedy |
Cornerstone University (Mich.) |
Jr. |
3.85 |
Exercise Science |
| Evelyn Moore |
University of the Cumberlands |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Biology |
| Hayley Newman |
Indiana Institute of Technology |
Sr. |
3.87 |
Psychology / Child Development |
| Anika Rasubala |
Northwest Christian University |
Sr. |
3.83 |
Business Administration |
| Julia Rohm |
Southeastern University |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Nursing |
| Alison Shapic |
Madonna University |
Sr. |
3.79 |
Biology |
| Amanda Sorokin |
Cornerstone University (Mich.) |
Sr. |
3.64 |
Exercise Science |
| Mikayla Tinkham |
University of British Columbia |
Jr. |
3.73 |
Nursing |
| Megan Van Harn |
William Woods University |
Sr. |
3.88 |
Equestrian |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Danielle De Castro, Oregon Institute of Technology
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA first-team selection in 2018-19
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College | Academic All-America® Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
mfmaceachern@yhc.edu | (706) 379-5106
Aaron Sagraves, Cornerstone University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
aaron.sagraves@cornerstone.edu | (616) 977-5415