Related
•
2020-21 Academic All-America® Teams and Honorees
• Download new Academic All-America program logos
Kylah Comley of Sterling College Spotlights CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Women's Basketball Team
NAIA M/W Basketball Release: PDF |
doc
Kylah Comley
AUSTIN, Texas – Sterling College senior guard
Kylah Comley highlights the 2020-21 Academic All-America® NAIA Women’s Basketball Teams recognized 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 2020-21 NAIA Academic All-America® teams program.
Comley garnered the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for NAIA women’s basketball.
Comley highlighted the 10 student-athletes comprising the CoSIDA NAIA Women’s Basketball Academic All-America® Team. Comley, who hails from Sterling, Kansas, has compiled a 3.95 cumulative grade-point average studying elementary education and exercise science.
Comley completed her career as a four-time NAIA All-American, earning honorable-mention honors in 2018, second-team accolades in 2019 and 2020 and third-team acclaim this season. She became two-time Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and a four-time unanimous first-team All-KCAC selection. She finished second on Sterling’s career list with 2,087 points and No. 1 with 580 assists.
The 2020-21 CoSIDA NAIA Women’s Basketball Academic All-America® Team features three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America® honoree
Erika Feenstra from Dordt University and two-time recipients
Abby Schmidt of Bethel (Kansas) College and
Michelle Burns from Point Park University.
Three members of the CoSIDA NAIA Women’s Basketball Academic All-America® team own 4.0 cumulative GPAs. The five first-team recipients recorded an average GPA of 3.96, and the 10 honorees have an average GPA of 3.974.
2020-21 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Teams – NAIA
| FIRST TEAM |
|
|
|
|
| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Kylah Comley |
Sterling College |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Elem. Education / Exercise Science |
| Erika Feenstra (1)(@) |
Dordt University |
Sr. |
3.99 |
Health & Human Performance - Exercise Science |
| Jessi Giles |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
Jr. |
4.00 |
English for News Media |
| Abby Schmidt (2) |
Bethel College |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Business Administration |
| Reagan Turner |
Lindsey Wilson College |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Human Services & Counseling |
|
|
|
|
|
| SECOND TEAM |
|
|
|
|
| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Holly Allen |
Central Baptist College |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Kinesiology - Exercise & Health Sciences |
| Michelle Burns (2) |
Point Park University |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Economics / Finance |
| Brynley Fitzgerald |
University of Montana Western |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Elementary Education |
| Taylor Gregory |
Mount Vernon Nazarene University |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Biology - Pre-Physical Therapy |
| Sierra Mitchell |
Morningside College |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Elementary Education |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Kylah Comley, Sterling College
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA first-team selection in 2019-20
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA second-team selection in 2019-20
(@) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA second-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
Rich Tortorelli, Oklahoma City University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
rtortorelli@okcu.edu | (405) 208-5304