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Jenna Taylor of Simpson Headlines Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Team
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Jenna Taylor
AUSTIN, Texas – Simpson’s
Jenna Taylor headlines the Academic All-America® NCAA Division III women's basketball teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced Wednesday.
Taylor has been named as the Academic All-America® of the Year for women’s basketball.
Taylor, an accounting/economics and finance double major, hails from Creston, Iowa. She is the lone multiple Academic All-America® on the list this season after earning second team accolades in 2018-19.
A 4.0 student, Taylor is a four-time American Rivers Conference honoree and was named as an All-America this year by both D3hoops.com and the WBCA. She also was named as the WBCA West Region Player of the Year and the ARC Most Valuable Performer.
One school — Illinois Wesleyan — is represented on the men’s and women’s first team with
Kendall Sosa the pick on the women’s team and
Matthew Leritz for the men.
Shannon Devitt (The College of New Jersey),
Kimberly Schuh (Meredith), and
Leah Springer (Messiah) join Taylor and Sosa on the women’s first team.
The 15-member women’s squad has a 3.91 average GPA with the first team posting a 3.95. Four women: Taylor, Springer,
Emily Hafemann from Concordia-Wisconsin, and Pacific Lutheran’s
Emma Janousek recorded 4.0 GPAs. Springer and Janousek’s 4.0s come in graduate programs after earning 3.97 and 3.99 undergrad GPAs, respectively.
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 2020-21 Division III Academic All-America® teams program.
2020-21 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Teams – NCAA Division III
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Shannon Devitt |
The College of New Jersey |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Accounting |
| Kimberly Schuh |
Meredith College |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Health and Physical Education |
| Kendall Sosa |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Sr. |
3.9 |
Business marketing & Graphic Design |
| Leah Springer |
Messiah University |
Gr. |
3.97/4.00 |
Economics (UG) / Intercollegiate Ath. Leader. (G) |
| Jenna Taylor (1) |
Simpson College |
Sr. |
4 |
Accounting / Economics & Finance |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Julie Galauner |
Aurora University |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Parks & Recreation Leadership |
| Emily Hafemann |
Concordia University Wisconsin |
Sr. |
4 |
Nursing |
| Nicole Heffington |
John Carroll University |
Sr. |
3.74 |
Early Childhood Education |
| Emma Janousek |
Pacific Lutheran University |
Gr. |
3.99/4.00 |
Education |
| Olivia Voskuil |
Hope College |
Sr. |
3.89 |
Civil Engineering |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Meredith Brown |
Gettysburg College |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Biochemistry / Molecular Biology |
| Averi Jordan |
DeSales University |
Jr. |
3.69 |
Nursing |
| Christina Kiser |
Bard College |
Jr. |
3.73 |
Biology |
| Brooke Raiche |
Castleton University |
Sr. |
3.99 |
Business Management |
| Kenedy Schoonveld |
Hope College |
Sr. |
3.84 |
Social Work |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Jenna Taylor, Simpson, University
(1) 2018-19 Second team Academic All-America®
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | CoSIDA Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
Schwartzy2@yahoo.com | (701) 793-0538
Scott Musa, Shenandoah University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
smusa@su.edu | (540) 665-5417