Diakos selected to Capital One's Academic All-America Team
February 18, 2013
TOWSON, Md. - LSU Shreveport's Jenna Diakos was selected to the third team of the 2012-13 Capital One Academic All-America Women's Basketball Team College Division as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Diakos is in her junior year as a Community Health Major at LSUS with an overall GPA of 4.0.
The Capital One College Division Academic All-America® basketball teams are comprised of student-athletes from NAIA, Canadian and two-year institutions.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 15,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
For more information about the Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Dan O'Connell, Towson University (doconnell@towson.edu) (410) 704-3102
Academic All-America ® Vice-Chair for Publicity/Communications
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College (mfmaceachern@yhc.edu) (706) 379-5106
Jay Stancil, Union College (jstancil@unionky.edu) (606) 546-1292
2012-13 Capital One Academic All-America ®
Women's Basketball Team College Division
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Kelsey Canavan Lubbock Christian Sr. El Paso, Texas 4.00 Exercise & Sport Science
Laura Carroll Asbury Sr. Paintsville, Ky. 3.99 Elementary Education
**Hollie German Lee Jr. Benton, Tenn. 3.98 Mathematics/Sec. Ed.
Katie Gonnering St. Francis (Ill.) So. Seymour, Wis. 4.00 Nursing
Esther Timmermans Vanguard Sr. Melbourne, Australia 3.88 Psychology
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Suzanne Broski Saint Xavier So. Rockford, Ill. 4.00 Biology
Laura Johnson Bethel (Ind.) Sr. Millbrook, Ill. 3.72 Health & Physical Ed.
Samantha Kleinsasser Northwestern (Iowa) Jr. Huron, S.D. 4.00 Nursing
Clarie Ray Indiana Wesleyan Sr. Fishers, Ind. 4.00 Elementary Education
Lindsey Waters Union (Ky.) Sr. Stearns, Ky. 3.75 Psychology
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Jenna Diakos LSU-Shreveport Jr. Ragley, La. 4.00 Community Health
Lauren Gober Oklahoma City Sr. Newcastle, Ok. 3.51 Nursing
Emily Schartner Point Park Sr. Finleyville, Pa. 4.00 Biological Sciences
Paige Smith Indiana Wesleyan Sr. Fishers, Ind. 3.94 Art Education
Morgan Stuut Saint Xavier So. Marcellus, Mich. 3.87 Nursing
**Team Member of the Year: Hollie German, Lee
