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  •  Cross Country (M)
  •  Cross Country (W)
  •  Football
  •  Golf (W)
  •  Soccer (M)
  •  Soccer (W)
  •  Tennis (W)
  •  Volleyball

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  •  Basketball (M)
  •  Basketball (W)
  •  Wrestling

Spring
  •  Baseball
  •  Golf (M)
  •  Softball
  •  Tennis (M)
  •  Track & Field (M)
  •  Track & Field (W)
 

May 23, 2002

122 NAMED TO IOWA CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

MOUNT VERNON, IA . . .  The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that 122 student-athletes have been named to the Conference’s All-Academic Team for the spring season.  To be eligible for All-Academic Team honors, a student-athlete must participate at the varsity level, be a junior or senior in academic standing and attain a 3.5 or better grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).  During the 2001-02 academic year, 338 student-athletes were named to the IIAC All-Academic Team.

“To have this number of student-athletes honored for their high academic accomplishments speaks very highly for their dedication and commitment to the Conference’s philosophy which is the overall development of young women and men,” IIAC Commissioner John Cochrane said.  “The Iowa Conference commends these individuals for their achievements in and out of the classroom and wishes them all the best in future endeavors.”

The 2002 spring All-Academic Team is comprised of 66 juniors and 56 seniors.  Luther College has a conference-high 28 student-athletes on the Team followed by Loras College (20 student-athletes) and Wartburg College (19 student-athletes).  The Team is comprised of 43 women’s track and field performers, 23 baseball players, 21 softball players and men’s track and field performers, eight men’s tennis players and six men’s golf players. 

Thirty-six members (29.3 percent) of the 2002 spring All-Academic Team earned similar honors in either the fall or winter season.   Thirteen of Luther’s 28 student-athletes are repeat winners.  Loras has seven repeat winners followed Wartburg with five.

Click here for the complete sport-by-sport listing of the 2002 Iowa Conference spring All-Academic Team..

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