May 20, 2010

Aidemark earns CoSIDA Academic All-District honors

GREENSBORO, N.C. - UNC Greensboro women's golfer Sofia Aidemark was named to the ESPN Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District at-large squad on Thursday.

Earning her second straight first-team all-district selection, Aidemark will now be eligible for the national All-America ballot later this month. The voting is done by sports information directors on a regional and national level.

A senior from Laholm, Sweden, she graduated with a 3.97 GPA in Communications. The university's first international student to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa last month, Aidemark earned Dean's List six out of her first seven semesters at UNCG and Chancellor's List each of the first five semesters she was eligible for it. Those honors haven't been announced for the spring 2010 semester as of yet.

Athletically, Aidemark had a 77.72 stroke average in 32 rounds this season. She finished 11th at the Southern Conference Championship last month. Her best finish of the year came at the UNCG Starmount Fall Classic, when she finished 10th.

The complete list of District III first and second team selections is listed below.

FIRST TEAM

Name                                      School                                        Dist.  Yr.   Hometown                     GPA    Major

Sofia Aidemark                      UNC GREENSBORO                 III       Sr.   Laholm, Sweden            3.97     Communications

Martha Blakely                       VIRGINIA TECH                         III       So.  Reading, Pa.                  4.00     Biochemistry / chemistry / math

Lisa Caprioglio                      GEORGIA                                   III       Sr.   Highlands Ranch, Colo.          4.00       International business & marketing

Teresa Crippen                     FLORIDA                                    III       So.  Conshohocken, Pa.      3.71     Economics

Kelsey Cutchins                    JAMES MADISON                      III       Sr.   Suffolk, Va.                     3.93     Psychology

Katie Detlefsen                       CENTRAL                                   III       Gr.   Eagan, Minn.                 4.00     Advertising / public relations

Bianca Eichkorn                    MIAMI (FL)                                  III       Jr.    Tengen, Germany         3.81     International finance & marketing

Caroline Newman                  CHARLESTON                           III       So.  Greensboro, N.C.          4.00     Psychology

Grace Taylor                          GEORGIA                                   III       Sr.   Aiken, S.C.                     3.97     Health promotion

Rebekah Zaiser                     FLORIDA                                    III       Sr.   Mars, Pa.                        3.97     Biology (pre-professional)

SECOND TEAM

Name                                      School                                        Dist.  Yr.   Hometown                     GPA    Major

Caroline Bevillard                 GEORGIA SOUTHERN             III       Jr.    Bishop, Ga.                    3.96     Sport management

Sarah Bullard                         DUKE                                          III       Jr.    Needham, Mass.            3.58     Sociology

Mei Christensen                    VIRGINIA                                    III       Sr.   Reston, Va.                    3.38     Psychology

Lauren Elstein                        VIRGINIA                                    III       Sr.   Fredericksburg, Va.       3.75     Economics

Caitlin Kirsteier                      UNC-WILMINGTON                  III       Sr.   Doylestown, Pa.            3.62     Middle grades education

Brielle Paolini                        WILLIAM & MARY                      III       Sr.   Virginia Beach, Va.        3.98     Neuroscience

Julie Saleeby                          NORTH CAROLINA STATE      III       Jr.    Raleigh, N.C.                 4.00     Biological sciences / human biology

Gemma Spofforth                  FLORIDA                                    III       Sr.   West Sussex, England 3.44     Family, youth & community sciences

Wendy Trott                           GEORGIA                                   III       So.  Capetown, S. Africa       3.96     International affairs

Laura Vallverdu                      MIAMI (FL)                                  III       Sr.   Valencia, Venezuela      3.60     Psychology

Kara Wright                            NORTH CAROLINA                   III       Sr.   Virginia Beach, Va.        3.94     Journalism & mass communication

Reka Zsilinszka                     DUKE                                          III       Jr.    Fayetteville, N.C.           3.61     History

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