ELON, N.C. – Elon University cross country and track athlete Katelyn Ealer (Bear, Del./Middletown) has been elected to the 2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's Track and Field/Cross Country Third Team (University Division) as announced Wednesday afternoon by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
The athletes were nominated by their sports information directors and named to eight Academic All-District squads by a vote of CoSIDA members, leading to over 80 candidates on the national ballot for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America consideration. Ealer emerged as one of three Southern Conference selections and one of nine District III honorees to be chosen to the 45-member Academic All-America team.
Ealer graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor of art degree from Elon last month with a 3.96 cumulative grade-point average as a psychology major and a history minor. The eight-time President's List and Athletics Director's Honor Roll student appeared regularly on the TIAA-CREF Academic All-Southern Conference team and the Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal list during her time at Elon.
Ealer was honored as the female A.L. Hook Scholar-Athlete at the annual Elon Athletics Awards Banquet last month, recognizing her as the Phoenix student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA. It marked the second-straight year that she received that accolade. Ealer represented Elon as its No. 4 runner during the 2007 cross country campaign and finished fourth in the 10,000-meter run – breaking her own Elon record with a time of 38:26.24 – at the 2008 Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
The three-time Academic All-District III choice served the Phoenix distance runners as a team captain this past winter and spring. In addition to her four years on the Elon cross country and track and field squads, she also spent two years on the Phoenix jazz band. In 2006, Ealer represented the state of Delaware in the Best of the United States Amateur Triathlon National Championship.
While at Elon, Ealer was inducted into six National Honor Societies – Chi Alpha Sigma (College Athletes), Phi Alpha Theta (History), Phi Eta Sigma (Freshmen), Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Gamma Mu (Social Sciences) and Psi Chi (Psychology) – and was one of just three Rhodes Scholar nominees in 2007. She will attend graduate school at Old Dominion University this fall, pursuing a master of science degree in psychology.
In Elon’s nine years as an official NCAA Division I member, Phoenix student-athletes have commandeered CoSIDA Academic All-America accolades on 14 occasions – including men’s cross country runner Eric Garren (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern) Monday.
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2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's Track and Field/Cross Country (University Division)
First Team
Jenny Barringer, Colorado (Junior, Oviedo, Florida, 3.66, Political Science/Economics)
Morgan Bonds, Kansas State (Senior, Hutchinson, Kansas, 3.98, Biology/Chemistry)
Brenna Burns, Davidson (Senior, Weaverville, North Carolina, 3.98, Psychology)
Lamarra Currie, Charlotte (Junior, Apex, North Carolina, 4.00, Psychology)
Marissa Daniels, Rice (Senior, Pearland, Texas, 3.86, Kinesiology/Pre-Medicine)
Lindsay Donaldson, Yale (Senior, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 3.69, History)
Jillian Drouin, Syracuse (Senior, Corunna, Ontario, Canada, 3.81, Health and Exercise Science/Nutrition)
Genni Gardner, Butler (Senior, Bramley, United Kingdom, 3.94, Communication Disorders)
Sherlenia Green, Virginia Tech (Senior, Vernon Hills, Illinois, 4.00, Health and Physical Education)
Jenna Griffin, Ohio State (Senior, Somerset, New Jersey, 3.96, Marketing and Strategic Communication)
Laci Heller, Kansas State (Senior, Meriden, Kansas, 4.00, Feed Science Management)
Lisa Koll, Iowa State (Sophomore, Fort Dodge, Illinois, 3.98, Biology)
April Kubishta, Arizona State (Graduate, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 3.79, Non-Degree Graduate Student)
Kim Shubert, Nebraska (Senior, Lincoln, Nebraska, 3.99, Biological Sciences)
April Thomas, Colorado State (Senior, Aurora, Colorado, 4.00, Biological Sciences)
Second Team
Sarah Bowman, Tennessee (Junior, Warrenton, Virginia, 3.85, Human Resource Management)
Baily Cox, Montana (Graduate, Wilbur, Washington, 3.87, Physical Therapy)
Heather Dorniden, Minnesota (Junior, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, 3.92, Kinesiology)
Laura Hermanson, North Dakota State (Junior, Burnsville, Minnesota, 3.93, Business Administration)
Sara Hiller, Missouri-Kansas City (Senior, Springfield, Missouri, 4.00, Pharmacy)
Claire Holme, Butler (Senior, Stowmarket, United Kingdom, 4.00, Education)
Candice James, Arkansas State (Senior, Bryant, Arkansas, 4.00, Graphic Communications)
Temeka Kincy, Texas (Senior, Indianapolis, Indiana, 3.64, Biology/Pre-Medicine)
Karoline Koehler, San Diego State (Senior, Erfurt, Germany, 3.90, International Economics)
Madie McKeever, Duke (Junior, Littleton, Colorado, 3.86, Biology)
Felicitas Mensing, Coastal Carolina (Junior, Neuhausen, Germany, 4.00, Applied Mathematics)
Liz Podominick, Minnesota (Graduate, Lakeville, Minnesota, 3.92, Sociology)
Katrina Rundhaug, Wisconsin (Senior, Dodgeville, Illinois, 3.52, Nursing)
Sarah Stevens, Arizona State (Junior, Fort Collins, Colorado, 3.48, Kinesiology)
Annett Wichmann, Hawai’i-Manoa (Senior, Jena, Germany, 3.85, Kinesiology/Leisure Studies)
Kristen Zieminski, Central Florida (Graduate, Sarasota, Florida, 4.00, Business Administration)
Third Team
Amy Backel, Oklahoma (Sophomore, Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, 4.00, Civil Engineering)
Amanda Benz, North Dakota State (Junior, Mounds View, Minnesota, 4.00, Psychology/Management Communication)
Nicole Blood, Oregon (Sophomore, Simi Valley, California, 3.59, Journalism)
Kristina Bolterstein, Miami of Ohio (Senior, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 3.64, Environmental Science Zoology)
Lauren Bosshardt, Wofford (Senior, Greenville, South Carolina, 3.98, Biology)
Jesse Carlin, Pennsylvania (Senior, Staten Island, New York, 3.49, Biological Basis of Behavior)
Elisabeth Driscoll, Montana State-Bozeman (Junior, Bozeman, Montana, 4.00, Mechanical Engineering)
Katelyn Ealer, Elon (Senior, Bear, Delaware, 3.96, Psychology)
Lauren Endersen, Utah (Junior, West Jordan, Utah, 4.00, Biology)
McKinnon Hanson, Washington State (Senior, La Push, Washington, 3.99, Philosophy)
Patience Knight, Texas Tech (Junior, San Antonio, Texas, 3.94, Wildlife Management/Range Management)
Melinda Owen, Idaho (Senior, Polson, Montana, 3.70, Elementary Education)
Sara Trane, Washington State (Junior, Pixbo, Sweden, 3.96, Psychology)
Marcie Veitch, Coastal Carolina (Junior, Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada, 4.00, Biology)
Elon CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (University Division)
2000 – John Marshall, Men’s Golf (Second Team Men’s Spring At-Large)
2001 – Julianne Treme, Women’s Tennis (Second Team Women’s Spring At-Large)
2001 – John Marshall, Men’s Golf (First Team Men’s Spring At-Large)
2002 – Jim Swenson, Baseball (Second Team)
2003 – Brandon Mason, Football (Second Team)
2004 – Gary Morris, Baseball (Third Team)
2004 – Brandon Mason, Football (First Team)
2005 – Pramote Malasitt, Men’s Tennis (Second Team Men’s At-Large)
2005 – John Tumbleston, Men’s Cross Country (First Team Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country)
2006 – John Tumbleston, Men’s Cross Country (First Team Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country)
2007 – Chris Chalko, Men’s Basketball (Third Team)
2007 – Paige Goss, Softball (Third Team)
2008 – Eric Garren, Men’s Cross Country (Third Team Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country)
2008 – Katelyn Ealer, Women's Track and Field/Cross Country (Third Team)
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