Sarah Lord Receives Academic Honor (June 3, 2005)
BILLINGS, MT – Montana
State-Billings cross-country runner Sarah Lord was
named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic District VII
Track/Cross-Country team on Friday. Lord is a
graduate student with a 4.00 grade point average at
MSU Billings and competed for the Yellowjacket
cross-country team in the fall. 
A Billings native, Lord
graduated Cum Laude with a degree in education from
Pacific Lutheran University. She enrolled in the
MSU Billings masters program in the fall and ran for
the Yellowjackets in her final year of NCAA
eligibility. Lord placed third at the PacWest
Conference Championships to earn all-conference
first team honors. She went on to a 26th place finish at the NCAA West Regional.
The College Sports Information
Directors of America Academic All-America program
divides the country into eight districts. Sports
Information Directors from each of the eight
districts select their Academic All-District teams
with student-athletes from the eight first teams
advancing to national balloting for Academic
All-America honors. The ten District VII first team
members, including Lord, will be on the national
ballot.
The CoSIDA College Division
includes all schools in NCAA Division II, NCAA
Division III and the NAIA. Schools from Montana are
part of District VII, which also includes Colorado,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Wyoming, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Nominees for the District VII College Division team
could come from any Division II, Division III, or
NAIA school in any of those states.
2005 CoSIDA All-District VII Women’s
Track/Cross-Country First Team
Kristin Anderson (Sr., Central Missouri State, 3.97,
Marketing)
Natalie Badowski (So., Washington-St. Louis, 3.93,
Biology)
Shauna Birchard (Jr., Nebraska-Kearney, 3.92,
Business Administration)
Anna Doherty (Sr., Cornell College, 4.00,
English/Spanish)
Kami Long (Sr., Nebraska Wesleyan, 3.93, Education)
Sarah Lord (Gr., Montana St.-Billings, 4.00,
Education)
Marci Miller (Sr., South Dakota, 3.83, Comm.
Disorders)
Megan Nelson (Sr., Pittsburg State, 4.00,
English/Education)
Erin Powell (Jr., Nebraska Wesleyan, 3.98,
Accounting)
Veronica Sackett (Jr., North Dakota, 3.90, Civil
Engineering) |
