Carpenter Earns Academic All-District Honors

BILLINGS, Mont.–  Alira Carpenter has been named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine District 7 Academic All-District College Division first team for women’s basketball.  This is the second time she has made first team and she was one of only three GNAC athletes to make all-district this season.  Carpenter will now be on the ballot for the academic all-American team.

Carpenter is averaging 23.3 and 3.7 rebounds a game while shooting 44.1% from the floor, 41.7% from behind the arc and 90.5% from the line.  She is currently ranked in NCAA Division II for scoring (seventh), free throw percentage (13th) and three-pointers made per game (2.9 – 18th).

“Alira is very deserving of this prestigious honor,” said head coach Kevin Woodin.  “She is a great leader for us.  Alira has worked extremely hard on the court and in the classroom.  She represents everything Yellowjacket athletics should stand for.”

2009 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
Women’s Basketball Team
District 7

College Division
FIRST TEAM
Name School Dist. Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Melanie Auguste COLORADO COLLEGE VII Sr. Cameron Park, Calif. 3.74 Economics
Alira Carpenter MONTANA STATE-BILLINGS VII Sr. Lewistown, Mont. 3.57 Molecular biology
Katie McElrath MISSOURI SCIENCE & TECH. VII Sr. Owasso, Okla. 3.92 Civil engineering
Paulina Tuell REGIS VII Sr. Springfield, Mo. 3.87 Biology, pre-med
Bridget Yoerger SOUTH DAKOTA VII Sr. Hinton, Iowa 3.82 Recreation mgmt. / health promotion

SECOND TEAM
Name School Dist. Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Lindsay Anderson DOANE VII Sr. Holdrege, Neb. 3.66 Accounting & finance
Autumn Bartel MORNINGSIDE VII Sr. Cherokee, Iowa 3.81 Biology
Lindsay Bava LORAS VII Jr. Downers Grove, Ill. 3.81 Elementary education
Lauren Luebbe REGIS VII Jr. Rochester, Minn. 3.96 Nursing
Georgia Mueller TRUMAN STATE VII Sr. Springfield, Ill. 3.51 Mathematics
Cortney Shewmaker SOUTHWEST BAPTIST VII Sr. Buffalo, Mo. 3.92 Athletic training / pre-physical therapy

THIRD TEAM
Name School Dist. Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Sarah Anciaux COE VII So. Iowa City, Iowa 3.82 Biology
Erica Biel FORT HAYS STATE VII Jr. Hutchinson, Kan. 3.50 Agriculture (animal science)
Cassondra Boston EMPORIA STATE VII Jr. Des Moines, Iowa 3.67 Accounting
Kassi Schuppe NEBRASKA-KEARNEY VII Sr. Iliff, Colo. 3.95 Business administration
Allie Wilhelm MARYVILLE (MO) VII Gr. Wildwood, Mo. 4.00 Journalism (under); elem. ed. (grad)