Yellowjackets’ Carlson Named 1st-Team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine
District 7 Academic-All Star

BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana State Billings women’s soccer senior midfielder Melissa Carlson has been named to the first-team College Sports Information Directors of America/ESPN The Magazine College Division District 7 Academic All-Star.

Carlson, a native of Renton, Wash., is a health and human performance major with a 3.92 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

Carlson currently is tied for third on the team with three goals and has two assists for eight points.  She also has one game winner on the year, helping the Yellowjackets to a 9-8 record and a 4-5 record in conference play.

Carlson is one of just two Great Northwest Athletic Conference student-athletes to be named to the first team.  Seattle Pacific’s Claire Grubbs earned first-team honors in District 8.  Both will move on to the national ballot.  The Academic All-America team is scheduled to be released Tuesday, Nov. 18.

The Yellowjackets host 18th-ranked and West Region top-seed Western Washington Friday in the home regular season finale at 1 p.m. at the College of Technology Field. 

District VII
College Division
FIRST TEAM
GK Amanda Boe WASHINGTON (MO) VII Sr. Aurora, Ill. 3.97 Biochemistry
M Melissa Carlson MONTANA STATE-BILLINGS VII Sr. Renton, Wash. 3.92 Health and human performance
M Nikki Llewellyn MO. SOUTHERN STATE VII Sr. O'Fallon, Mo. 3.81 Economics
M Holly Ramaeker NW MISSOURI STATE VII Sr. Omaha, Neb. 3.94 Biological sciences, life sciences
D Lisa Fahey WASHBURN VII Sr. Parkville, Mo. 4.00 Biology
D Becca Mackenzie GRINNELL VII Sr. St. Paul, Minn. 3.82 Anthropology, chemistry
D Monica Hilger NEBRASKA WESLEYAN VII Sr. Lincoln, Neb. 3.95 Biology
D Landri Schmitt CENTRAL MISSOURI VII Sr. Olathe, Kan. 3.73 Nursing
F Rachel Oswald WARTBURG VII Sr. Dubuque, Iowa 3.70 Business administration
F Amy Lindley ROCKHURST VII Jr. Spring, Texas 3.90 Biochemistry (pre-med)
F Jessica Wiegert TRUMAN STATE VII Jr. W. Des Moines, Iowa 3.85 Exercise science

SECOND TEAM
M Megan Walker MISSOURI SOUTHERN ST. VII Sr. Grapevine, Texas 4.00 Mass communications
M Becca Heymann WASHINGTON (MO) VII Jr. Winchester, Mass. 3.75 Philosophy, neuroscience, psych.
M Jenna Hindman CENTRAL VII Jr. Swisher, Iowa 3.80 Exercise science/athletic training
D Cassie Scaman WASHINGTON (MO) VII Jr. Libertyville, Ill. 3.92 Organization, human res., mktg.
D Katrina Hartfield MESA STATE VII Jr. Arvada, Colo. 4.00 Nursing
D Marcie Fundis EMPORIA STATE VII Jr. Berryton, Kan. 4.00 Elementary education
D Alyssa Brobst CENTRAL VII So. Pella, Iowa 4.00 Biology
F Ashley Tankersley LINDENWOOD VII Jr. St. Charles, Mo. 3.95 Biology
F Lisa Schwarz ROCKHURST VII Sr. Chesterfield, Mo. 3.64 Communication sci. & disorders
F Jessica Mainz WASHBURN VII Sr. Topeka, Kan. 3.53 Elementary education
F Michelle Reed ADAMS STATE VII Sr. Longmont, Colo. 3.78 Chemistry