May 22, 2008

GREELEY, Colo. - The College Sports Information Directors of America today released the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 2008 Women's At-Large Teams and the University of Northern Colorado had two named to the First Team in District VII.

Jenny Henderson, a senior golfer from Fargo, North Dakota majoring in communication studies and Karen Groll, a women's tennis senior from Tucson, Arizona majoring in mathematics secondary education teaching both were honored on the First Team.

Henderson recently completed her stellar career at Northern Colorado, earning first-team all-Big Sky Conference honors his past season and placed 14^th overall at the conference championship last month. She ended the regular season with a 77.78 stroke average, was the Bears' top finisher in nine events during the season and was named Big Sky Athlete of the Week three times.

Groll helped lead the Bears' to their first-ever Big Sky Tournament berth. She quadrupled her win total from her junior season to her senior year and served as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee this past academic year.

Both student-athletes received their degrees from the University of Northern Colorado two weeks ago and their names will now be forwarded to the Academic All-America ballot, which will be released in a few weeks.

District 7 Winners

University Division

Imke Reimers

NEBRASKA

Sr.

Papenburg, Germany

3.98

Mathematics/Economics

Sandra Blake

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE

Jr.

Kennewick, Wash.

4.0

Accounting

Annette Aksdal

DENVER

Jr.

Oslo, Norway

3.99

Finance

Claire Rennie

MONTANA STATE

Jr.

Ottawa, Ontario

3.89

Cell Biology & Neuroscience; Biomedical

Melissa Linnens

MISSOURI STATE

Sr.

Wichita, Kan.

3.73

Marketing

Aimee Stinson

WYOMING

Jr.

Colorado Springs, Colo.

3.86

Secondary Education, Earth and Space Science

Jenny Henderson

NORTHERN COLORADO

Sr.

Fargo, N.D.

3.85

Communication Studies

Casie Hanson

NORTH DAKOTA

Jr.

St. Peter, Minn.

3.96

Exercise Science

Abigail Rogers

AIR FORCE

Jr.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

3.70

Behavioral Sciences

Karen Groll

NORTHERN COLORADO

Sr.

Tucson, Ariz.

4.00

Mathematics, Secondary Teaching

SECOND TEAM

Elizabeth Enyart

AIR FORCE

Sr.

Bend, Ore.

3.31

Behavioral Sciences

Kara Boston

KANSAS

Sr.

Earlville, Ill.

3.91

Community Health; Occupational Therapy

Kendra Hanson

IOWA STATE

Sr.

Forest City, Iowa

3.49

Elementary Education

Kirsten Weiss

NEBRASKA

Sr.

Cornwall, Pa.

3.81

International Studies/Spanish

Annie Quinn

COLORADO STATE

Sr.

Salt Lake City, Utah

3.78

Speech Communication

Abbi Sunner

KANSAS STATE

So.

Ankeny, Iowa

4.0

Nutritional Sciences/Pre-Chiropractic

Mallory Onisk

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

Jr.

Bear, Del.

3.72

Pharmacy

Erlyn Rudico

AIR FORCE

So.

Duncanville, Texas

3.26

Biochemistry

Hilary Tyler

COLORADO STATE

Sr.

Grand Junction, Colo.

3.88

Speech Communication

Marni Benson

IOWA STATE

Jr.

Winona, Minn.

3.28

Marketing/Management