TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY

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SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran's Jacqueline Allen and Tiffany Wetz have advanced to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot for the Women's Track & Field/Women's Cross Country program.

Allen and Wetz are eligible for Academic All-America honors after being named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District VI First Team in the college division.

Allen (Katy/Mayde Creek) is a May graduate of TLU. She majored in kinesiology.

Allen is TLU's 2009-10 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and TLU's 2009-10 Female Sportsmanship Award Winner. Allen also holds the American Southwest Conference and TLU awards for Distinguished Scholar-Athlete in Women's Track & Field. She also was TLU's Distinguished Scholar-Athlete for Women's Cross Country.

Allen, a four-year letterwinner in both women's cross country and women's track & field, is a three-time Academic All-ASC selection in both sports. She was a member of TLU's 2010 ASC Championship squad in women's track and field. She was seventh in the javelin at the ASC Championships.

Wetz (Spring Branch/Bracken Christian) is a junior at TLU, where she majors in Business Administration with an emphasis in management. She is an English minor.

Wetz was one of TLU's top distance runners on the ASC Championship squad with finishes of third in the 10,000 meters, fourth in the 5,000, and eighth in the 1,500. TLU won the conference meet by 4.5 points. Wetz was an All-ASC selection in 2009 after winning both the 5,000 and 10,000 at the conference championships.

An active member of the TLU community, Wetz has been named to the Provost's List and Dean's List. She is vice president of Delta Mu Delta (business honor society) and a member of Delta Epsilon Iota (honor society), Alpha Kappa Psi (professional business fraternity) and Alphi Chi (honor society). She also serves as a Department of Theology student assistant.

Wetz currently has a business management internship at Guadalupe Regional Medical Center. She is a two-time ASC All-Academic selection, a Day of the Dogs community service volunteer, and a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) selects Academic All-America teams in 12 programs: football, women's volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's track & field/cross country, women's track & field/cross country, men's at-large and women's at-large.

To be nominated for Academic All-District and Academic All-America honors, the student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for his/her career. No athlete is eligible until he/she has reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at the current institution.

Only First Team Academic All-District selections advance to the national ballot for a chance to be selected as Academic All-Americans. District VI of the college division has colleges and universities from Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas, New Mexico and Louisiana.

The college division of the Academic All-America program includes colleges and universities from NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and the NAIA. The college division also includes sophomore nominees from two-year colleges. (The university division includes only NCAA Division I colleges and universities.)

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ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District
District 6 Winners
College Division

FIRST TEAM
      
ALL EVENTS      Katy Grant      HARDING UNIVERSITY      VI      Sr.     Mustang, Okla.  4.00    Social Work   
ALL EVENTS      Erica Alvarado  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE VI      Sr.     Falfurrias, TX  3.69    Biomedical Science    
ALL EVENTS      Sonia Brady     TRINITY UNIVERSITY      VI      Jr.     Jakarta, Indonesia      3.93    Engineering   
ALL EVENTS      Tiffany Wetz    TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY       VI      Jr.     San Antonio, texas      3.90    Business      
ALL EVENTS      Lolly Plummer   HENDRIX COLLEGE VI      Jr.     Lake Charles, La.       4.0     Chemistry     
ALL EVENTS      Alma Santos     INCARNATE WORD, UNIVERSITY OF THE       VI      Jr.     Hondo, Texas    3.75    Kinesiology   
ALL EVENTS      Jacqueline Allen        TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY       VI      Sr.     Katy, Texas     3.64    Kinesiology   
ALL EVENTS      Amy Crissman    ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY (TX)      VI      Sr.     San Antonio, Texas      3.79    Biology
ALL EVENTS      Rachel Brady    TRINITY UNIVERSITY      VI      Jr.     Jakarta, Indonesia      3.87    Biology
ALL EVENTS      Dia Gibson      HARDING UNIVERSITY      VI      Sr.     Jonesboro, Ark. 3.43    Exercise Science      
ALL EVENTS      Ashley Alford   DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY       VI      Sr.     Belton, Texas   3.79    Psychology    
ALL EVENTS      Tiffany Masters TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE VI      Sr.     Jourdanton, TX  3.82    Biomedical Science
      
University Division
FIRST TEAM
      
ALL EVENTS      Amy Backel      OKLAHOMA, UNIVERSITY OF VI      Sr.     Dillsburg, Pa.  3.98    Civil Engineering     
ALL EVENTS      Caitlin Clancy  TULSA, UNIVERSITY OF    VI      Sr.     Tuscon, Ariz.   4.0     Mechanical Engineering
ALL EVENTS      Katie Stripling ARKANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF VI      Sr.     Jonesboro, Ark. 3.95    kinesiology   
ALL EVENTS      Whitney Kerth   ARKANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF AT LITTLE ROCK  VI      Sr.     Perryville, Ark.        4.0     Economics     
ALL EVENTS      Alex Becker     TULSA, UNIVERSITY OF    VI      Sr.     Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3.69    Elementary Education  
ALL EVENTS      Stephanie Ganter        STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY      VI      So.     McKinney, Texas 4.0     Biology
ALL EVENTS      Dana Mecke      TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, UNIVERSITY OF     VI      Jr.     Bulverde, Texas 3.88    mechanical engineering
ALL EVENTS      Erin Bedell     BAYLOR UNIVERSITY       VI      Sr.     Plano, Texas    3.68    Health Science Studies
ALL EVENTS      Rachel Laurent  LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY      VI      So.     Houma, La.      3.76    Economics     
ALL EVENTS      Heather Bullin  TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY  VI      Sr.     Cedar Park, Texas       3.89    Exercise Sports Science
ALL EVENTS      Sofie Persson   MISSISSIPPI, UNIVERSITY OF      VI      Jr.     Helsingborg, Sweden     3.84    Marketing     

SECOND TEAM
      
ALL EVENTS      Chantel Malone  TEXAS, UNIVERSITY OF    VI      Jr.     Tortola, British Virgin Islands 3.68    Kinesiology/Pre-Med   
ALL EVENTS      Amanda Alley    TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   VI      Sr.     Crosbyton, Texas        3.81    Human Development and Family Services 
ALL EVENTS      Diamond Richardson      BAYLOR UNIVERSITY       VI      So.     DeSoto, Texas   4.00    Journalism    
ALL EVENTS      Melissa Ogbourne        LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY      VI      Jr.     St. Catherine, Jamaica  3.60    Human Resource Education      
ALL EVENTS      Trecey Rew      NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   VI      Jr.     Garland, TX     3.86    Journalism    
ALL EVENTS      Jennifer Mace   TULSA, UNIVERSITY OF    VI      Jr.     Owasso, Okla.   3.84    Exercise Sports Science
ALL EVENTS      Amy Shackelford STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY      VI      Jr.     Port Neches, Texas      4.0     Kinesiology   
ALL EVENTS      Katie Dollinger RICE UNIVERSITY VI      Sr.     Gulf Breeze, FL 3.84    Mathematic Economic Analysis  
ALL EVENTS      Katelyn Rodrigue        LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY      VI      Sr.     New Orleans, La.        3.75    Communication Disorders
ALL EVENTS      Jenna Henssler  LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY      VI      So.     Slidell, La.    4.0     Animal, Dairy & Poultry Sciences