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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Gary Holden, Sports Info.
Director
(540) 365-4306
June 26, 2007
VaSID Recognizes 194 Virginia Collegiate
Student-Athletes
FERRUM, Va. – The Virginia Sports Information Directors recently
honored 194 collegiate student-athletes for their performances both
in the classroom and in competition as the organization selected the
2007 VaSID Academic All-State Team. Ferrum had the following
six student-athletes honored:
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Mindy Altice, women’s volleyball,
junior, Wirtz, Va., accounting major, 3.41 GPA
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Ryan Cooper, baseball, senior,
Stuarts Draft, Va., environmental science, 3.60
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Kimberly Cox, softball, senior,
Gladys, Va., business administration, 3.89
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Adam Crawford, men’s golf, senior,
Willis, Va., sports management, 3.88
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Wilson Paine, men’s tennis, senior,
Maryville, Tenn., history, 4.00
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Lauren Thurman, women’s
volleyball/softball, sophomore, Hardy, Va., mathematical
science, 3.87
The 194 athletes represent the
largest group the organization has honored with the awards. Each
Virginia institution, including NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA,
and independents, had the opportunity to submit athletes to be
honored.
To be eligible, student-athletes were required to have a cumulative
grade point average of 3.20 or better. The student must have
achieved sophomore status, and he or she could not have been in the
first season of competition at their current school. All
athletes are either starters or key reserves for their team.
The complete list of 194 athletes can be found at this link.
2007 VaSID Academic All-State Team
All-State teams are selected by active members of the Virginia
Sports Information Directors Association. For more information,
please visit the VaSID site at
http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/vasid.
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