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For Immediate Release
June 11, 2007
NWU Athlete's earn Academic All-District
VII First Team
Three members of the Nebraska Wesleyan men's track
and field team have been named to the Academic All-District VII
First Team in the College Division and will now be considered for
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors, which will be announced
on June 25. In addition, two women from NWU made the Academic All-District
VII Second Team for track and field/cross country.
FIRST TEAM honorees:
Gordon Coffin (Sr., Osceola, Neb., Osceola
High School) recently graduated with a 3.95 GPA in communication
studies. He also earned a minor in English. Coffin already made
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team in 2006 and Third
Team in 2005. For his NWU career, he was a four-time All-American,
five-time Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) champion and 18-time
All-GPAC performer in the sprints.
Jed Droge (Sr., Pawnee City, Neb., Pawnee
City High School) had a double-major in athletic training
and exercise science to go with his 3.78 GPA. He also made ESPN
The Magazine Academic All-America First Team in 2006. A prolific
long jumper, Droge overcame several injuries to earn All-America
honors six times (at both the indoor and outdoor NCAA Div. III Championships
in each of the last three years). He won three GPAC long jump titles
and never finished lower than second at the conference meet.
Evan Knight (Jr., Keystone, Neb., Ogallala
High School) has a 3.99 GPA and a double-major in history
and Spanish. Knight earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America
Second Team in 2006 and is already a six-time All-American, two-time
GPAC champion and five-time GPAC runner-up. He also holds three
school records.
SECOND TEAM honorees:
Holly Andrews (Jr., Seward, Neb., Seward
High School) majors in exercise science with a minor in
Spanish and has a 3.99 GPA. Andrews is already a 12-time career
All-GPAC performer, five-time NCAA qualifier and three-time GPAC
Champion. In 2007, she won the 100 hurdles at the conference outdoor
meet and qualified for the NCAA Div. III Championships, where she
earned All-America honors.
Brittany Hubbard (Sr., Gering, Neb., Gering High School)
has a 3.75 GPA in exercise science. Hubbard repeated as GPAC Champion
in cross country last fall and won three conference track titles
this spring (indoor 5K, outdoor 5K and 10K). She also has a pair
of Top 10 finishes at the NCAA Central Region Cross Country Championships
to her credit.
To view the teams, click here for men's
and women's.
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