Nebraska Wesleyan University had three women named to the CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District women’s at-large team that was recently announced. Tennis players Molly Andrews and Terah Maloley and golfer Sarah Hotovy were voted to the District 6 All-District team in the college division.
All three are now eligible for Capital One Academic All-America® honors. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team for women’s at-large will be announced on June 4.
Andrews, a senior from Lincoln, Neb., has a 3.75 GPA in Exercise Science and Spanish. She was All-GPAC at No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles this season leading the Prairie Wolves to both the Great Plains Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships. Andrews also competed at the NAIA National Championships. The Lincoln Christian H.S., graduate finished the season 8-9 in singles play and 10-9 in doubles.
Maloley, a junior from Lexington, Neb., has a 3.60 GPA as a special education/elementary education major. Maloley was All-GPAC at No. 3 singles and at No. 2 doubles. She is now a three-time All-GPAC selection in singles play and has not lost a GPAC singles match the past two seasons. This season she finished 11-10 overall in singles and 13-9 in doubles play. The Lexington H.S., graduate is now 17th on the NWU career singles wins list after just three seasons.
Hotovy, a senior from York, Nab., has a 3.98 GPA in biochemistry/molecular biology. Hotovy was a four-year letterwinner in women’s golf for the Prairie Wolves. She has played in the NWU top five in all four seasons. This season she had a stroke average of 98.6 and finished 31st at the GPAC Championships. The York H.S., graduate was honorable mention All-GPAC in 2011. She is also a NAIA Scholar Athlete this year.
The At-large section represents athletes from the sports of bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo.
Student-athletes must meet four criteria to earn Capital One Academic All-District honors: 1) must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better, 2) must have at least two terms of attendance at the institution, 3) must be at least a sophomore in athletic eligibility, 4) must be a starter or key reserve in their respective sport.