Denison junior Colleen Wirtz (Westerville, Ohio/St.
Francis DeSales) has been named to the ESPN Academic
All-America® third-team as selected by CoSIDA (College Sports
Information Directors of America).
A Biology major, this marks Wirtz's first Academic All-America
selection after being named second-team All-District IV in 2003.
She finished second on the team in points in 2004 after scoring
eight goals and five assists. She is a three-time North Coast
Athletic Conference first-team selection and last season she was
named a second-team NSCAA All-American. Denison finished the season
with a 15-4-1 record and ended the year ranked 13th in the
NSCAA/adidas Division III top-25 poll.
Created in 1952 by the College Sports Information Directors
of America (CoSIDA), the ESPN Academic All-America® Teams
Program is the premier, nationwide college scholar-athlete awards
program. It recognizes 816 outstanding student-athletes annually in
Division I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship
sports.
