WASHINGTON, D.C. – The College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced their 2012
Capital One Academic All-District Teams for women's volleyball and
Gallaudet University senior outside hitter Ann Whited
(Fishers, Ind.) was named to the District 2 first team for Division
III. Whited will now be added to the national ballot for the chance
to earn Academic All-American honors, which will be announced on
Tuesday, December 4.
This is the sixth honor this season for Whited who has helped
carry the Bison to a North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC)
championship and an NCAA tournament berth. She was named NEAC
Player of the Year, earned a spot on the All-NEAC women's
volleyball first team, and garnered two NEAC Women's Volleyball
Student-Athlete of the Week awards after an all-around year in
which she was ranked in the top 10 in the conference for multiple
statistical categories. Whited ranked fifth in total kills with
364, and her 2.78 kills per set average was good for ninth in the
conference. Moreover, she was fifth in the NEAC with a .241 hitting
percentage and was ranked number 10 with 390 digs. Whited was
ranked 12th with 0.47 services aces per set. She was also named
Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Player of the Week on
Oct. 20 following a four-win stretch in which Whited accumulated 32
kills for a .304 hitting percentage (32-8-79), 32 digs, 10 service
aces and two solo blocks for a total of 44 points.
Whited's success has carried over to the classroom as well. She
currently maintains a 3.76 GPA pursuit of a bachelor's degree in
deaf studies.
The last Gallaudet University women's volleyball player to be so
honored was Shana Lehmann who earned a first team
Academic All-District spot in 2009. Gallaudet last had an Academic
All-American in 1993 and has only earned two selections in program
history since the inception of the awards in 1952. Wayne Langbein
was named to the men's second team for track and field in 1993 and
Brian Bippus was selected to the men's basketball second team in
1991. GU has had all-district honorees over the years, four during
the 2009-10 season, and Whited joins football defensive lineman
Adham Talaat as Gallaudet's two honorees thus far
for the 2012-13 calendar year.
To be eligible for CoSIDA Academic honors, a student-athlete
must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative
grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached
sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current
institution and be nominated by his/her sports information
director. District Two is comprised of Connecticut, Washington,
D.C., Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and
West Virginia.
CoSIDA began this program in the 1950's, and since then, has
honored thousands of deserving student-athletes from numerous
sports and across all divisions with these elite Capital One
Academic All-America scholar-athlete honors. Currently, CoSIDA
honors Academic All-Americans in 12 sports.
The Academic All-District teams include the student-athletes
listed per sport and are divided into eight geographic districts
across the United States and Canada. This is the second year of the
expanded Academic All-America program as CoSIDA moved from
recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College
Division (all non Division I) and has doubled the number of
scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division
I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the
College Division team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year
schools.
The Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America program
is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III
national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the
awards fulfillment aspects for the 2012-13 DII and DIII Academic
All-America teams program.
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whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A. and Capital One
Bank (USA), N. A., had $216.5 billion in deposits and $294.5
billion in total assets outstanding as of March 31, 2012.
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One and ING Direct offer
a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers,
small businesses and commercial clients through a variety of
channels. Capital One, an NCAA Corporate Champion, began its
affiliation with college sports with the sponsorship of the 2001
Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl (now the Capital One Bowl) and
ESPN's Capital One Bowl Week. In addition, Capital One sponsors the
ABC College Football Halftime Report, Capital One All-America
Mascot team, Capital One Academic All Program, and supports all 89
NCAA Championships including the Division I Men's and Women's
Basketball Championships, and numerous other collegiate athletics
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