MARIETTA, Ohio — The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) released their 2009 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District At-large teams Thursday (May 21) and Marietta College junior tennis standout
Amanda Carraher (Hilliard/Hilliard Davidson) (Hilliard/Hilliard Davidson) earned second team honors in District IV for the second straight year.
Sports Information Directors from the district (all NCAA Division II, III and NAIA schools in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama) nominate and vote on selections with first team all-district selections moving onto the national ballot.
Carraher is a four-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) first team selection. She finished the 2009 season with an 11-1 record at first singles. Her 8-1 record during OAC play was the best among players at first singles. Carraher's collegiate record of 40-5 makes her arguably one of the best tennis players in Marietta history. Carraher also teamed up with junior Lauren McKiernan (Parkersburg, W. Va./South) (Parkersburg, W. Va./South) to finish the season with an 8-5 record at first doubles. The psychology major, maintained a 3.72 grade point average during her four years at Marietta. The three-time Academic All-OAC At-large winner was also a two-time selection to the Academic All-OAC Women's Basketball team.
The Academic All-America Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, a 2,000-member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
To be eligible, 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. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.
