Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Davis earns Academic All-District honors
06/07/2007 | 12:00:00 | Track and Field
June 7, 2007
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CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois middle distance runner Ty-Nica Davis earned a spot on the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District women's track & field/cross country District V second team CoSIDA announced Thursday.
Davis, a senior from Madisonville, Ky., holds a 3.50 grade point average in Communicative Science Disorders. She was a six-time Missouri Valley Conference champion and a four-time MVC Scholar-Athlete. An NCAA regional qualfier in the 800-meter run two straight years, she finished fourth at the 2006 Mideast Regionals and 13th at the 2006 NCAA Championships. Most recently, she finished 11th at the 2007 Mideast Regional Championship meet. She wraps up her career with four school records in the indoor and outdoor 800, indoor 600 and as a member of the 4x400 record-holding team.
To qualify for nomination, each student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and have reached sophomore athletic or academic standing. Each athlete must also compete in at least 50 percent of each team's competitions. All first-team all-district athletes will be eligible for Academic All-American honors.
District 5 Winners
University Division
FIRST TEAM
Jessica Gall, INDIANA, Gr., West Lafayette, Ind., 4.00, 4.00 (grad) - Journalism
Ladia Albertson-Junkans, MINNESOTA, Jr., Stillwater, Minn., 3.77 - Peace Studies
Melissa Jay, WESTERN ILLINOIS, Sr., Ottumwa, Iowa, 4.00 - Biological Sciences
Genni Gardner, BUTLER, Jr., Bramley, U.K., 3.94 - Communication Disorders
Sunni Olding, NOTRE DAME, Jr., Minster, Ohio, 3.98 - Science/Pre-Professional
Nicole Marczewski, EASTERN ILLINOIS, Sr., Coal City, Ill., 4.00 - Biological Sciences
Heather Dorniden, MINNESOTA, So., Inver Grove Heights, Minn., 3.92 - Kinesiology
Rachel Hansen, LOYOLA (IL), Jr., Omaha, Neb., 3.95 - Biology
Maryann Erigha, NOTRE DAME, Sr., Stone Mountain, Ga., 3.83 - Sociology
Ainslie Schultz, BRADLEY, Jr., Forest City, Iowa, 3.98 - Accounting
SECOND TEAM
Sarah Westrick, BRADLEY, Sr., Livonia, Mich., 3.89 - Biochemistry
Jenni Saarinen, WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE, So., Lappeenranta, Finland, 3.81 - Elementary Education
Katie Pickford, WESTERN ILLINOIS, Sr., Sterling, Ill., 3.90 - Biological Sciences
Rose Lehe, BALL STATE, Sr., Wolcott, Ind., 3.93 - Dietetics
Emily Brown, MINNESOTA, Sr., West Allis, Wis., 3.49, Nutrition
Ty-Nica Davis, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Sr., Madisonville, Ky., 3.50 - Communicative Science Disorders
Yvonne Mensah, ILLINOIS, Sr., Surrey, British Columbia, 3.26 - Kinesiology
Erica Schoeller, WISCONSIN-MADISON, Sr., Cross Plains, Wis., 3.63 - Genetics
Sarah Hurley, WISCONSIN-MADISON, So., Appleton, Wis., 3.90 - Political science
Lindsey Blaine, PURDUE, Sr., Lyle, Wash., 3.38 - Movement & Sport Science
Marcia Faustin, LOYOLA (IL), Sr., Orland Park, Ill., 3.50 - Biology
Amanda Domich, LOYOLA (IL), Sr., Algonquin, Ill., 3.26 - Elementary Education
Tiara Armstrong, ILLINOIS, Jr., Dayton, Ohio, 3.42 - Community Health
Laura Rolf, VALPARAISO, So., Rochester, Mich., 3.33 - Graphic Design and New Media-Journalism
