ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® TEAM S ELECTED BY C O SIDA

For Release: Thursday, August 5 – 12 noon ET JERRY BROWN OF LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY, RACHEL MASSARO OF QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE HEADLINE CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® DIVISION II AT-LARGE TEAMS

AUSTIN, Texas | Senior swimmers Jerry Brown of Lindenwood University and Rachel Massaro of Queens University of Charlotte headline the 2020-21 Academic All-America® Division II Men’s and Women’s At-Large teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Brown and Massaro are the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for their respective teams.

The Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2020-21 Division II Academic All-America® teams’ program.

The at-large program for the CoSIDA Academic All-America® program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo for both men and women; bowling, crew and field hockey for women; and volleyball and wrestling for men.

Brown, who is from Minot, South Dakota, touched first in the 100-yard breaststroke at the 2021 NCAA Division II swimming and diving championships in Birmingham, Alabama. Brown earned first team All-American accolades in six different events at the 2021 NCAA meet.

A first-time Academic All-America® honoree, Brown posted a 3.97 cumulative grade-point average with his health promotion and wellness management major. The 2021-22 Great Lakes Valley Conference post-graduate scholarship winner has volunteered for seven years at his community pool in his hometown, helping educate swimmers on how to be water safe and enjoy the sport of swimming.

Massaro, who is from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, collected six individual national championships during her Queens career. A 19-time All- American, she led the Royals to three NCAA Division II national team titles. Queens won four Bluegrass Mountain Conference crowns as Massaro earned 10 BMC individual championships.

A third team Academic All-America® selection as a junior, Massaro recorded a 3.97 GPA with her biology major. She is a member of the Queens’ quartet which currently holds the NCAA Division II record in the 200 Medley Relay. Massaro was named the Queens senior female Student-Athlete of the Year award winner this spring.

Fourteen men and 10 women are repeat performers on this year’s at-large teams. Thirty-two (18 women, 14 men) student-athletes on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II At-Large Teams have a 4.00 undergraduate GPA. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Women’s At-Large First Team had an overall 3.95 GPA, while the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Men’s At-Large First Team had an overall 3.93 GPA.

Six student-athletes earn CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II At-Large recognition for the third time in their respective careers. Four graduate students claim triple crowns on the women’s side: Adelphi University lacrosse player Alison Johnson, Lynn University golfer Helen Kreuzer, Tusculum University tennis player Annie McCullough and Nova Southeastern University golfer Sofia Garcia Austt. Johnson, Kreuzer and McCullough have two first-team trophies each.

On the men’s side, wrestlers Tyler Kreith of Maryville (Mo.) University and Noah Ottum of Colorado School of Mines are celebrating three Academic All-America® honors each. A senior, Kreith made third team twice before advancing to the 2021 first team. Graduate student Ottum climbed the ladder, earning a third team nod in 2019 and a second team selection in 2020.

For more information on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® program, go to https://academicallamerica.com/.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College | Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity [email protected] | (706) 379-5106

David Sherwood, Wingate University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity [email protected] | (704) 233-8186

2020-21 Academic All-America ® Men’s At-Large Team NCAA Division II

FIRST TEAM Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major Volleyball Tobi Azeez University of Mount Olive Jr. 3.98 Biology Golf Andrew Beckler Washburn University Gr. 3.66/3.80 Finance (UG) / MBA Swimming Jerry Brown Lindenwood University Sr. 3.97 Health Promotion & Wellness Management Golf JJ Cooney University of Sioux Falls Gr. 4.00/4.00 MBA Swimming Jan Delkeskamp (2) Queens University of Charlotte Jr. 4.00 Finance Tennis Ben Fellman (3) Millersville University Sr. 4.00 Meteorology Swimming Andy Huffman Missouri University of Science & Technology Jr. 4.00 Engineering Management Wrestling Tyler Kreith (3) (@) Maryville University Sr. 3.83 Financial Services Tennis Tobias Lentz Concordia College (New York) Sr. 4.00 English & New Media Tennis Renato Lima University of Indianapolis Sr. 3.90 Finance & Business Administration Wrestling Noah Ottum (2) (@) Colorado School of Mines Gr. 3.93/3.96 Engineering Physics (UG) / Mechanical Eng. (G) Volleyball AJ Risavy (2) Lincoln Memorial University Sr. 4.00 Business Management Volleyball Francisco Salinger Cenzual (3) Limestone University Gr. 4.00/3.78 Business/Sport Management (UG) / MBA (G) Swimming Jonas Soerensen Wingate University Jr. 4.00 Finance Wrestling Garrett Vos St. Cloud State University Sr. 3.66 Criminal Justice Wrestling Jordan Will Minot State University Sr. 4.00 Accounting, Finance, Management

SECOND TEAM Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major Lacrosse Alex Aken (3) Palm Beach Atlantic University Sr. 3.99 Ministry Swimming Andrew Assaleh (3) Oklahoma Christian University Sr. 3.97 Accounting Swimming Lane Austin (2) Colorado Mesa University Jr. 3.79 Business Administration Tennis Nicolas Bacella Saint Leo University Jr. 3.99 Management Golf Ian Barnes (2) University of Central Missouri Gr. 3.92/4.00 Sport Management Golf Dan Bradbury Lincoln Memorial University Sr. 3.67 Management & Sport Management Volleyball Ryan Coenen Lewis University Gr. 3.50/3.78 Business Administration Swimming Mahmoud Elgayar (2) Colorado Mesa University Jr. 3.65 Mechanical Engineering Wrestling Damon Greenwald Seton Hill University Gr. 3.85/3.95 Biology (UG) / Healthcare Administration (G) Golf Wesley Hanson (3) Valdosta State University Sr. 4.00 Management Lacrosse Dan Lewis Pace University Gr. 3.75/3.52 Corporate Finance Lacrosse Mitchell Linklater Lenoir-Rhyne University Sr. 3.98 Management Tennis Joao Martins Fairmont State University Sr. 4.00 Mechanical Engineering Technology Lacrosse Zachary Ornstein Chestnut Hill College Gr. 4.00/4.00 Organizational Leadership Tennis Juan Ortiz Couder (1) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Gr. 3.78/4.00 Software Engineering Tennis Sam Sippel Azusa Pacific University Jr. 3.95 Business Economics Tennis Roy Stepanov Wingate University Sr. 4.00 Finance Golf Ellis Yoder (3) Bentley University Gr. 3.97/3.91 Computer Info. Systems/Digital Innovation (G)

THIRD TEAM Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major Tennis Unai Amilleta Gonzalez Mercyhurst University Sr. 3.67 Biochemistry Swimming Jerry Birnbaum Colorado School of Mines Sr. 3.88 Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Golf Tommy Ethier Bentley University Sr. 3.65 Accountancy Golf Abe Holmes Gannon University Jr. 3.86 Sport Marketing & Management Wrestling Weston Hunt Colorado School of Mines Sr. 3.41 Mining Engineering Wrestling Bryan LaVearn Tiffin University Gr. 3.95/3.90 Homeland Security / Terrorism Wrestling Cole Laya West Liberty University Jr. 3.31 Exercise Physiology Golf Oliver Mast University of Indianapolis Sr. 3.70 Business Administration & Management Golf Jake Miller Anderson University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Business Administration Lacrosse Myles Moffat Lenoir-Rhyne University Sr. 3.92 Marketing & Management Lacrosse Justin Napolitano Adelphi University Gr. 3.55/3.85 Sport Management Tennis Cedric Nitz Spring Hill College Sr. 3.99 International Business Tennis Jakob Schnaitter Azusa Pacific University Sr. 3.81 Business Management

CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Jerry Brown, Lindenwood University

(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2019-20 (2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2019-20 (3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third-team selection in 2019-20 (@) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third-team selection in 2018-19

2020-21 Academic All-America ® Women’s At-Large Team NCAA Division II

FIRST TEAM Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major Lacrosse Tatum Altman West Chester University Gr. 3.80/4.00 Business Administration (G) Swimming Taylor Beagle (2) Augustana University Sr. 3.94 Biology Lacrosse Jessica Berg Regis University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Project Leadership & Management Swimming Libby Caird Saginaw Valley State University Sr. 4.00 Occupational Therapy Lacrosse Alison Johnson (1) (#) Adelphi University Gr. 3.93/4.00 Sociology Swimming Rachel Johnson Indiana University of Pennsylvania Jr. 4.00 Hospitality Management Golf Helen Kreuzer (2) (!) Lynn University Gr. 3.99/4.00 Sports Management / Journalism (UG) / MBA (G) Swimming Rachel Massaro (3) Queens University of Charlotte Sr. 3.97 Biology Tennis Annie McCullough (1) (#) Tusculum University Gr. 3.99/4.00 Chemistry & Solar Research (UG) Tennis Caitlin McCullough Tusculum University Gr. 3.95/4.00 Accounting Swimming Claire Mikesell Indiana University of Pennsylvania Gr. 3.91/4.00 Health & Physical Education Swimming Paige Mikesell (3) Indiana University of Pennsylvania Jr. 4.00 Health & Physical Education Swimming Colleen Quaglia (3) The College of Saint Rose Gr. 4.00/4.00 Accounting Swimming Kayla Tennant Queens University of Charlotte Jr. 4.00 Biology / Psychology Swimming Marizel van Jaarsveld University of Indianapolis Sr. 3.88 Psychology

SECOND TEAM Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major Tennis Nikol Alekseeva University of Indianapolis Jr. 3.90 Business Administration / Marketing Tennis Ivana Andric (#) University of New Haven Gr. 4.00/4.00 Engineering & Operations Management Golf Allie Bianchi Henderson State University So. 4.00 Finance Swimming Bec Cross Drury University Jr. 3.92 Exercise Physiology / Community Health / Criminology Lacrosse Katie Gerber University of Alabama in Huntsville Jr. 4.00 Nursing Lacrosse Olivia Going Florida Tech Gr. 3.90/4.00 Accounting & Financial Forensics (G) Gymnastics Isabel Goyco Texas Woman's University Sr. 3.92 Biology Lacrosse Elle Hamilton Tiffin University Gr. 3.98/4.00 Forensic Psychology Swimming Jolynn Harris Colorado Mesa University Jr. 3.83 Exercise Science Swimming Jana Hellenschmidt Lindenwood University Sr. 3.87 Psychology Swimming Allison Kopas Nova Southeastern University Sr. 3.93 Education Swimming Laura Pareja Drury University Jr. 3.93 Comp. Science & Software Engr. / Mathematics Lacrosse Molly Reinhart West Chester University Gr. 3.91.4.00 Literacy (G) Golf Emma Thorngren University of Missouri-St. Louis Sr. 3.38 Mathematics Swimming Cassandra Wright Nova Southeastern University Sr. 3.74 Management & Entrepreneurship

THIRD TEAM Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major Swimming Savannah Brennan Florida Tech Jr. 3.97 Genomics & Molecular Genetics / Biomedical Sci. Lacrosse Eliza Bresler Bentley University Gr. 3.35/3.78 Supply Chain Management (UG) / MBA (G) Tennis Allison Carpenter Harding University Sr. 4.00 Integrated Marketing Crew Kathryn Chilelli Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Sr. 3.80 Aerospace Engineering Golf Pilar Echeverria (2) University of Indianapolis Gr. 3.38/3.93 Industrial Engineering (UG) / Data Analytics (G) Golf Sofia Garcia Austt (3) (@) Nova Southeastern University Gr. 3.83/4.00 Management (UG) / MBA (G) Golf Victoria Hall Anderson University Jr. 4.00 Kinesiology / Pre-Physical Therapy Tennis Emilie Hansen Tusculum University Jr. 4.00 Business / Information Technology Golf Hannah More Colorado Mesa University Sr. 3.85 Mechanical Engineering Golf Daniela Moreno Wayne State University Jr. 4.00 Economics Lacrosse Katie Moynihan Concordia-St. Paul Gr. 4.00/4.00 Chemistry & Math (UG) / MBA (G) Gymnastics Alix Pierce Texas Woman's University Jr. 4.00 Sociology Swimming Gabriela Reis Southwest Minnesota State University Sr. 4.00 Exercise Science Tennis Abbie-Jade Riley Tiffin University Sr. 4.00 Forensic Science Bowling Macailin Rodriguez Maryville University Jr. 4.00 History Tennis Karolina Snita Nova Southeastern University Gr. 3.97/3.91 Gen. Studies / Exercise Science (UG) / Nutrition (G) Crew Henley Spracklen Mercyhurst University Sr. 3.96 Biology

CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Rachel Massaro, Queens University of Charlotte

(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2019-20 (2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2019-20 (3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third-team selection in 2019-20 (!) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2018-19 (#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2018-19 (@) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third-team selection in 2018-19