CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® TEAM S ELECTED BY C O SIDA FOR RELEASE: Thursday, June 9, 2011 – 10 a.m. (EDT) GYMNAST KAYLA HOFFMAN OF ALABAMA, GOLFER MARIANNE ANDERSSON OF FLORIDA SOUTHERN LEAD CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® WOMEN’S AT LARGE TEAMS TOWSON, Md. – Senior gymnast Kayla Hoffman of NCAA champion Alabama and senior golfer Marianne Andersson of Florida Southern College headline the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Hoffman and Andersson have been chosen as the winners of the Academic All-America® of the Year award in the University and College Divisions, respectively. The Women’s At-Large program for Academic All-America® includes the sports of bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis and water polo. A Human Development and Family Studies major with a perfect 4.00 G.P.A., Hoffman capped off her brilliant career by leading Alabama to its fifth NCAA gymnastics championship in April. A five-time All- American, Hoffman became the first student-athlete to be named as the Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Year and the SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the same season. The winner of the 2011 Honda Award, presented to the national collegiate gymnast of the year, the Union, N.J. native led Alabama to the national title with a 9.95 score on vault, a 9.925 on bars and a 9.95 on floor exercise. She earned first team All-American honors in all three events. Named as the NCAA Central Region Gymnast of the Year, she won the vault, bars, floor and all-around titles at the NCAA Regional Meet. During the 2011 season, she won 29 event titles and scored 9.90 or better 30 times. The recipient of post-graduate scholarships from the NCAA and the SEC, Hoffman won 55 event titles in her career and posted 78 scores of 9.90 or better. In her four-year career, she helped Alabama reach the national championship meet four times. In addition to leading the Crimson Tide to the 2011 championship, she was also part of an Alabama team that finished second in her sophomore year and third place as a junior. She was also honored as the winner of the Paul W. Bryant Female Student-Athlete of the Year Award, presented to the most outstanding male and female student-athletes at the University of Alabama. A repeat selection on the Capital One Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large College Division first team, Andersson is a Finance major with a 4.00 G.P.A. Named as a first team NGCA All-American as a senior, she earned second team honors in 2010. A native of Bjuv, Sweden, she had a 75.36 stroke average and finished 11th at the NCAA Division II Tournament in May. Andersson led the Moccasins to a third place finish at the NCAA Division II championship tournament, marking the 11th time in 13 years that Florida Southern finished among the top three at the NCAA championship. A four-time All-Sunshine State Conference golfer, she earned the NCAA Elite 88 award at the Division II golf championship. As a senior, she won a tournament and earned eight top-ten finishes. She finished her career as one of the top golfers in school history with a 76.31 average. As a sophomore, she had one of the best rounds in school history when she carded a 69 score. Senior Vicki Bendus, an ice hockey standout at Mercyhurst, is the only repeat selection on the Capital One Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large University Division first team. - more - Kayla Hoffman, Marianne Andersson Lead Capital One Academic All-America® At-Large Teams – page 2 A pair of tennis players, seniors Christine Chiricosta of Bowling Green and Claire Clark of Louisiana Monroe, earned first team honors after being named to the second team last year. Senior skier Eva Huckova of Utah and senior gymnast Maddie Pearsall of Cornell were also members of the second team last year who earned spots on the first team this year. A graduate student, golfer Katie Detlefsen of Central Florida, and junior swimmer Elina Eggers of Arizona State were third team selections last year who made the first team this season. Seniors Alyssa DeLorenz of Bucknell, Kristina Frahm of Maryland Eastern Shore, Kaylee Jamison of Minnesota and Therese Koelbaek of Nevada Las Vegas join juniors Amy Glen of Vermont, Brooke Pancake of Alabama and Wendy Trott of Georgia to round out the Capital One Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large University Division first team. With the selection of Hoffman and Pancake, Alabama was the only school with more than one selection on the Capital One Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large University Division first team. A first team All-American selection, Bendus is a Biology and Pre-Med major with a 3.95 G.P.A. As a senior, she led Mercyhurst to a 29-6 record and a berth in the NCAA Division I Tournament. The Lakers’ assistant captain, Bendus scored 19 goals with 33 assists in 2011, third on the team. The winner of 2010 Patti Kazmaier Memorial Award as the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey, she finished her career with 69 goals and 121 assists. The recipient of the 2010 NCAA Elite 88 Award, the Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada native led the Lakers to four NCAA Tournament appearances and two trips to the Frozen Four. In 2010, she scored 28 goals with 37 assists to lead Mercyhurst to a 30-3-3 record and the Frozen Four. An Adolescent/Young Adult/Secondary Education major with a perfect 4.00 G.P.A., Chiricosta ended her tennis career as Bowling Green’s all-time leader with 178 victories. A two-time All-Mid-American first team pick, she won the MAC’s Sportsmanship Award in 2011. The two-time MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Avon Lake, Ohio native compiled a 50-20 record as a senior while leading the Falcons to a 15-8 record. A three-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection, Clark is a Kinesiology major with a 4.00 G.P.A. In her senior season, she led Louisiana-Monroe to an 18-2 record. As a senior, she compiled an 18-1 record as a singles player and posted a 19-1 mark in doubles play. A native of Bossier City, La., she was honored as the Louisiana Player of the Year in 2011. Clark finished her career with a 63-4 singles record. A six-time All-American skier, Huckova is a Finance major with a 3.99 G.P.A. The 2010 NCAA champion in the grand slalom, she led Utah to a national runner-up finish as a senior. Honored as a first team All-Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Skiing Association selection twice, she earned four top-three finishes as a senior. A native of Banska Bystricka, Slovakia, she was named as the RMISA Scholar-Athlete of the Year twice. An Information Science, Systems and Technology major with a 3.96 G.P.A., Pearsall led Cornell to its first-ever ECAC championship as a senior. The ECAC co-champion on the uneven bars, she is one of the top all-around performers in school history. A member of three Ivy League championship teams, the LaGrange, Ill. native was the ECAC Rookie of the Year as a freshman and earned Academic All-Ivy honors twice. A graduate student who is working on her Master’s degree in Mass Communication, Detlefsen earned her Bachelor’s degree in Advertising and Public Relations with a 4.00 G.P.A. One of the top golfers in Central Florida history, she won the LPGA’s Dinah Shore Trophy in 2010, an award given to the student-athlete who best combines academics, community service and golf acumen. A three-time member of the Conference-USA All-Academic team, she earned her undergraduate degree in two years. A native of Eagan, Minn., she was named to the All-Conference-USA team in 2010. The NCAA Division I runner-up on the women’s platform dive in 2011, Eggers is an Economics major with a 3.96 G.P.A. A member of the Swedish Olympic team at the Beijing Olympics, she led Arizona State to 18th place at the NCAA Championships. A native of Stockholm, Sweden, she earned silver medals in three diving events at the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference Meet. She was the Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year in 2010. - more - Kayla Hoffman, Marianne Andersson Lead Capital One Academic All-America® At-Large Teams – page 3 A second team All-Patriot League pick at goalkeeper, DeLorenz led all NCAA Division I lacrosse goalies with 12.8 saves per game. A four-year starter for Bucknell, she is an Accounting major with a 3.98 G.P.A. DeLorenz, the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women’s lacrosse, had a .462 save percentage, second in the league. A first team All-Patriot League selection as a sophomore, the Garland, Tex. native is a member of the Delta Mu Delta international business honor society. An Accounting major with a 3.95 G.P.A., Frahm led Maryland Eastern Shore to the 2011 NCAA Division I women’s bowling championship. A first team All-American selection, she had a 208.67 average and was named as the Most Valuable Performer at the national championship tournament.