Kraayeveld, Mizusawa Earn Academic All-District All-America Team Honors
EUGENE, Ore. ? They can play ball ... and hit the books too. Two seniors on the University of Oregon women’s basketball team ? Cathrine Kraayeveld and Corrie Mizusawa ? were picked to the CoSIDA Academic District VIII All-America team Thursday.
The two are the first to represent the Ducks on the all-district academic team since Natasha O’Brien in 1998.
Kraayeveld (Kirkland, Wash.), who holds a 3.36 cumulative grade-point average and received her undergraduate degree last year in family and human services, earned first team honors. Kraayeveld, a 6-foot-4 forward, leads Oregon (16-7, 9-5 Pac-10) in scoring (15.0), rebounding (9.0) and blocked shots (30). She will enter the national pool for Academic All-America honors, which will be announced in March.
Mizusawa (Lafayette, Calif.), who has a 3.84 GPA in sociology and educational studies, also achieved her bachelor’s degree earlier this year. She leads the Pac-10 in assists for the second straight year at 7.2 per game, which also is second in the nation. Mizusawa, a 5-foot-8 guard, also averages 5.1 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.
Only Stanford and Washington State were the other Pac-10 schools represented. Oregon was one of three institutions with at least two student-athletes on the first or second teams ? the others were Washington State and Gonzaga.
District VIII is comprised of members of the Pac-10, Mountain West, Western Athletic, Big Sky and Big West conferences. Student-athletes must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.20, be starters or significant contributors and at least a sophomore in academic standing. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) ? a 2,000-member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada.
CoSIDA DISTRICT VIII ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
First Team
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Guard Janis Beal Southern Utah Sr. Lovell, Wyo. 3.87 Physical Education
Forward Kate Benz Washington State So. Portland, Ore. 3.95 Undeclared
Guard Julie Gjertsen Weber State Sr. Arvada, Colo. 3.35 Integrated Studies
Forward Cathrine Kraayeveld Oregon Sr. Kirkland, Wash. 3.36 Family & Human Services
Guard Shannon Mathews Gonzaga Sr. Riverside, Calif. 3.40 Journalism
Second Team
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Guard Susan King Borchardt Stanford Sr. Richfield, Minn. 3.53 Psychology
Forward Ashley Burke Gonzaga Sr. North Vancouver, B.C. 3.26 Sociology/Public Relations
Guard Adriane Ferguson Washington State So. Spokane, Wash. 3.62 Sport Management
Center Petra Glaser Long Beach State Sr. Amtsberg, Germany 3.48 International Business
Forward Kristin Kozlowski Brigham Young Sr. Centerville, Utah 3.42 Psychology
Guard Corrie Mizusawa Oregon Sr. Lafayette, Calif. 3.84 Sociology/Educ. Studies
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