Wednesday, June 27, 2007

 

TUSCULUM'S SARAH ALSTON NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN®

 

Sarah Alston                BRISTOL, Conn. --- Tusculum College's Sarah Alston has been named to the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women's Cross Country/Track & Field College Division Third Team announced College officials Wednesday.

 

                Alston, a senior from Morristown, Tenn., becomes the second player in the program's history to earn Academic All-America® distinction.  She joins Heather Rhoton, who was TC's first cross country Academic All-American® in 2000.  She is also the seventh Tusculum student-athlete since 2000 to be named an Academic All-American®.

 

                Alston posted a 3.99 cumulative grade point average while majoring in Psychology with a minor in Political Science.  She was the 2007 recipient of the Duffield Academic Award, which is presented to the Tusculum student-athlete with the highest GPA.

 

                Alston competed in all six cross country meets last fall for collegiate head coach Phil Roberts.  She finished no worse than 15th, including a second place performance at the Tusculum Invitational.  The 2007 NCAA All-Academic Cross Country Team honoree is also a member of the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll and the Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll.  She was also tabbed to the Dean's List, President's List and the Charles Oliver Gray Honors List.

 

                Earlier this month, she was selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV First Team.

 

                Members of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's Cross Country/Track & Field Team are selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

 

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