Nov. 20, 2007

DENVER, COLO. - Metro State goalkeeper Rachel Zollner was named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic all-America women's soccer first team, the committee announced Tuesday.

This is the second consecutive season Zollner has earned Academic all-America honors. She was the lone representative from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Three teams were selected for both the college and university divisions.

Zollner has a 3.83 grade point average in mathematics and was one of 12 student-athletes selected to the first team. Zollner, the RMAC Defensive Player of the Year, leaves Metro State as the career leader in wins (56) and shutouts (36).

Zollner and teammate Jessica Brown were named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic all-district teams earlier this month. Members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) voted on the all-district teams, while the national committee selected the all-America teams.

Metro State won the RMAC regular-season championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2007.

2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Teams

College Division, First Team
Rachel Zollner, Sr., GK, Metro State
Jennifer Gordon, Sr., MF, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Katie Feehan, Gr., MF, New Jersey City
Lindsay Rose, Sr., MF, College of Saint Rose
Lisa Fahey, Jr., D, Washburn
Lauren Askey, Sr., D, Lynchburg
Erika Garbrecht, Jr., D, Oklahoma City
Sara Roeder, Sr., D, Stevens Institute of Technology
Kristin Brown, Sr., F, Oklahoma Christian
Kendyl Washburn, Sr., F, Harding
Kate Weaver, Sr., F, Salisbury
Sarah Richardson, Sr., F, Wheaton

College Division, Second Team
Emily Fedeles, Sr., GK, Emory
Ashley Porter, Sr., MF, Seattle
Kallie Tellefsen, Sr., MF, Winona State
Kiera Vizza, Sr., MF, Benedictine
Laura Newbrough, Sr., D, Hardin-Simmons
Molly Blum, Sr., D, Winona State
Cassie Tyler, Sr., D, Oklahoma Christian
Ashley Van Vechten, Sr., D, Rochester
Jenni Jacobsen, Jr., F, St. Norbert
Amy Ludlum, Sr., F, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

College Division, Third Team
Meredith DeCaluwe, Sr., GK, Wisconsin Stevens Point
Emily Sullivan, Sr., MF, York
Jael Hagerott, Sr., MF, Whitworth
Nikki Llewellyn, Jr., MF, Missouri Southern State
Beth Coughlin, Jr., MF, Georgia College & State
Ashley Elam, Sr., MF, Armstrong Atlantic State
Beth Craig, Sr., MF, Hardin-Simmons
Lynn Worobey, Sr., D, Worcester Polytechnic
Johanna Chapin, Sr., D, Johns Hopkins
Katie Freeman, Sr., D, South Dakota
Alix Flowers, Sr., D, Grove City
Sami Brown, Jr., F, College of Saint Rose
Kristin Burton, So., F, Armstrong Atlantic
Mary Donohoo, Jr., F, Wisconsin Whitewater
Katy McNutt, Sr., F, Northwest Nazarene