Sports News: Spring 2008

Thursday, May 22, 2008

MORAVIAN’S REBECCA ANGSTADT NAMED TO ESPN The MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT FIRST TEAM

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Senior Rebecca Angstadt (Hamburg, PA/Hamburg HS) of the Moravian College women’s tennis team has been named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division Women’s At-Large First Team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

By making the All-District First Team, Angstadt is now forwarded onto the national ballot to try for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American® accolades, which will be announced on Thursday, June 12th.  The At-Large program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo for men and women, crew and field hockey for women and volleyball and wrestling for men.

To be eligible for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® accolades, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 grade-point average, be a sophomore, junior or senior and be a starter or significant reserve. The College Division is made up of all the NCAA Division II and III schools in the nation as well as all NAIA schools.  Student-athletes from NCAA Division I schools are named to the University Division Teams.  District II is made up of schools from Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Angstadt helped the Greyhounds to a 10-6 record this season.  Moravian had a 6-0 mark during the inaugural Landmark Conference regular season, and the Greyhounds won the 2008 Landmark Conference Tournament Championship.  Angstadt was a 2007 ESPN The Magazine First Team Academic All-American and was also named Moravian’s Co Senior Blue & Grey Female Scholar-Athlete this spring.

Angstadt played sixth singles for the Greyhounds, posting a 17-5 record this past season.  She was 12-3 in dual matches and posted a 10-1 mark at sixth singles.  Angstadt was named to the 2008 Landmark All-Conference Second Team and was one of Moravian’s two Robbins ECAC Scholar-Athletes.  Angstadt has graduated with a 4.00 grade-point average and a dual major in accounting and mathematics.

Angstadt will try to become the 33rd ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American in Moravian history and the 28th in the last 15 years.