Friday May 18, 2012Beisel and Mather Named to Academic All-District IV At-Large Team
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University of Florida senior Joanna Mather (Duluth, Ga.) of the women’s tennis team and
sophomore swimmer Elizabeth Beisel (North
Kingstown, R.I.) were voted the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District IV
Women’s At-Large Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA) announced Friday. The annual announcement recognizes the nation’s top
student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the
classroom.
The pair was two of 10 women named to the
All-District Team and will be placed onto the Capital One Academic All-America
Team ballot, where first, second and third-team All-America honorees will be
selected later this month.
Mather,
who received her bachelor’s degree in May in Business
Administration-Management, is the lone senior on the second-ranked women’s
tennis team, which is competing in the NCAA Championships Quarterfinals on
Saturday. She has been the Gator captain each of the last two years, including
last season’s national championship squad. Mather enters the May 19 NCAA
Quarterfinals having won a team-best 31 singles wins, also the most she has
recorded in a season.
Mather also enters the NCAA quarterfinals with 211 combined singles (102) and doubles (109) wins. She is the 16th
Gator to reach the 200-victory plateau and only the seventh to win 100 singles
and 100 doubles matches in a career. She was named the 2012 SEC Tournament MVP
and earned First Team All-SEC honors. Mather was UF’s Female Nominee for the
SEC’s Brad Davis Community Service Post-Graduate Scholarship and the SEC’s
Sportsmanship Award nominee.
Beisel, fresh off a stellar 2011-12 season which saw her
capture both her first World and NCAA Championship, makes the list for the
first time of her career as a Gator. The 2012 SEC Female Swimmer of the Year
and Commissioner’s Trophy (High Point Award Winner) owns a 3.61 GPA in
Telecommunications, and was most recently made her debut on the 2012 SEC
Academic Honor Roll.
The U.S. National Team member recently wrapped-up her
sophomore year with the Gators and is currently training for the U.S. Olympic
Trials in June, in hopes of making the 2012 U.S. Olympic Squad for the second
time.
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