UNCG’s Sofia Aidemark named to ESPN Magazine At-Large Academic All-District second team
GREENSBORO, NC ? UNC Greensboro junior women’s golfer Sofia Aidemark has been named to the ESPN the Magazine Women’s At-Large Academic All-District second team in voting by members of College Sports Information Directors of America.
Aidemark, a native of Laholm, Sweden, has a 3.92 GPA in communication studies. She was UNCG’s low scorer for the season with a 77.97 average. She appeared in all 10 tournaments, logging three Top 20 finishes to raise her career total to six. She was a Dean’s List student in the fall semester and made the Chancellor’s List for the third straight semester last fall.
The Women’s At-Large team consists of 13 sports: women’s tennis, women’s golf, field hockey, women’s rowing / crew, women’s swimming and diving, women’s bowling, women’s fencing, women’s ice hockey, women’s lacrosse, women’s rifle, women’s skiing, women’s gymnastics and women’s water polo.
Aidemark was named to the second-team District III squad, which covers Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Ten student-athletes are named to each team.
Bowman Earns Second Team Academic All-District Honors
BOONE, N.C. - Appalachian State University women’s golfer Mary Kate Bowman was named second team ESPN The Magazine academic all-district recognition from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced on Thursday.
The senior carried a 3.96 grade point average in her music education major into the season. In 2008-09, she ranked second on the team with an 81.05 stroke average and posted five top-30 finishes in nine tournaments. She shot a career-low 71 en route to a 16th place at Great Smokies.
A three-time NGCA all-American scholar, the Winston-Salem, N.C. native completed a successful four-year career for the Mountaineers, including two top-ten rounds in school history.
Bowman was the lone senior for ASU this season and was also a member of Appalachian’s marching band.
She joins men’s soccer’s Antonio Harley and baseball’s David Towarnicky as 2008-09 ASU honorees.