DANVILLE, Va. — Averett University women's lacrosse senior
Alixis Roccia was named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America
® At-Large First Team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) for Division III. In the process, Roccia became the first Cougar to earn Google Cloud Academic All-America ® honors in two sports.
Roccia, a midfielder from Fort Mill, South Carolina, was named to the USA South All-Conference Third Team and earned USA South All-Tournament Team honors this season as Averett had its best season in program history. Roccia scored 49 goals with 24 assists in 16 games. She also had a team-high 58 ground balls to go with 61 draw controls and 23 caused turnovers. Off the field, Roccia graduated in three years with a 4.00 grade point average while majoring in psychology in May 2018. She returned for her final season while pursuing her master's degree in education and has a 4.00 GPA as well.
Previously, Roccia was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large First Team this spring, which qualified her for Academic All-America honors. Roccia also earned Google Cloud Academic All-America Third Team and Academic All-District First Team in women's basketball this year.
2018-19 GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA®
DIVISION III WOMEN'S AT-LARGE
FIRST TEAM
Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major
Golf Lauren Anderson
(2) Aurora University Sr. 4.00 Marketing
Swimming Anna Belson Ithaca College Gr. 4.00 Physical Therapy
Swimming Mikayla Bisignani Johns Hopkins University So. 4.00 Molecular & Cellular Biology / Psychology
Field Hockey Julie Johnson Rowan University Sr. 3.96 Accounting / Management Information Systems
Tennis Lauren O'Malley (1) John Carroll University Sr. 4.00 Early Childhood Education
Swimming Hannah Orbach-Mandel
(3) Kenyon College Sr. 3.90 Economics
Lacrosse Allie Panara
(2) Ithaca College Sr. 4.00 Physical Therapy
Field Hockey Michaila Parent
(1) Worcester State University Sr. 4.00 Biotechnology
Golf Kayla Priebe University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Sr. 4.00 Accounting
Tennis Christina Puccinelli Middlebury College Sr. 3.98 Mathematics
Lacrosse
Alixis Roccia Averett University Gr. 4.00 Psychology (U) / Education (G)
Gymnastics Emma Schulz SUNY Cortland So. 4.08 Biology
Swimming Deborah Wen MIT So. 4.00 Physics
Skiing Ana Witkowski Clarkson University Sr. 3.99 Biomolecular Science
Tennis Victoria Yu
(1) Wesleyan University Sr. 3.98 Chemistry / Molecular Biology / Biochemistry
SECOND TEAM
Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major
Swimming Honore Collins New York University Jr. 3.59 Business
Swimming Anne Shirley Dassow
(1) Grove City College Jr. 3.97 Biology / Spanish
Field Hockey MIkaela DiBello Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Sr. 3.98 Chemistry
Swimming Julia Durmer Emory University Sr. 3.87 Human Health
Field Hockey Monica Feeley Vassar College Sr. 3.83 Biology / Psychology
Golf Rachel Fine Transylvania University Jr. 4.00 Mathematics
Golf Anna Foley
(2) DePauw University Jr. 4.00 Biochemistry
Swimming KT Kustritz
(2) Denison University Jr. 3.70 Health, Exercise, & Sport Studies
Swimming Morgan Matranga MIT Sr. 3.84 Chemical Engineering
Field Hockey Kayla Molnar
(3) Kean University Sr. 4.00 Criminal Justice
Tennis Elizabeth Preister Saint Mary's College (Ind.) Sr. 4.00 Communicative Sciences & Disorders
Lacrosse Brianna Rizzari Nazareth College Sr. 4.00 Physical Therapy
Swimming Maddie Weinberger
(3) Frostburg State Sr. 4.00 Athletic Training
Swimming Abby Wilson
(2) Kenyon College Sr. 3.82 Molecular Biology
Lacrosse Danielle Zahn Chapman University Sr. 4.00 Psychology
THIRD TEAM
Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major
Ice Hockey Kassi Abbott Plattsburgh State Sr. 3.55 Individualized Study
Field Hockey Nicole Andriani Montclair State University Jr. 3.97 Exercise Science
Field Hockey Rachel Buyan Washington & Jefferson College Sr. 3.80 Accounting
Gymnastics Jess Clemens Springfield College Sr. 3.77 Sports Biology
Tennis Kristin Dantzler Randolph-Macon College Jr. 4.00 Archaeology / Greek
Skiing Rosa Doda St. Olaf College Sr. 3.91 Economics / Philosophy
Ice Hockey Katie Granato Elmira College Sr. 3.70 Nursing
Swimming Emily Hageboeck Washington and Lee University Jr. 3.81 Accounting / Computer Science
Swimming Olivia Haskell Connecticut College Sr. 3.77 Economics
Ice Hockey Jocelyn Hunyadi Amherst College Sr. 3.98 Biology / Statistics
Tennis Sara Magnuson Wheaton College (Illinois) Sr. 3.98 Applied Mathematics / Economics
Water Polo Lucille Moran Macalester College Sr. 3.78 Political Science
Lacrosse Cordelia Peters
(3) Washington and Lee University Sr. 3.99 Business Administration
Swimming Julia Portmann Washington College Sr. 4.00 Biology / Environmental Science
Tennis Nicole Tan Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Jr. 3.81 Neuroscience
Swimming Meg Taylor Emory University Sr. 3.66 Biology / Spanish
Ice Hockey Kenzie Torpy Univ. of St. Thomas (Minn.) Sr. 3.87 Psychology
Field Hockey Sarah Wells Castleton University Sr. 3.98 Computer Information Systems
Swimming Natalie Zaravella Denison University Jr. 3.86 Economics / Global Commerce
Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Lauren O'Malley, John Carroll University
(1) – Google Cloud Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2018
(2) – Google Cloud Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2018
(3) – Google Cloud Academic All-America® third-team selection in 2018
Jeff Schwartz
