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Alaska Player Named to All-Academic Team
CHICAGO, IL (February 5, 2004) - North Park University women's soccer player
Katie Rose of Mat-Su Covenant Church in Wasilla, Alaska, was named to
the College Conference
of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) All-Academic team for the fall sports
season.
Rose, a senior majoring in Advertising, has posted a 3.47 grade-point
average on a 4.0 scale during her college career while totaling the
eighth highest women's soccer scoring total in school history. She was a
captain for this year's team and earned the team's Leadership Award,
said coach Erin Leinweber.
"Katie exemplifies a complete student athlete," said Leinweber in
nominating Rose for the honor. "She not only excelled on the soccer
field, but in the classroom and the community. I am amazed with her
activity level in other school organizations during her seasons."
The vice president of North Park's Student Association, Rose has
participated in college chapel and choir while serving as a student
development assistant and participating in the school's Fellowship of
Christian Athletes huddle. Rose is from Palmer, Alaska, having
attended Colony High School. Her brother, Jamie, was a starter for the
North Park men's soccer team.
North Park also named sophomore linebacker Jonathan Schwan of Crystal
Lake, Illinois, to the Academic All-Conference team. Schwan has a 3.84
grade-point average in
business and economics. He attended Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal
Lake.
Other nominees included men's soccer player Adam Johnson, a junior
residing in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, and junior volleyball setter
Jennifer Williams of Chicago. Johnson had a 3.75 grade-point average in
Pre-Medicine/Biology while Williams has a
3.43 grade point average in Education.
The CCIW is comprised of eight teams and each season each school
nominates one male and one female athlete for the All-Academic team,
according to conference All-Academic team coordinator and Augustana
College sports information director David Wrath. There are also
All-Academic teams named for the winter and spring seasons.
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