TOWSON,
Md.
-- University of North Alabama senior Tassia
Augusto has been named to the 2009 ESPN The
Magazine Academic All-America® Women’s
Soccer Teams, as selected by the College
Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A Health, Physical Education and Recreation
major, Augusto has a cumulative 3.67 grade
point average and was named first-team
Academic All-America.
Augusto becomes the 11th UNA student-athlete
to earn Academic All-America honors. Her
selection marks just the sixth time that a
Lion has been named first-team Academic
All-America.
The leading scorer in North Alabama history
with 64 goals and 20 assists, Augusto scored
29 goals with six assists in 2009 while
leading the Lions to the best season in
school history. UNA finished the year with a
19-4-1 record and earned its first-ever NCAA
Division II Tournament appearance. A native
of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Augusto was a two-time
Gulf South Conference Player of the Week
this season. She also earned All-GSC
Tournament honors, as well second-team
All-South Region acclaim.
The 12 members of the ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-America® Women’s Soccer College
Division first team have a cumulative G.P.A.
of 3.91.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a
varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a
cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a
scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore
athletic and academic standings at his/her
current institution and be nominated by
his/her sports information director. Since
the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has
bestowed Academic All-America honors on more
than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I,
II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA
championship sports.
ESPN The Magazine – winner of the 2006 and
2003 National Magazine Award for General
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For more information about the Academic
All-America Teams program, please visit
www.cosida.com.
2009 ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-America
® Women’s Soccer Team (College Division) as
selected by CoSIDA First Team Pos. Name
School Dist. Cl. Hometown GPA Major GK Tara
Carter Otterbein IV Jr. Pickerington, Ohio
4.00 Art & Art History GK Lauren Sinnenberg
Williams I Sr. Westfield, N.J. 3.88 Biology
D Jessica Bennett West Chester II Jr.
Littlestown, Pa. 4.00 Elementary Education D
Jenny Knox Otterbein IV Jr. Gahanna, Ohio
4.00 Allied Health D Jenn Paulucci Johns
Hopkins II Jr. Manalapan, N.J. 3.96
Biomedical Engineering D Natalja Stanski **
Grand Valley State IV Sr.
Tecumseh,Ontario,Can. 4.00 Biomedical
Science M Chantal Koechli * Wooster IV Sr.
Greer, S.C. 3.97 Biochemistry & Molec.
Biology M Kaitlin Sanders * Ohio Northern IV
Sr. Kendallville, Ind. 3.96 Pharmacy M Amy
Scheffer Ithaca I Sr. Schenectady, N.Y. 3.85
Accounting F Tassia Augusto North Alabama IV
Sr. Sao Paulo, Brazil 3.67 Health, Phys. Ed.
& Rec.
F Kristin Burton (3) Armstrong Atlantic St.
III Sr. Ocala, Fla. 3.68 Physical Therapy F
Taylor Hilinski * Mercyhurst II Sr. Erie,
Pa. 4.00 Biology Education
UNA'S ALL-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA
SELECTIONS
Women’s Soccer
2003 Allison Harris Second-Team
2009 Tassia Augusto First-Team
Softball
1993 Kristy Holdbrooks First-Team
Football
1996 Eddie Evans Second-Team
Volleyball
1997 Ronda Price Second-Team
1998 Rachel Price Third-Team
1999 Rachel Price First-Team
1999 Ronda Price Third-Team
2005 Vanessa Ferretti Third-Team
2006 Dee Ayres First-Team
Baseball
1999 Steve Kosa Second-Team
2000 Josh Willingham Second-Team
2000 Douglas Hargett Third-Team
2001 Douglas Hargett First-Team
2002 Douglas Hargett First-Team
