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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Two Women's Soccer Falcons Named to Academic All-District Team
October 30, 2008 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 30, 2008
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Two Bowling Green State University student-athletes have been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV University Division Women's Soccer Team, it was announced Thursday (Oct. 30). Senior Kristin McDonald was named to the first team, while sophomore Katie Stephenson earned second-team honors.
CoSIDA Academic All-District Teams 
McDonald makes the team for the second consecutive year, having been named to the second team in 2007. Stephenson, named to the second team, is honored in her first year of eligibility.
McDonald maintains a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point average as a health science major. Stephenson, a finance major, also has a perfect 4.00 GPA in her BGSU career to date.
A native of Troy, Ohio (Troy HS), McDonald has played in 17 matches this season to date, making one start. She is sixth on the team in scoring with seven points, on three goals and an assist. McDonald scored goals in Falcon wins over IPFW (Sept. 5, Detroit (Sept. 19) and Buffalo (Oct. 26). She picked up her assist in BG's victory vs. Miami on Oct. 12.
Stephenson, who hails from Lexington, Ohio (Lexington HS), has eight points to rank fifth on the team. She scored goals in wins against Marshall (Sept. 14), Xavier (Sept. 21) and Western Michigan (Sept. 28), with the latter goal proving to be the game-winner in a 1-0 triumph in Kalamazoo. Stephenson assisted on the winning goals vs. UDM and Ball State (Oct. 10), with the helper in the BSU game coming in overtime. She has played in all 20 games this fall, making 17 starts.
McDonald is only the fourth Falcon to earn Academic All-District First-Team honors, joining Jill Conover, Keeley Dayton and Ali Shingler.
The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District University Division Team is made up of student-athletes from Division I schools in the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. To be nominated, a student-athlete must hold at least sophomore status, be a starter or key reserve, and carry a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher. Team members are selected by a vote of members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) within the district.
The 2008-09 academic year marks the eighth time a women's soccer team has been selected. Prior to the 2001-02 academic year, women's soccer student-athletes were part of the Fall-Winter Sports At-Large ballot.
The Falcons of head coach Andy Richards, 11-5-4 overall, have clinched a home game in the Mid-American Conference Tournament. BGSU finished with a 6-3-2 conference record after Thursday's 1-1 tie with Toledo, and the Falcons placed fourth in the final MAC standings. BG will host fifth-seeded Western Michigan in quarterfinal-round action Sunday (Nov. 2) at Cochrane Field.
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ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT SELECTIONS
FIRST TEAM
Jill Conover, 2001
Keeley Dayton, 2004
Ali Shingler, 2005
Kristin McDonald, 2008
SECOND TEAM
Jill Conover, 2002
Ali Shingler, 2004
Kristin McDonald, 2007
Katie Stephenson, 2008
THIRD TEAM
Ali Shingler, 2003
Samantha Meister, 2005
2008 ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT IV
UNIVERSITY DIVISION
FIRST TEAM
Allison Whitworth, GK, Auburn
Amanda Gallow, MF, Dayton
Jessica Boyle, MF, Oakland
Kimberly Beiting, MF, Morehead State
Megan Brown, D, Michigan State
Jenn Johnson, D, Auburn
Rachel Friedman, D, Western Kentucky
Danielle Blair, D, UAB
Lauren Hill, F, Michigan State
Kristin McDonald, F, Bowling Green
Kristin Cocchiarella, F, Western Kentucky
SECOND TEAM
Shay Mannino, GK, Central Michigan
Kela Casiple, GK, Middle Tennessee State
Vendula Strnadova, MF, Memphis
Kathryn Lally, MF, Tennessee Tech
Molly Kinsella, MF, Vanderbilt
Kate Murphy, D, Memphis
Julie Hull, D, Kentucky
Katie Stephenson, D/M, Bowling Green
Kim Sykes, D, Cincinnati
Kara Kasten, F, Auburn
Kelly Blumenschein, F, Dayton
Erika Schmitt, F, Ohio
Kylie Hayes, F, Memphis
THIRD TEAM
Erica Rohren, MF, Central Michigan
Ashley Bowyer, MF, Ohio State
Courtney Jenkins, MF, Ohio State
Lauren Beachy, D, Ohio State
Taren Brown, D, Tennessee Tech
Laura Mecklenborg, D, Toledo
Jackie Barath, D, Kent State
Giavonna Ferraro, D, Akron
Nenita Burgess, D, Middle Tennessee State
Erin Adams, F, Morehead State
Amanda Waugh, F, Central Michigan
