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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Chiricosta Named to Academic All-District First Team for Second-Straight Spring
May 20, 2010 | Women's Tennis
Bowling Green State University tennis standout Christine Chiricosta has been named to the 2010 ESPN The Magazine Women's At-Large Academic All-District Team, it was announced Thursday (May 20). Chiricosta was named to the first team for the second consecutive year.
As an academic all-district first-team pick, Chiricosta is now eligible for the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Team. Her name will be placed on the national ballot.
Chiricosta, a native of Avon Lake, Ohio (Avon Lake HS), was named to the All-Mid-American Conference First Team this season, after earning all-conference second-team honors in each of her first two years at BGSU. She had an overall singles record of 22-9 in 2009-10, leading the team in wins. Chiricosta had a 15-7 record in dual matches, having played at the number-one flight in all 22 of BGSU's duals this spring, and went 5-3 in MAC regular-season action.
In doubles, Chiricosta finished with an overall record of 21-9, including a 16-6 mark in dual-match play. She teamed with freshman Maddy Eccleston at the top flight for every dual match, with that duo going 6-2 in MAC contests.
Chiricosta's total of 43 victories this season led the team, and ties her for 10th in BGSU history.
Chiricosta will enter her senior season with a combined career total of 128 wins, including 64 singles and 64 doubles victories. She has moved into 12th place on the BGSU doubles wins list, and is tied for 12th in overall wins and deadlocked for 14th in career singles wins. Chiricosta is within striking distance of all three school records.
While Chiricosta's list of athletic accomplishments is lengthy, her academic exploits may be even more impressive. Last month, she was named BGSU's Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the athletic department's Academic Honors Night. That award is given to just one male and one female student-athlete in the junior class for all BGSU sports.
A week ago (May 13), Chiricosta was named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the second year in a row.
Chiricosta was named the MAC's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week three times this season. Last year, she was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for the second-straight year, and also was chosen to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team. Chiricosta became the first student-athlete in BGSU women's tennis history to be named an Academic All-American. She also had been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team in 2009, and was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for the second consecutive season (this year's ITA awards have not yet been announced).
Chiricosta's academic all-district award in 2009 made her the first Falcon tennis student-athlete so honored in six years (since Alyson Gabel in 2003).
In the classroom, Chiricosta maintains a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade-point average as an adolescent/young adult/secondary education major.
The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team is the result of voting by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) members within District IV. The district consists of schools in the states of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. To qualify for nomination, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials and a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30 (on a 4.0 scale). Additionally, she must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing (true freshmen, redshirt freshmen and ineligible athletic transfers are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at the institution.
The at-large team hopefuls consisted of district student-athletes in the women's sports of bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo. BGSU gymnastics student-athlete Megan Chronister was voted to the second team.
The tennis Falcons concluded the 2009-10 season with an overall dual-match record of 12-10.
2010 ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT IV TEAM
First Team
Heather Bustanoby, Louisville (Sr. - Virginia Beach, Va. - 3.96 - Psychology and communications)
Kassi Price, Alabama (Sr. - Plantation, Fla. - 4.00 - Marketing and advertising)
Elizabeth Hughes, Alabama (Sr. - Maryville, Tenn. - 3.99 - Psychology)
Chelsea Davis, Ohio State (Sr. - Columbus, Ohio - 3.93 - Health sciences)
Jenny Cape, UAB (Jr. - Oakville, Ontario, Canada - 4.00 - Biology)
CHRISTINE CHIRICOSTA, Bowling Green (Jr. - Avon Lake, Ohio - 4.00 - Adolescent/young adult/secondary education)
Rachel Heim, Ohio (Jr. - San Diego, Calif. - 3.95 - Chemistry/biochemistry)
Martina Gavier, Kent State (Jr. - Cordoba, Argentina - 3.90 - International relations)
Catherine Newman, Vanderbilt (Sr. - Greensboro, N.C. - 3.89 - Civil engineering)
Lindsay Quintiliani, Ohio State (Sr. - Mountain Top, Pa. - 3.97 - Speech and hearing science)
Second Team
Kathleen Bush, Morehead State (So. - St. Clair, Mich. - 4.00 - Government)
Melissa Marik, Auburn (Sr. - Naperville, Ill. - 3.88 - Applied math and actuarial sciences)
Claudia Wolf, South Alabama (Sr. - Igls, Austria - 4.00 - Interdisciplinary studies)
Sarah Curtis, Michigan (Sr. - Reno, Nev. - 3.68 - Biology)
Krissy Voss, Auburn (Sr. - Paradise Valley, Ariz. - 3.93 - Chemistry)
Lydia Caldwell, Dayton (Sr. - St. Louis, Mo. - 3.80 - Biology)
Lydia Barrett, Kent State (Sr. - Rochester, N.Y. - 3.84 - Integrated health studies)
Kelsey Knutson, Michigan (Sr. - Ames, Iowa - 3.73 - Political science and communications)
MEGAN CHRONISTER, Bowling Green (Sr. - York, Pa. - 4.00 - Health science)
Katherine Bruening, Dayton (So. - Beachwood, Ohio - 3.90 - Pre-medicine)
Allison Kittelberger, Kent State (Sr. - Webster, N.Y. - 3.93 - Business marketing)
