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Falcons Land Four on College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team
February 21, 2023 | Women's Basketball
Day, Dziekan, Fleming & Velasco all named to the squad
Four members of the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team have been named to the 2022-23 Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA). The team was announced on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 21).
Allison Day, Sophie Dziekan, Lexi Fleming and Amy Velasco all were named to the team.
Day, in her first year with the Falcons after four successful seasons at Loyola University Chicago, is second on the team in scoring, with 12.2 points per game, and also averages 4.6 rebounds per contest. She is shooting 54.5 percent from the field, leading the entire Mid-American Conference in that category. In league play, she is averaging 15.0 ppg and 5.4 rpg while shooting 55.8% from the floor. Day scored a career-high 31 points in a win over Toledo, and had a 27-point game vs. Miami.
In the classroom, Day is pursuing her MBA with a focus in marketing, and has a perfect 4.000 grade-point average.
Dziekan has blossomed into a key member of the Falcons' rotation in 2022-23. She has played in all 26 games, and is averaging 5.6 ppg and 3.6 rpg. Dziekan is shooting over 60 percent from the field, having gone 64-for-106 (60.4%) on the year, That includes a 7-for-7 effort in a win at Buffalo, in which she scored a career-high 14 points.
Dziekan, a biology major, has a 3.987 cumulative GPA.
Fleming has played in 24 games, making eight starts, this season to date. The MAC Freshman of the Year two seasons ago, she has returned to the court after missing all of last season due to injury. She is averaging 8.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg and 2.5 assists per contest, ranking fourth on the Falcons in assists, third in steals (1.6 spg) and second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.11). Entering Wednesday night's game at Central Michigan, the Falcons are 41-10 in games in which Fleming has seen action.
Fleming is a human development & family studies major at BGSU, and has a 3.915 cumulative GPA.
Velasco has played in all 26 games, making one start and averaging 5.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg and 2.7 apg. She is third on the team in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.03), and has scored in double digits in seven games this season, including each of the last two contests. Velasco had a season-high 16 points on Saturday (Feb. 18) at Western Michigan, scoring 10 of those points during BGSU's 16-0 fourth-quarter run.
Velasco has a perfect 4.000 GPA as a physical education and health education major at BGSU.
The 2022-23 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Basketball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes basketball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA — for both men's and women's basketball..
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on March 15.
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.
For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.
Allison Day, Sophie Dziekan, Lexi Fleming and Amy Velasco all were named to the team.
Day, in her first year with the Falcons after four successful seasons at Loyola University Chicago, is second on the team in scoring, with 12.2 points per game, and also averages 4.6 rebounds per contest. She is shooting 54.5 percent from the field, leading the entire Mid-American Conference in that category. In league play, she is averaging 15.0 ppg and 5.4 rpg while shooting 55.8% from the floor. Day scored a career-high 31 points in a win over Toledo, and had a 27-point game vs. Miami.
In the classroom, Day is pursuing her MBA with a focus in marketing, and has a perfect 4.000 grade-point average.
Dziekan has blossomed into a key member of the Falcons' rotation in 2022-23. She has played in all 26 games, and is averaging 5.6 ppg and 3.6 rpg. Dziekan is shooting over 60 percent from the field, having gone 64-for-106 (60.4%) on the year, That includes a 7-for-7 effort in a win at Buffalo, in which she scored a career-high 14 points.
Dziekan, a biology major, has a 3.987 cumulative GPA.
Fleming has played in 24 games, making eight starts, this season to date. The MAC Freshman of the Year two seasons ago, she has returned to the court after missing all of last season due to injury. She is averaging 8.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg and 2.5 assists per contest, ranking fourth on the Falcons in assists, third in steals (1.6 spg) and second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.11). Entering Wednesday night's game at Central Michigan, the Falcons are 41-10 in games in which Fleming has seen action.
Fleming is a human development & family studies major at BGSU, and has a 3.915 cumulative GPA.
Velasco has played in all 26 games, making one start and averaging 5.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg and 2.7 apg. She is third on the team in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.03), and has scored in double digits in seven games this season, including each of the last two contests. Velasco had a season-high 16 points on Saturday (Feb. 18) at Western Michigan, scoring 10 of those points during BGSU's 16-0 fourth-quarter run.
Velasco has a perfect 4.000 GPA as a physical education and health education major at BGSU.
The 2022-23 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Basketball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes basketball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA — for both men's and women's basketball..
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on March 15.
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.
For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.
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