TOWSON, Md. – Vanguard senior Esther Timmermans (Melbourne, Australia) has been named to the prestigious 2013 Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Women's Basketball First Team. Timmermans is one of five players nationwide to be selected based upon her excellence in both academics and athletics. She is the first VU basketball player to receive the honor.
A psychology major from Melbourne, Australia, Timmermans has a 3.88 G.P.A. She has led No. 7 Vanguard to a 20-2 record. She is 45th in the nation in scoring with a 15.6 average. The tenth-leading rebounder in the nation with a 10.3 average, she ranks 21st in field goal percentage (.511). Last year, she was an honorable mention NAIA All-American and earned All-Golden State Athletic Conference honors.
Junior guard Brad Karp of Saint Xavier University and junior guard Hollie German of Lee University headline the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Men's and Women's Basketball Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The Capital One College Division Academic All-America® basketball teams are comprised of student-athletes from NAIA, Canadian and two-year institutions.
Karp and German have been chosen as the winners of the Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year award for the men's and women's basketball teams, respectively.
German, a mathematics and secondary education major from Benton, Tenn., owns a 3.98 GPA. The sixth-leading scorer in NAIA Division I with a 20.04 average, German has led the seventh-ranked Flames to a 24-2 record.
German, who is fourth in the NAIA with 75 three-point field goals, is ranked among the NAIA leaders free throw percentage (.800), assists (106), three-point field goal percentage (.387) and assists per game (4.1).
A second-team NAIA All-American in 2012, she was also named as the Southern States Athletic Conference's Divisional Player of the Year and earned a spot on the all-conference team in 2012 when she helped the Lady Flames to a 30-4 record.
Joining German on the Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Women's Basketball first team are senior center Kelsey Canavan of Lubbock Christian University, senior guard Laura Carroll of Asbury University, sophomore forward Katie Gonnering of St. Francis (Ill.), and senior forward/center Esther Timmermans of Vanguard University.
Canavan, an accounting and finance major from El Paso, Texas, has a perfect 4.0 G.P.A. She leads the Sooner Athletic Conference with a .532 field goal percentage and ranks 13th in the NAIA. The third-leading scorer for the No. 3 Lady Chaparrals, she averages 12.6 points per game. She is second on the team with a 6.6 rebounding average while leading Lubbock Christian to a 23-3 record. As a junior, she averaged 16.5 and 8.2 rebounds per game while earning second-team NAIA All-American honors.
An elementary education major from Paintsville, Ky., Carroll owns a 3.99 G.P.A. The all-time leading scorer in school history with 1,589 points, she is ranked No. 1 in NAIA Division II free throw percentage (.942). A three-time All-Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honoree, she is also ranks 34th in the nation in scoring with a 16.4 average. Carroll, who ranks second on Asbury's all-time assists list with 403, helped the Eagles win their first KIAC title in 2012. She has helped Asbury to a 20-8 record this year.
Gonnering, a nursing major from Seymour, Wis., carries a perfect 4.00 G.P.A. An honorable mention NAIA Division II All-American as a freshman, she also earned All-Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference first team notice. A four-time CCAC Player of the Week, she is the fifth-leading scorer in the NAIA with a 20.5 average. She also ranks 12th in field goal percentage (.526) and 16th in rebounding (9.3). As a freshman, she averaged 16.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game last year.
The five members of the Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Women's Basketball first team have a 3.97 average G.P.A.
Sophomore Suzie Broski of Saint Xavier, senior Laura Johnson of Bethel (Ind.) College, junior Samantha Kleinsasser of Northwestern (Iowa) College, senior Clarie Ray of Indiana Wesleyan and senior Lindsey Waters of Union (Ky.) College make up the second team.
Junior Jenna Diakos of Louisiana State University Shreveport, senior Lauren Gober of Oklahoma City University, senior Emily Scharter of Point Park University, senior Paige Smith of Indiana Wesleyan and sophomore Morgan Stuut of Saint Xavier complete the third team.
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Kelsey Canavan Lubbock Christian Sr. El Paso, Texas 4.00 Exercise & Sport Science
Laura Carroll Asbury Sr. Paintsville, Ky. 3.99 Elementary Education
Hollie German Lee Jr. Benton, Tenn. 3.98 Mathematics/Sec. Ed.
Katie Gonnering St. Francis (Ill.) So. Seymour, Wis. 4.00 Nursing
Esther Timmermans Vanguard Sr. Melbourne, Australia 3.88 Psychology
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Suzanne Broski Saint Xavier So. Rockford, Ill. 4.00 Biology
Laura Johnson Bethel (Ind.) Sr. Millbrook, Ill. 3.72 Health & Physical Ed.
Samantha Kleinsasser Northwestern (Iowa) Jr. Huron, S.D. 4.00 Nursing
Clarie Ray Indiana Wesleyan Sr. Fishers, Ind. 4.00 Elementary Education
Lindsey Waters Union (Ky.) Sr. Stearns, Ky. 3.75 Psychology
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Jenna Diakos LSU-Shreveport Jr. Ragley, La. 4.00 Community Health
Lauren Gober Oklahoma City Sr. Newcastle, Ok. 3.51 Nursing
Emily Schartner Point Park Sr. Finleyville, Pa. 4.00 Biological Sciences
Paige Smith Indiana Wesleyan Sr. Fishers, Ind. 3.94 Art Education
Morgan Stuut Saint Xavier So. Marcellus, Mich. 3.87 Nursing
Team Member of the Year: Hollie German, Lee
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To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. 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 15,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
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