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HOUGHTON - June 8, 2011 Track and field athlete
Melanie Hoffman earned Capital One Academic All-District
second-team honors from the College Sports Information
Directors of America.
Hoffman (Green Bay, Wis./Pulaski) placed eighth in
the heptathlon at the GLIAC track and field
championships this season. Her score of 3,859
established a school record. She has a 4.0 cumulative
grade point average in exercise science.
Hoffman was one of five women from the GLIAC to earn
the award.
The Capital One Academic All-District and All-America
teams are nominated and voted on by CoSIDA members
across the country. To be eligible for the Academic
All-America program, student-athletes must have a 3.30
GPA or higher, must have completed two semesters at
their current institution and must not be freshmen or
redshirt freshmen (eligibility).
CoSIDA’s College Division District IV encompasses all
student-athletes from non-NCAA Division I institutions
in the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and
Tennessee.
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