ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA PROGRAM
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College soccer players
Alex Hildebrandt (SR, St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park HS) and
Whitney Holman (SR, New Hope, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) were both named as first-team recipients on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District soccer teams, it was announced recently.
It's the third straight year that Hildebrandt has earned Academic All-District honors, and his second straight first-team recognition. It's Holman's second straight first-team Academic All-District first-team honor.
A defender for the Auggie men's soccer team, Hildebrandt is an accounting/finance major with a 3.83 grade-point average.
This season, Hildebrandt finished with four goals for eight points, including two game-winning goals. In his career at Augsburg (71 games), Hildebrandt finished with 14 goals and nine assists for 37 points, including five game-winning goals.
Last season, Hildebrandt earned nearly every honor a collegiate soccer player can receive, being named to the All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team and All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team, in addition to earning National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas Division III All-America second-team and NSCAA/Adidas All-Far West Region first-team honors. Academically, he was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America third team and the NSCAA/Adidas Scholar All-Region squad and Scholar All-America first team.
A defender for the Auggie women's soccer team, Holman is a religion and psychology major with a 3.95 grade-point average.
Holman finished her senior campaign with three goals and two assists for eight points, including two game-winning goals. She started each of the 71 games in her Auggie career, with 10 goals and 10 assists for 30 points, including five game-winning goals, starting her career as a forward before being shifted to defense midway through her sophomore season.
She has earned All-MIAC honorable-mention honors each of the last two seasons, while earning NSCAA/Adidas Scholar All-Region honorable-mention honors last year. She has also earned Academic All-MIAC honors each of the last two seasons.
The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team is part of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America program, administered by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Top student-athletes from non-Division I programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ontario and Manitoba are eligible for inclusion on the district team. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.30 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. College sports information directors in the district vote for the teams.
First-team Academic All-District members advance to the Academic All-America ballot, voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members. The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America soccer teams will be announced on Nov. 17-18.
