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CoSIDA Academic All-America Honor
A pair of national track and field titles, an All-America performance in cross country and outstanding success in the classroom helped UW-Oshkosh’s Ayla Mitchell (Jr. • New Richmond) receive third-team status on the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women’s College Division Track and Field and Cross Country Team.
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) selected 45 student-athletes to its College Division squad, with 15 placed on each of the three teams. The College Division team features NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA student-athletes.
This past season, Mitchell ran her way to NCAA Division III track and field titles in both the indoor one-mile run and the outdoor 5,000-meter run. She also placed second in the nation in the outdoor 1,500-meter run.
Mitchell picked up another All-America prize with her third-place NCAA Division III finish in cross country. The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named her the 2008 NCAA Division III Midwest Region Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Year.
In WIAC competition, Mitchell captured four track and field titles while finishing second in cross country. She was the league’s indoor track and field champion in the one-mile run and 3,000-meter run indoor and conference’s outdoor track and field champion in the 1,500-meter run and 5,000-meter run.
Mitchell is the owner of two UW-Oshkosh track and field records, the indoor one-mile run with a time of 4:44.0 and the outdoor 5,000-meter run with a performance of 17:02.36.
Mitchell touts a 3.91 cumulative grade point average as an elementary education major. Last month, the four-time University Dean’s List member was named the female winner of the UW-Oshkosh John Taylor Scholar-Athlete Award.
Other Wisconsin student-athletes selected to the Women’s College Division Academic All-America® Track and Field and Cross Country Team were Liz Kooistra of UW-Eau Claire and Caitlin Schetter of UW-La Crosse. Kooistra was named to the first team and Schetter to the second.
Since CoSIDA's Academic All-America® program began in 1952, 40 UW-Oshkosh student-athletes have combined to receive 51 awards.
Titans' Tony Baker Featured
In Inside Wisconsin Sports
Tony Baker, a student at UW-Oshkosh, will be featured in the August issue of Inside Wisconsin Sports for his winning of the NCAA Division III national championship in discus this spring.
Inside Wisconsin Sports is the highly praised statewide magazine that features the best of Wisconsin sports at all levels—from high school to college to the pros. A copy can be picked up on newsstands in many Walgreens and Wal-Marts, Barnes & Noble and other local locations. Or, visit www.InsideWisconsinSports.com or call our circulation department at 800-536-1992 ext. 5082 to order your copies.
“In our five years of existence, we’ve given thousands of athletes, coaches and teams in Wisconsin the chance to make statewide headlines. And it is an honor for us to include Tony among the best in Wisconsin sports,” states Chad Griepentrog, publisher of Inside Wisconsin Sports.
Inside Wisconsin Sports was born out of a pure love of Wisconsin sports and a true appreciation for the greatest sports fans in the world. As it enters its fifth year of publication, it continues to be praised for its equal coverage of all Wisconsin teams at all levels and its behind-the-scenes articles to discover what makes Wisconsin teams, coaches, fans and, of course, athletes, so remarkable. From Division 7 high school football teams to Packers players and coaches, from Division III colleges to our powerhouse Division I teams, Inside Wisconsin Sports covers it all.
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