WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. --- Tusculum College women's golf student-athlete Calley Lawson has been named to the Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-District 3 Women's At-Large Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Thursday.

Lawson advances to the Academic All-America® ballot, which will be announced next month. Women's at-large sports include: bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo.

Lawson, a sophomore from Gaithersburg, Maryland, has a 4.00 cumulative grade point average while majoring in special education and early elementary education.

Lawson played in all 10 events this year for the Pioneers where she posted an 88.24 scoring average and recorded a pair of top-30 finishes. She tied for 23rd place at the Agnes McAmis Memorial and finished 30th at the Tusculum Fall Classic.

Earlier this month, she was the 2013-14 recipient of the Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Award, which goes to the Tusculum student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average. Lawson is a member of the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll, Tusculum Dean's List, Tusculum President's List and the Charles Oliver Gray Honors List.

Lawson was named to the 2012-13 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-America Scholar Team, while also earning the Tusculum Freshman of the Year Academic Award.

Members of the Capital One Academic All-District 3 Team are selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), which includes all colleges and universities in the South Atlantic Conference, Conference Carolinas and Peach Belt Conference.

The Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2013-14 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.

- CoSIDA -

2013-14 Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-District III Women's At-Large Team
(as selected by CoSIDA)
Student-Athlete, School Sport
Maia Czarnecki, Limestone Lacrosse
Valerie Dembny, Wingate Swimming
Kristen Diemer, Queens Swimming
Diana DiMarco, Young Harris Tennis
Jenelle Forunato, Limestone Tennis
Barbora Krtickova, Armstrong Tennis
Calley Lawson, Tusculum Golf
Olivia Myers, Catawba Tennis
Farina Rafiq, Queens Tennis
Elizabeth Swallow, King Golf