DALLAS, Texas --- Tusculum University tennis student-athlete Annie McCullough has been named to the 2019 Google Cloud NCAA Division II Academic All-America® Women's At-Large second team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
McCullough becomes the third women's tennis player in program history to garner Academic All-America® laurels joining 2002 winner Pam Holt and three-time honoree Franziska Funke (2016, 2017, 2018).
The Google Cloud Academic All-America® At-Large program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo for both men and women; bowling, crew, beach volleyball and field hockey for women; and volleyball and wrestling for men.
McCullough, a junior from Belfast, Northern Ireland, has a cumulative grade point average of 3.98 while majoring in chemistry. She is a member of the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll, Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll, Dean's List, President's List, Charles Oliver Gray Honors List, ITA Scholar Athlete and is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District first team selection.
McCullough swept the South Atlantic Conference's top women's tennis honors as she was named the SAC Player of the Year and Scholar Athlete of the Year becoming only the third player in league history to achieve the double honor in the same season.
She is a three-time All-SAC selection in singles and a two-time first team honoree in doubles with her twin sister Caitlin. The McCulloughs finished the season ranked 14th nationally in doubles as the duo went 26-4 overall this season including 19-3 in dual matches. Annie recorded a 27-5 singles mark this season including 18-4 in dual competition and went a perfect 10-0 in league play. She finished ranked 32nd in the country in ITA singles and improved her career singles record to an impressive 63-9 overall.
McCullough was named the Tusculum Female Athlete of the Year for a second straight season. She was also tabbed as the ITA Southeast Region Player to Watch.
The Pioneers finished the season with a 17-4 overall record including 10-0 in league play to capture Tusculum's its sixth SAC Championship and first since 2010. TU finished runner-up at the SAC Tournament and earned a berth to the NCAA Division II Tournament for a third consecutive year and 11th time in program history.
The Google Cloud Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2018-19 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA Google Cloud Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.
2019 Google Cloud NCAA II Academic All-America® Women's At-Large Team
First Team
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Sport |
Name |
School |
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Swimming |
Catalina Berraud-Galea |
Lynn |
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Swimming |
Becca Cubbler |
Bloomsburg |
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Golf |
Courtney Ewing |
Colorado State-Pueblo |
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Lacrosse |
Bryanna Fazio |
Le Moyne |
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Swimming |
Sierra Forbord |
Colorado Mesa |
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Lacrosse |
Olivia Hayden |
Colorado Mesa |
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Golf |
Jaime Jacob |
Cal State San Marcos |
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Skiing |
Amanda Kautzer |
Michigan Tech |
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Tennis |
Kristen Kirby |
Colorado Mesa |
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Golf |
Helen Kreuzer |
Lynn |
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Tennis |
Greta Lazzarotto |
Midwestern State |
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Swimming |
Josefina Lorda-Taylor |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Tennis |
Karla Miletic |
University of the Sciences |
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Swimming |
Britin Thomsen |
St. Cloud State |
|
Tennis |
Michela Verpelli |
Wingate |
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Skiing |
Casey Wright |
Alaska Anchorage |
Second Team
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Sport |
Name |
School |
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Tennis |
Ivana Andric |
New York Tech |
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Golf |
Lexi Armon |
Northeastern State |
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Ice Hockey |
Corbin Boyd |
Minnesota State-Mankato |
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Swimming |
Brittany Dixon |
Colorado Mesa |
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Tennis |
Sydney Homan |
Wingate |
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Lacrosse |
Alison Johnson |
Adelphi |
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Golf |
Katharina Keilich |
Indianapolis |
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Swimming |
Maggie Knier |
Minnesota State-Mankato |
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Tennis |
Tusculum |
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Field Hockey |
Katharina Ohmen |
Merrimack |
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Golf |
Shi Qing Ong |
Missouri Western State |
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Swimming |
Shelby Quinn |
Lindenwood |
|
Swimming |
Christina Sather |
Clarion |
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Lacrosse |
Alyssa Voccia |
Limestone |
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Field Hockey |
Liz Wolfe |
Slippery Rock |
Third Team
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Sport |
Name |
School |
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Tennis |
Kena Bere |
Illinois-Springfield |
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Lacrosse |
Allison Conn |
Queens (N.C.) |
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Field Hockey |
Mackenzie Fuhrman |
Kutztown |
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Golf |
Sofia Garcia Austt |
Nova Southeastern |
|
Field Hockey |
Kaitlin Hatch |
West Chester |
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Lacrosse |
Valerie Hertz |
Shippensburg |
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Golf |
Nabila Inak |
Newberry |
|
Crew |
Hana Ito |
Florida Tech |
|
Tennis |
Kendra Kappes |
Winona State |
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Golf |
Krystal Knight |
Merrimack |
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Ice Hockey |
Kirsten Martin |
Lindenwood |
|
Golf |
Maaika Mestl |
Nebraska-Kearney |
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Swimming/Tennis |
Mary Northcutt |
Carson-Newman |
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Golf |
Krissy Ortiz |
Lynn |
|
Golf |
Brooklyn Terry |
Harding |
Google Cloud Academic All-American® of the Year: Catalina Berraud-Galea, Lynn