AUSTIN, Texas --- Tusculum College women's golfer Calley Lawson has been named to the 2015 Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-America® Women's At-Large third team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Women's at-large sports include: bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo.

Lawson becomes the second Tusculum women's golfer to garner Academic All-America® distinction, joining former teammate Jillian Corum, who earned the honor in back-to-back seasons (2012, 2013).

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

She posted an 86.21 stroke average, while competing in all 10 events this year, including a season-best eighth place showing at the inaugural Pioneer Classic.

At this year's South Atlantic Conference championship, Lawson was named the 2015 recipient of the Bob Dibble Spirit of the Game Award, which is named in honor of the long-time Tusculum coach and is selected by the league's women's golf coaches. The award recognizes the SAC women's golf team member that demonstrates a genuine love of the game, outstanding character, leadership and places team before self.

Lawson was named to the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-America Scholar Team in each of the last two seasons and is also a two-time recipient of the Tusculum Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Award.

In her rookie season, she was named the winner of the Tusculum Freshman of the Year Academic Award. She is a member of the SAC Commissioner's Honor, Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll, Tusculum Dean's List, President's List and the Charles Oliver Gray Honors List. She is also a recipient of the Class of 1932 Endowed Scholarship and the the Dorothy Carter Sander '32 Endowed Scholarship.

The Capital One Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the Division II Academic All-America® teams program.

To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.

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2015 Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Women's At-Large Team
Name School Sport
First Team
Kendall Anderson Newman Golf
Rebecca Bergen Nova Southeastern Crew
Jessica Bradley Lynn Golf
Dani Crouse LIU Post Field Hockey
Kristin Day Clarion Swimming
Linda Fritschken Barry Tennis
Alexa Froccaro Adelphi Lacrosse
Emilee Gysegem Clarion Swimming
Maria Hundley Seattle Pacific Gymnastics
Lucy Kauffman Shippensburg Field Hockey
Hannah Mattar Ashland Swimming
Melissa Menchella Lindenwood Lacrosse
Miranda Polaski Post Lacrosse
Tanya Timko Indiana (Pa.) Tennis

Second Team
Fernanda Amaral West Florida Tennis
Jessica Bombard Tiffin Lacrosse
Rebecca Bruning Anderson (S.C.) Tennis
Courtney Cochefski Texas Woman's Univ. Gymnastics
Marie Coors Saint Leo Golf
Rachel Dickinson Millersville Field Hockey
Mary Hanson California Baptist Swimming
Nicole Hensley Lindenwood Ice Hockey
Lauren Howard West Liberty Tennis
Gina Lirange Bentley Field Hockey
Elly Maleski Wayne State (Mich.) Swimming
Tyne Potgieter Lynn Swimming
Rebecka Surtevall Arkansas Tech Golf
Maike Tweesman Lindenwood Swimming
Fanni Varga Southwest Baptist Tennis

Third Team
Masha Andrianova Southern Nazarene Tennis
Jasmine Arzadon Wingate Swimming
Liz Bird UC San Diego Swimming
Jackie Chisholm Saint Michael's Field Hockey
Marija Dimitrovska Texas A&M-Kingsville Tennis
Manuela Ferreira Wayne State (Mich.) Swimming
Calley Lawson Tusculum Golf
Hannah Loesch Wayne State (Mich.) Swimming
Cristina Lopez St. Mary's (Texas) Tennis
Danielle Lyons Alaska Fairbanks Swimming
Samantha McCuskey Florida Tech Crew
Courtney Miller UC San Diego Water Polo
Erin Plachy Tampa Swimming
Gabrielle Shipley Grandy Valley State Golf
Mariah Smither Humboldt State Crew

Academic All-American of the Year: Kristin Day, Clarion