General | 5/13/2016 9:31:00 AM

Four Wayne State University student-athletes were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Women's At-Large Team for District 4 on Thursday.  Two members of the WSU women's swimming program were recognized, along with one student-athlete from women's tennis and another from women's fencing.

The Warriors produced four of the 12 female Academic All-District recipients which include the GLIAC, GLVC and GMAC with the At-Large ballot including the women's sports of Beach Volleyball, Bowling, Crew/Rowing, Fencing, Field Hockey, Golf, Gymnastics, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Rifle, Skiing, Swimming/Diving, Tennis and Water Polo.

Senior Hannah Loesch (Pensacola, Fla.) was four-time All-American (two First Team and two Honorable Mention) at the 2016 NCAA Swimming and Diving National Championships.  She won four GLIAC titles in February at the conference championship and was selected as a recipient of the 2016 GLIAC Commissioner's Award.  In her collegiate career, she earned nine All-American accolades (five First Team, four Honorable Mention) and was voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Third Team in 2015.  The 2016 Deans' Award winner from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Loesch was selected to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for three straight seasons and has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for six semesters, including five 4.00 terms and the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) the other term.

Senior Elly Maleski (Cedar, Mich. / Traverse City West) was a three-time All-American (two First team and one Honorable Mention) at the 2016 NCAA Swimming and Diving National Championships.  She won GLIAC titles in both the 200 free relay and 400 medley relay this past February.  Maleski finished in the top seven in six events at the GLIAC Championships.  In her collegiate career, she earned 16 All-American honors (13 First Team, three Honorable mention) and received the 2016 Deans' Award from the College of Engineering.  Maleski was voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Second Team in 2015 and won a national title in the 200 free relay that broke a Division II record in 2014.  She was selected to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for three straight years and was named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for six semesters, including two 4.00 terms.

Junior Andreea Mitrache (Sterling Heights, Mich. / Warren Cousino) was the 2015-16 GLIAC Women's Tennis Player of the Year along with being an All-GLIAC First Team selection.  She had a 12-0 record at No. 1 singles and a 12-1 mark at second doubles.  Mitrache was ranked 34th nationally in singles and has compiled a 47-11 career singles mark primarily at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions.  She has a 42-17 career doubles record primarily at second doubles.  Mitrache earned the Fall 2015 GLIAC Commissioner's Award and has been voted to the All-GLIAC First Team for two straight seasons.  She has been selected to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for two years and was named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) all five semesters, including two 4.00 terms.

Junior Zuzanna Sobczak (Gdansk, Poland) earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades after placing 11th at the NCAA Fencing Championships in the foil.  She finished seventh at the NCAA Midwest Regional earlier in the spring.  A two-time Honorable Mention All-American (top 12 at NCAA Championships), Sobczak has placed in the top-seven at the NCAA Midwest Regional for three consecutive years.  She has a 237-70 career record in the foil and ranks sixth in school history in foil wins.  Sobczak was voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Women's At-Large First Team in 2015.  She has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for five semesters, including three 4.00 terms and is also a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

CoSIDA Release

The 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District™ Women's At-Large Teams have been released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
   
The Academic All-District™ teams include the student-athletes listed on the following pages and are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.  This is the fifth year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America® Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.

The 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 2015-16 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.

First-team Academic All-District™ honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.

For more information about the Academic All-District™ and Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit cosida.com.