Kutztown University senior women's tennis player Rohini Das was named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division first team Friday afternoon as voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Das, who was a second team all-District II College Division selection last year, finished a phenomenal career for the Golden Bears. Das is now eligible for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team.
Das was named the Kutztown University senior scholar-athlete of the year. She was one of the most dominant tennis performers in Kutztown history. Das is a three-time all-PSAC Scholar Athlete. A finance and international business major, she has a 3.97 GPA and graduated on May 8. She made the Dean's List four times and is a three-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
She was also named PSAC East Athlete of the Year for the second straight season after another standout year. She compiled an overall singles record of 20-4, including having won her last nine straight matches, while playing solely No. 1 singles. She also combined with a few doubles combinations to go 16-8 at doubles, primarily at No. 1 and playing with Ridhima Borooah (Guwahati, INDIA/), with whom she is 14-8, all at No. 1 doubles. In PSAC East play, she was a perfect 5-0 in singles. Das also earned all-PSAC East all-conference honors in both singles and doubles.
Under Das' leadership, the Golden Bears qualified for the PSAC East playoffs and advance to the semifinals.
The District II College Division consists of all NCAA Division II and Division III, and NAIA, colleges and universities in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. To be nominated for the team, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.4 cumulative grade-point average and a starter or significant reserve on his or her team.
The At-Large eligible sports are women's bowling, women's crew, men's and women's fencing, women's field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball, men's and women's water polo and men's wrestling.
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