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George Washington's Marissa Stamler Named Second Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- George Washington University's Marissa Stamler (Sr., Coral Gables, Fla./Ransom Everglades) has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) ESPN The Magazine University Division Academic All-District II At-Large Second Team.
An international affairs major, Stamler earned Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA )First Team All-Southern Division honors this year after leading GW and ranking in the Top 40 nationally with 51 goals and 74 points in 2010. She also earned Second Team All-South honors in 2008 and 2009, and finished her four-year career ranked fourth all-time at GW with 192 points and 5th with 139 goals and 68 assists. In the classroom, Stamler was named to the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Scholar-Athlete Team her first three years, the CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team in 2008 and 2009, as well as the GW's Athletic Department Dean's List six semesters.
She is one of five CWPA women's varsity student-athletes named to an All-District team joining District II College Division Third Team selection Colleen Harriger of Gannon University and First Team pick Jessica Barby of Washington & Jefferson College, along with District V University Division First Team pick Kelsey Campbell of Indiana University and District I College Division Third Team selection Phoebe Bakanas of Connecticut College.
The District II region includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Athletes named to the first team qualify for the national ballot. To be nominated for the CoSIDA Academic All-America program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.3 or higher cumulative grade point average and be a starter or significant reserve.
The At-Large Team is comprised of female athletes in bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo to mark the largest Academic All-America division in the program.
