Florida’s Savannah Jordan & Betsy Middleton on CoSIDA Academic All-America Team
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 | Soccer
GAINESVILLE, Florida – A pair of University of Florida juniors – Savannah Jordan and Betsy Middleton – both are part of the 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-America Women's Soccer second team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Tuesday.
| GATOR COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS | |
| 2015 | Savannah Jordan (second) |
| Betsy Middleton (second) | |
| 2006 | Stacy Bishop (third) |
| 2001 | Karyn Hall (first) |
| Andi Sellers (first) | |
| 1999 | Sarah Yohe (first - fall at-large) |
| 1998 | Erin Baxter (first - fall at-large) |
| 1997 | Erin Baxter (first - fall at-large) |
| 1996 | Erin Baxter (first - fall at-large) |
The pair are the first Gators to earn Academic All-America honors since Stacy Bishop earned a spot on the 2006 third team. Florida now has a total of seven named to soccer's Academic All-America teams since 1996.
Jordan, the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year, is second in the nation in both goals (24) and points (55). Middleton has equaled her collegiate-highs for goals (3) and set her season-high for points (8) in 2015. She is one of nine among the three Academic All-America teams with a 4.0 grade point average.
Both earned All-SEC Academic honors in 2014, with Jordan appearing on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Middleton was on the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll, as she transferred to UF for the 2014-15 academic year after playing her freshman season at Miami.
The pair are part of the Florida soccer team which posted a 3.41 grade point average in fall of 2014 and 3.35 in the spring of 2015. UF earned a spot in the 2014 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award. Programs with a 3.0 or better GPA are named to the annual list.
| 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-America Women's Soccer Team – Division I | |||||
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Pos. | Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | Major G |
| GK | Megan Kufeld* (3) | Washington | Sr. | Fremont, Calif. | Biology (mol., cell. dev.) |
| D | Tara Ballay (2) | Rider | Sr. | Delran, N.J. | Psychology |
| D | Mackenzie Dowd (3) | Northeastern | Jr. | Gig Harbor, Wash. | Criminal justice / psychology |
| D | Jenny Fassbinder | Valparaiso | Sr. | Hudson, Wis. | Biology |
| D | Cari Roccaro | Notre Dame | Sr. | East Islip, N.Y. | Sociology |
| D | Sheaffer Skadsen | Arizona | Sr. | Vancouver, Wash. | Public health |
| MF | Rita Craven | Valparaiso | Sr. | Frankfort, Ill. | Biology |
| MF | Amanda Hill | West Virginia | Sr. | Washington, Pa. | Exercise physio./animal & nutr. sci. |
| MF | Casie Ramsier | Auburn | Jr. | Dallas, Texas | Accounting / finance |
| F | Angela Cutaia | Texas-El Paso | Sr. | Burlington, Ontario | Kinesiology |
| F | McKenzie Meehan | Boston College | Jr. | Glocester, R.I. | MBA (economics) |
| F | Elise Wyatt (3) | DePaul | Sr. | Victoria, B.C. | Finance |
| SECOND TEAM |
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| Pos. | Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | Major |
| GK | Kristen Skonieczny | Manhattan | Sr. | Lagrangeville, N.Y. | Biology |
| D | Emily Byorth | Clemson | Jr. | Dublin, Ohio | Health science |
| D | Kaily Cox (2) | Oral Roberts | Sr. | Tulsa, Okla. | Biology |
| D | Jessica Hiskey | Mississippi | Sr. | Franklin, Tenn. | Chemistry |
| D | Katie Naughton | Notre Dame | Sr. | Elk Grove Village, Ill. | Anthropology / Spanish |
| MF | Kelsey Holbert | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Sr. | Western Springs, Ill. | Chemistry (pre-med) |
| MF | Florida | Jr. | Elon, N.C. | Psychology | |
| MF | Elena Tsakakis | South Dakota | Sr. | Edina, Minn. | Biology (pre-med) |
| F | Rachel Daly | St. John's (N.Y.) | Sr. | Harrogate, England | Sports management |
| F | Makenzy Doniak | Virginia | Sr. | Chino Hills, Calif. | Speech pathology & audiology |
| F | Florida | Jr. | Fayetteville, Ga. | Sociology | |
| THIRD TEAM |
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| Pos. | Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | Major |
| GK | Gabrielle Gauruder | Michigan State | Gr. | South Lyon, Mich. | Special education |
| D | Sarah Chambers Gardner | Brigham Young | Sr. | Medford, Ore. | Chemical engineering |
| D | Emma Koivisto | Florida State | So. | Helsinki, Finland | Interdisciplinary social science |
| D | Kelsie Roberts | Abilene Christian | Jr. | Lucas, Texas | Biochemistry |
| MF | Krista Fitzpatrick | Albany | Sr. | Levittown, N.Y. | Criminal justice / sociology |
| MF | Meghan Hegarty | U.S. Naval Academy | So. | Richmond, Va. | Operations research |
| MF | Jessica Widmann | Fordham | Gr. | East Meadow, N.Y. | Communications / mktg. intelligence |
| F | Addie Forbus | Mississippi | Jr. | Amory, Miss. | Communication sci. & disorders |
| F | Kathryn Sloan | Louisiana Tech | Jr. | Kansas City, Mo. | Communication arts & design |
| F | Kailey Utley | West Virginia | Sr. | St. Louis, Mo. | Biology |
| * - Academic All-American of Year (2) = 2014 CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team (3) = 2014 CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team | |||||
