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Academic All-American Rachel Krasich |
TERRE HAUTE,
IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology senior Rachel Krasich
(Westfield) earned third-team ESPN The
Magazine Academic All-American honors in results released today
by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Krasich was one of 15
individuals named to the College Division Women's Track and
Field/Cross Country Third Team from over 600 NCAA Division II, III
and NAIA institutions across the nation. A total of just 45
student-athletes from the 600 institutions were named CoSIDA Academic
All-Americans for their competitive and academic efforts.
For her efforts, Krasich earned
the 76th Academic All-American in school history and helps continue
a streak of 23 consecutive years that at least one Fightin' Engineer
has been named a CoSIDA Academic All-American, marking the sixth
longest active streak of any institution in the nation.
Krasich became the first
women's national qualifier in Rose-Hulman sports history with her
cross country efforts last fall. She placed in the top half of
the 2008 NCAA Division III Championships after finishing 11th in the
Division III Regional. Her cross country efforts include
school records for the five (18:54) and six (22:06) kilometer races.
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Krasich earned the 76th Academic
All-American award in Rose-Hulman history. |
In track and field, Krasich
has established seven school records and was the 3,000-meter
steeplechase champion at the 2008 Heartland Collegiate Athletic
Conference meet.
In the classroom, Krasich
compiled a 3.90 grade point average with a double major of chemistry
and biochemistry and molecular biology.
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