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 DeCarol Davis, who is ranked 1st academically in the senior class, earned Academic All-America honors for the first time.
Davis, who has started 22 games this season, is ranked first in the senior class of 226 cadets as she carries a 3.96 GPA in Electrical Engineering. She is averaging 7.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game for Coast Guard which set the single-season record for wins with 22 as the team is 22-4 overall while going 11-2 in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC).
Davis, who was the Academy’s first ever Truman Scholar (2007), was a 2007 Rhodes Scholar finalist and was the 2007 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Female Sports Scholar of the Year. She is on the Commandant of Cadet’s List for Military Excellence, the Dean’s List and served as Class President as a freshman and sophomore.
While at the Academy, she was also named a member of the 2006 Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar women’s basketball and softball first team, Davis has won the Commandant’s Undergraduate Award, established a recycling program at the Academy as well as written and directed a children’s play performed for Engineering Outreach program.
Davis, who earned first team District I honors for the second straight season, earns Academic All-America honors for the first time in her career. She is a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Alpha Lambda Delta.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.
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