CoSIDA Release

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Senior Kendall Sosa (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community) was named a First Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America Wednesday, May 26. 

Overall, Sosa is the fourth women's basketball player to earn the honor in program history, joining Rebekah Ehresman (2018), Lexi Baltes (2014), and Terri Friedman (1981 and 1982). She is the first Titan to be named to the first team since Terri Friedman in 1982.

Additionally, with her selection as well as IWU men's basketball standout Matthew Leritz, Illinois Wesleyan is the only school of 400+ Division III institutions to have a student-athlete honored on both the men's and women's first team this season. 

Furthermore, IWU's all-time Academic All-American list now sits at 135, which is tied for 25th across NCAA Division I, II, and III, as well as ninth-best in Division III. To view the list of Illinois Wesleyan's all-time awardwinners, click here. 

The Normal, Ill. native, who was named the Division III Player of the Year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and a D3hoops.com All-American, was incredible in a shortened season for the Titans. Sosa scored 267 points, grabbed 38 rebounds, tallied 31 steals, and added 27 assists over just 10 games. 

She led the CCIW in scoring at 26.7 points per game, ranking second nationally, and also topped the conference in three-point field goal percentage (.460), free throw percentage (.883), three-pointers made per game (2.9), and steals per game (3.17). She also ranked third in overall field goal percentage (.497). 

Sosa was named the D3hoops.com Central Region Player of the Year, was a unanimous First Team All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin pick for the second straight season, was a two-time CCIW Player of the Week selection, and landed on the D3hoops.com Team of the Week three times.

Sosa graduated with a degree in business marketing and graphic design earlier this month.

2020-21 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Teams – NCAA Division III
 

FIRST TEAM
Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
Shannon Devitt	TCNJ	Sr.	3.95	Accounting
Kimberly Schuh	Meredith	Sr.	3.92	Health and Physical Education
Kendall Sosa	Illinois Wesleyan	Sr.	3.9	Business marketing & Graphic Design
Leah Springer	Messiah	Gr.	3.97/4.00	Economics (UG) / Intercollegiate Ath. Leader. (G)
Jenna Taylor (1)	Simpson	Sr.	4	Accounting / Economics & Finance
SECOND TEAM
Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
Julie Galauner	Aurora	Sr.	3.92	Parks & Recreation Leadership
Emily Hafemann	Concordia Wisconsin	Sr.	4	Nursing
Nicole Heffington	John Carroll	Sr.	3.74	Early Childhood Education
Emma Janousek	Pacific Lutheran	Gr.	3.99/4.00	Education
Olivia Voskuil	Hope	Sr.	3.89	Civil Engineering
THIRD TEAM
Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
Meredith Brown	Gettysburg	Sr.	3.98	Biochemistry / Molecular Biology
Averi Jordan	DeSales sity	Jr.	3.69	Nursing
Christina Kiser	Bard	Jr.	3.73	Biology
Brooke Raiche	Castleton	Sr.	3.99	Business Management
Kenedy Schoonveld	Hope	Sr.	3.84	Social Work

Academic All-America® of the Year: Jenna Taylor, Simpson, University