ACADEMIC SUCCESS COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS Junior setter Whitney Brown of the volleyball program was named to the 2019 Academic All-America® Second Team according to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), while senior forward Jaycee Gebhard of the women’s hockey team was named to the 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-America® At-Large Second Team. Brown has maintained a 3.99 cumulative GPA as a biology major and became the second RMU volleyball studentathlete to earn Academic All-America honors. She is also the first junior female student-athlete to garner the academic accolade. Gebhard graduated from RMU with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in May of 2020 with a cumulative GPA of 3.94 and is the first women’s hockey student-athlete in school history to garner Academic AllAmerica accolades. Brown and Gebhard become the third and fourth female student-athletes, respectively, in athletic department history to be named an Academic All-American by CoSIDA, joining former volleyball student-athlete Amanda Graham (2010) and softball standout Annie Dubovec (2011).
RMU COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® FIRST TEAM Name Sport Year Annie Dubovec Softball 2011 Nick Faraci Football 2015 Ray Gensler Football 2006 Jonathan LeDonne Football 2004 Nolan Nearhoof Football 2012 Adam Wollet Football 2018 COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® SECOND TEAM Name Sport Year Brad Banas Football 2012 Whitney Brown Volleyball 2019 Nick Faraci Football 2014 Jaycee Gebhard * Ice Hockey 2020 Ray Gensler Football 2005 Amanda Graham Volleyball 2010 Christian Lemke Track & Field 2004 Nolan Nearhoof Football 2010, 2011 Adam Wollet Football 2017
WHITNEY BROWN
COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® THIRD TEAM Name Sport Year Zac Lynch * Ice Hockey 2014 * At-large selection
JAYCEE GEBHARD
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