Bersagel Named Academic All-American
6/19/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
June 19, 2003
Anne Bersagel from the Wake Forest women's cross country and track & field teams was picked to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-America Women's Track/Cross Country University Division Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday.
Bersagel, a sophomore distance runner from Greeley, Colo., earned third team honors.
To qualify for the Verizon Academic All-America program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore in class, a starter or a significant reserve on their team and have compiled a minimum 3.20 cumulative GPA.
Bersagel earned All-American honors in the 10,000m last week at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Now a three-time All-American, Bersagel picked up her first certificate at the NCAA Cross Country Championships last fall where she placed 25th and led the Demon Deacons to ninth place as team. She then captured All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships with a seventh place finish in the 5,000m. Bersagel is a three-time All-ACC selection, earning honors in the indoor 3,000m, outdoor 5,000m and in cross country this year.
With a near perfect GPA, Bersagel is majoring in Political Science with a minor in Economics and was named to the 2002 USTCA Women's Track & Field Academic All-America Team as well as the 2003 USTCA Women's Cross Country Academic All-America Team.
The complete Verizon Academic All-America roster will eventually be posted at cosida.com.
