The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Johns Named To Capital One Academic All-District Team
5/30/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
May 30, 2013
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ----- UAB distance runner Rhiannon Johns has been named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-District Women's Track/Cross Country Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
Johns, a graduate student from Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, earned the all-district honor for the fourth time. Johns earned a 4.0 grade point average in mathematics before receiving her undergraduate degree in May, 2012. Now working on her Masters in math, Johns has a 3.75 GPA in postgraduate studies.
Last Thursday, she qualified for next week's NCAA Championships at Eugene, Ore. In the 10,000-meter run. She earned All-America recognition in 2011 with her NCAA finish in the 5,000.
Earlier this week, Johns was named to Canada's 2013 World University Games team.
CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
NCAA DIVISION I - District 4 (AL, FL, GA, PR, SC)
FIRST TEAM
Name, School, Yr., Hometown, GPA, Major
Maria Augutis, GEORGIA, Sr., Gothenburg, Sweden, 3.44, Geography
Catherine Burton, FURMAN, Jr., Marion, N.C., 3.98, Chemistry
Charlene Charles, JACKSONVILLE, Sr., Alfortville, France, 3.83, Communications
Carly Hamilton, GEORGIA, So., Springboro, Ohio, 3.30, Business
Rhiannon Johns, UAB, Gr. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, 4.00, Mathematics (UG) / Mathematics (G)
Lea Johnson, MIAMI (FL), So. St. Louis, Mo., 3.96, Microbiology & immunology
Morgann Leleux , GEORGIA, So., New Iberia, La., 3.41, Journalism
Lucie Ondraschkova, GEORGIA, Sr., Opava, Czech Republic, 3.88, Finance
Alexis Paine, ALABAMA, Sr., Mobile, Ala., 3.95, English
Colleen Quigley, FLORIDA STATE, So., St. Louis, Mo., 3.97, Dietetics
Amanda Winslow, FLORIDA STATE, Sr., Lawrenceville, Ga., 3.78, Sport management
