Gornick Named Academic All-American

TACOMA, Wash. - After helping lead the Puget Sound Loggers to their seventh-straight Northwest Conference title, senior midfielder Fiona Gornick (Portland, Ore./Grant) has been named to the Third-Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America women's soccer team.

Gornick, who tallied six goals and eight assists in 2008 while carrying a 3.90 GPA as an exercise science major, is the third women's soccer player to be named an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American.  Cortney Kjar was named a second team selection in 2005 and Erin Williams earned third-team honors in the same season. 

Gornick finished her career as the fifth all-time leader is assists for a career with 24 and tied for fifth in career games played with 82.  She was a First Team All-NWC pick and a Second Team All-West Region selection as a junior as she started all 24 games in 2007, leading the Loggers to the Sectional Final. 

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 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.

2008 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's Soccer Teams (PDF)