2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large Team

SAN FRANCISCO -- After helping Academy of Art University women's golf make its second consecutive NCAA postseason appearance in the past two years, junior Crystal Wang received national recognition for her efforts in the classroom as well on Thursday. Wang, who earned her third consecutive All-PacWest First Team honor this season, excelled as a student in the School of Interior Architecture & Design and was subsequently named to the 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District At-Large Team.

Student-athletes were selected by CoSIDA and recognized as the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.

To qualify for the CoSIDA All-District At-Large Team in Division II, a student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or greater through the most-recent semester, must be a starter or key reserve, and completed one full calendar year at his or her institution. A total of 95 student-athletes representing 65 Division II institutions met these requirements.

In 2016, Wang posted five top-five finishes including her first regular season individual title at the California Baptist Invitational. In the PacWest Conference Championship, the La Jolla Calif. native finished tied for fourth and was named to the All-Tournament Team. Wang was also named PacWest Women's Golfer of the Week twice during the season and completed the regular season ranked 13th in the West Region. She did all this while adding to her cumulative GPA of 3.34.

There are eight districts in all and three separate teams for NCAA Division I, II and III as well as a College Division, which includes NAIA, Canadian and junior colleges. District 8 includes the PacWest Conference, California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC). Academic All-District honorees advance to the Academic All-America Team ballot. The CoSIDA Division II Academic All-American Team will be announced later this month.