Wheaton College (Ill.) Swimmer Erin Bagley Named to Academic All-District Team

2017 May 24

Wheaton College swimmer Erin Bagley of Wheaton, Illinois, was recently named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District 7 At-Large Team for 2017. As a First Team Academic All-District selection, Bagley has advanced to the national Division III Academic All-America ballot. The Division III CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Team will be announced June 6.

Bagley recently earned her Bachelor's Degree from Wheaton in Elementary Education, with a 3.60 cumulative grade point average. She earned All-America recognition in March at the NCAA Division III Championships with seventh-place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke; and also picked up All-America honors in the 400-yard freestyle relay. She was honored as the Co-Swimmer of the Meet at the 2017 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Swim Championships, where she won conference titles in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke and 100-yard butterfly, along with four relay wins. This season she established the CCIW record in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.79.

The Academic All-District Team is a part of the CoSIDA All-America program that honors student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level in athletics and in the classroom. Members of the eight First Team Academic All-District squads in each Division advance to the national ballot, where they have the opportunity to be selected for the Academic All-America Team. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA; a 2,000-plus member organization consisted of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

Through the years, Wheaton student-athletes have earned a total of 85 Academic All-American selections in the prestigious program. Since 2000, there have been 60 Academic All-American selections from Wheaton.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Division I, II, III, NAIA and junior colleges covering all NCAA championship sports.