Four Scots Picked for Academic All-District Honors

Four College of Wooster student-athletes ä senior Austin Carter (Columbus, Ohio / Grandview Hts.), senior Elizabeth Roesch (Oakland, Mich. / Lake Orion), junior Courter Shimeall (Worthington, Ohio / Thomas Worthington), and junior Lindsay Tingley (Rockville, Md. / Walter Johnson) ä were selected to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team for at-large sports, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America on Thursday.

Carter and Shimeall were recognized on the menÔs 10-member team and will be forwarded to the national ballot for Academic All-Americanÿ consideration, while Roesch and Tingley were tabbed with second-team honors on the womenÔs 23-member team.

The nominees for this distinguished award spanned NCAA Divs. II and III and NAIA institutions across the five-state district of Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, while at-large sports include crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, and water polo.

Carter, who helped lead WoosterÔs swim team to a fourth-place finish at the highly-competitive North Coast Athletic Conference Championships this past February, broke a seven-year-old school record in the 100 backstroke (53.63) while winning the consolation heat to finish ninth overall at the NCAC meet. He also played a key role on three fourth-place relay teams at conferenceÔs, including the school-record 400 medley (3:33.58), and he posted the second-best season time for the Scots in the 200 back (2:03.27). Academically, Carter, a physics major, graduated summa cum laude (for cumulative GPA between 3.90-4.000), and received one of the schoolÔs four Galpin Prizes for general excellence.

Shimeall, a repeat member of the Academic All-District Team, recently received honorable mention on the all-conference team for his efforts on the lacrosse pitch, marking the starting goalkeeperÔs third-straight All-NCAC recognition. Shimeall accumulated a .489 save percentage and 9.39 goals against average during 2005, as Wooster went 7-7 overall and finished third in league play (3-2). In the classroom, he is a classical studies major, carries a GPA above 3.90 into his senior year, and was one of 22 juniors at the school inducted into the Phi Betta Kappa national honor society.

Roesch produced one of the best seasons by an individual in school history during 2004-05, capped by winning a Div. III national championship in the 1650 freestyle (17:03.70) ä WoosterÔs first (in any sport) since 1989. She also placed sixth at the NCAA Championships in the 500 freestyle (5:02.73), giving her eight All-American awards for her career. Also this year, Roesch became just the second Scot to earn NCAC Swimmer-of-the-Year honors after winning the 400 IM (4:31.94), the 500 freestyle (5:01.20), and the 1650 freestyle (17:16.22) at the conference meet. A womenÔs studies major who earmed a Lily internship last summer through an Azimuth Grant, Roesch graduated with a GPA above 3.20.

Tingley was the second-leading scorer for WoosterÔs field hockey team last fall en route to being named to the All-Great Lakes and All-NCAC First Teams. She scored eight goals and assisted on six others for a total of 22 points, as the Scots went 13-6 overall and tied for second in the conference (8-4). Academically, Tingley was one of 22 Wooster juniors to be inducted into the Phi Betta Kappa national honor society.