FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 8, 2013
CAPITAL ONE MEN'S TEAMS
CAPITAL ONE WOMEN'S TEAMS
Three men and three women recognized by
CoSIDA for performances on court and in classroom
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. – Six Northeast-10 Conference student-athletes have been recognized on the 2012-13 Capital One Academic All-District Basketball Teams, which were announced by CoSIDA last week. The honorees are recognized as some of the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
The three men to receive recognition are American International College junior Janek Schmidkunz, Assumption College grad student Kevin Donahue and The College of Saint Rose junior Dominykas Milka.
Three women were also honored, including Bentley University junior Lauren Battista and a pair of seniors from Saint Michael's College in Nicole Adach and Megan Olsen.
Only five are selected for each gender at the NCAA Division II level for District 1, meaning six of the 10 student-athletes honored hail from Northeast-10 institutions.
Schmidkunz, who hails from Berlin, Germany, is an International Business major with a 4.00 GPA. In 2012-13, he has played in all 17 games this year for the Yellow Jackets and is the team's third leading scorer (11.1 ppg). Schmidkunz is also shooting 45.5 percent (51-112) from three-point range, and is ranked among the top-25 in Division II in both three-point field goals made per game as well as percentage from beyond the arc.
Assumption's Donahue, who has started all 20 games this season for Greyhounds, has a 3.43 GPA as a History/ Education major. He leads the team with 36.5 minutes per contest and is second on the team with 14.2 points per game. He is shooting 39 percent from three-point range and has topped the 20-point mark four times in 2012-13.
Saint Rose's Milka is an Accounting major with a 3.57 GPA and is averaging a double-double this season for the Golden Knights. His 17.5 points per contest leads the team, while his 11.9 per game rebounding rate is tops in the nation. Milka has totaled 13 double-doubles through 20 games this season.
Battista, the reigning Northeast-10 Player of the Year, owns a 3.94 GPA as a Marketing/Liberal Studies major at Bentley. She is averaging a team-leading 14.6 points along with 6.8 rebounds for the No. 2 ranked and undefeated Falcons.
Adach has a 3.50 GPA as a Psychology major, and Olsen has a 3.98 GPA as an Economics/Psychology major. Adach (15.4 ppg) and Olsen (13.7) are also the leading scorers for the Purple Knights this season, while Adach is also second on the team in rebounding (6.1).
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 16 NCAA Division II colleges and universities located in New England and New York that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic opportunities for more than 6,000 student-athletes. Each year, 4,000 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 23 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the country. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the Northeast-10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
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