Vermont's Kotsopoulos Named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's Basketball Team

Vermont's Kotsopoulos Named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's Basketball Team

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Courtesy of University of Vermont Athletic Communications

BURLINGTON, Vt. – University of Vermont senior May Kotsopoulos (Waterloo, Ontario) has been named to the 2009-10 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women’s Basketball Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The organization made the announcement on Tuesday.

Kotsopoulos, who earned a spot on the 2009-10 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I First Team for the second straight year earlier this season, is just the third women's basketball to earn national Academic All-America honors at Vermont and the first since Karalyn Church '00.

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 15,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.

Kotospoulos is a business administration major at Vermont and boasts a 3.66 GPA. She was named both the 2008 and 2009 America East Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete and is a four-year Dean's List student.

A 2009 America East Preseason All-Conference selection, Kotsopoulos leads the league in scoring at 17.8 points per game and ranks among the league's top-10 in five other statistical categories. She ranks fifth in scoring at UVM with 1,671 points, third in three-point field goals (176), and third in steals (233) among the program's all-time leaders. She recently became the third Catamount in the program's history to play over 4,000 minutes (4,057) and is second in games played (122).

She has helped the Catamounts register their third straight 20-win season and UVM enters Tuesday's game at Stony Brook (7 p.m. – WVMT-620 AM/SportJuice.com) with a record of 22-5 overall and stands at 12-2 (second place) in America East.

Last season Kotsopoulos helped Vermont win its first America East title and make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2000. She earned a spot on the America East All-Championship team after 17.3 points per game and shooting 55.6 percent from three-point range in three games.

2009-10 ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-America
Women’s Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA
First Team

Erin Anthony, Army, Jr., 3.78, Civil Engineering
Angie Bjorklund, Tennessee, Jr., 3.80, Psychology
Kelsey Luna, Indiana State, Sr., 4.00, Psychology
Maya Moore, Connecticut, Jr., 3.70, Individualized Major
Liz Repella, West Virginia, Jr., 3.95, Exercise Physiology
Second Team
Lori Bjork, Maryland, Gr., 3.93, Political Science
Brandi Brown, Middle Tennessee St., Gr., 3.90, Accounting
Amanda Johnson, Oregon, So., 4.00, Psychology
May Kotsopoulos, Vermont, Sr., 3.66, Business Administration
Lauren Sims, Long Beach State, Sr., 4.00, Biology & Physiology
Third Team
Alysha Clark, Middle Tennessee St., Sr., 3.30, Electronic Media Journalism
Rachele Fitz, Marist, Sr., 3.35, Fashion Design
Amanda Stull, Coas tal Carolina, Sr., 3.94, Biology
Ashley Sweat,Kansas State, Sr., 3.51, Kinesiology
Jasmine Thomas, Duke, Jr., 3.37, Sociology
ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA OF THE YEAR: Maya Moore, Connecticut