Eastern Michigan Athletics
Cortney Bezold Named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District® Team
5/17/2019 11:47:00 AM | Gymnastics
Bezold is the second gymnast to earn the honor in program history
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University gymnastics student-athlete Cortney Bezold (Maineville, Ohio-Bishop Fenwick) was named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Women's At-Large Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Thursday, May 17. The award recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.To be eligible for Academic All-District® consideration, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 and have reached sophomore standing.
A first-time winner of the award, Bezold became just the second EMU gymnast to earn the accolade, joining former Eagle Kendal Valentin, who did so in 2018. Additionally, Bezold is the only gymnast in the Mid-American Conference to be tabbed with the honor, and one of only two league members to be honored in CoSIDA's District 5, joining Bowling Green State University's Talisa Lemke (Swimming).
The Maineville, Ohio native competed in all 12 meets for EMU on bars in 2019, posting five scores of 9.850-or-better throughout the season. A two-time MAC Specialist of the Week honoree and All-MAC First Team selection, Bezold qualified as an individual for the NCAA Regional Championships in 2019, joining teammates Emili Dobronics (Orland Park, Ill.-Carl Sandburg), and Allie Smith (Telford, Pa.-Souderton) as Eastern's three competitors in the event.
Bezold and the rest of the Eagles return to competition in December, 2019. For schedule releases and more information on the team, make sure to follow @EMUGym on Twitter, and visit EMUEagles.com
NCAA DIVISION I – DISTRICT 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH)
FIRST TEAM
Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major
Swimming Courtney Aycock Michigan State University Sr. 4.00 Kinesiology
Rowing Anna Benton University of Dayton Jr. 3.96 Chemical Engineering & Pre-Medicine
Gymnastics Cortney Bezold Eastern Michigan University So. 4.00 Nursing
Tennis Imaan Hassim Youngstown State University Jr. 4.00 Biology
Swimming Megan Johnson Purdue University So. 4.00 Health Science Pre-Professional
Swimming Talisa Lemke Bowling Green State University Jr. 4.00 Theatre
Swimming Molly McNamara Cleveland State University Sr. 3.95 Pre-Med / Health Science
Field Hockey Kelsey Nolan Ohio State University Sr. 4.00 Linguistics / TESOL Education
Tennis Srishti Slaria Eastern Illinois University Sr. 4.00 Economics
Golf Lauren Tibbets Butler University Sr. 4.00 Actuarial Science
Tennis Malini Wijesinghe Bradley University Sr. 3.99 Biochemistry / Spanish / Philosophy
A first-time winner of the award, Bezold became just the second EMU gymnast to earn the accolade, joining former Eagle Kendal Valentin, who did so in 2018. Additionally, Bezold is the only gymnast in the Mid-American Conference to be tabbed with the honor, and one of only two league members to be honored in CoSIDA's District 5, joining Bowling Green State University's Talisa Lemke (Swimming).
The Maineville, Ohio native competed in all 12 meets for EMU on bars in 2019, posting five scores of 9.850-or-better throughout the season. A two-time MAC Specialist of the Week honoree and All-MAC First Team selection, Bezold qualified as an individual for the NCAA Regional Championships in 2019, joining teammates Emili Dobronics (Orland Park, Ill.-Carl Sandburg), and Allie Smith (Telford, Pa.-Souderton) as Eastern's three competitors in the event.
Bezold and the rest of the Eagles return to competition in December, 2019. For schedule releases and more information on the team, make sure to follow @EMUGym on Twitter, and visit EMUEagles.com
NCAA DIVISION I – DISTRICT 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH)
FIRST TEAM
Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major
Swimming Courtney Aycock Michigan State University Sr. 4.00 Kinesiology
Rowing Anna Benton University of Dayton Jr. 3.96 Chemical Engineering & Pre-Medicine
Gymnastics Cortney Bezold Eastern Michigan University So. 4.00 Nursing
Tennis Imaan Hassim Youngstown State University Jr. 4.00 Biology
Swimming Megan Johnson Purdue University So. 4.00 Health Science Pre-Professional
Swimming Talisa Lemke Bowling Green State University Jr. 4.00 Theatre
Swimming Molly McNamara Cleveland State University Sr. 3.95 Pre-Med / Health Science
Field Hockey Kelsey Nolan Ohio State University Sr. 4.00 Linguistics / TESOL Education
Tennis Srishti Slaria Eastern Illinois University Sr. 4.00 Economics
Golf Lauren Tibbets Butler University Sr. 4.00 Actuarial Science
Tennis Malini Wijesinghe Bradley University Sr. 3.99 Biochemistry / Spanish / Philosophy
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