Massner Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors

The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District® Women's Basketball Team was announced this morning and Iowa Wesleyan University's Darby Massner was named to First Team Academic All-District® as a representative of District 8 which is made up of twenty-one states and Canada. She is the lone student-athlete from the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to earn the honor this season.

Massner is a Business Administration major at Iowa Wesleyan University and currently holds a 4.0 grade point average. This season, Massner played a vital role for the women's basketball team. She led the team in scoring, averaging 14.7 points per game, and also grabbed a team-high 6.8 rebounds per game.  She finished the season shooting just over 32 percent from the field and three-point range. Massner was also named St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Player of the week on November 20, 2017.

As a junior, Massner has already made her mark on the IW women's basketball program.  She is a two time-SLIAC All-Academic Team recipient, as well as a two time United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) National All-Academic Team award winner.  In 2016-17, Massner earned Third Team All-Conference and All-Sportsmanship Team honors for the SLIAC. She also earned USCAA Honorable Mention All-American honors in 2015-16.

The Academic All-District® Teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada, and the CoSIDA Academic All-America® program recognizes individuals in four divisions of NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and College Division. Each division's honorees are separately recognized.

To view the full list, visit http://academicallamerica.com. 

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