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ISU's Deyell named to academic all-district first team

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[May 31, 2008]  NORMAL -- Illinois State senior women's swimmer Tracy Deyell was named to the 2008 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine All-District V Women's At-Large First Team Wednesday. Deyell was one of 10 members of the first team.

HardwareDeyell was an All-Valley First Team selection and won the ISU Most Valuable Swimmer award this past season. She recorded 17 top-three finishes on the season, including nine first-place marks. At the State Farm MVC Championships, she broke the school records and placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard IM. She also set the MVC record and placed first in the 400-yard IM. She recorded third-place finishes at the championship meet in the 400- and 800-yard freestyle relays.

Deyell graduated with a 3.98 grade-point average with a double major in criminal justice and sociology. A member of the AFNI Athletics Honor Roll every semester at ISU, she received the President's Council Academic Award from the Valley, which is the highest academic award presented by the conference. She was also a member of the MVC Honor Roll and an MVC Scholar-Athlete honoree in women's swimming and diving.

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"Tracy strives for excellence in everything she does," said head coach Steve Paska. "Her passion and drive (were) very evident whether she was in the pool or the classroom. She taught her teammates endless lessons with her work ethic and endless drive for perfection. She was a fierce competitor who didn't like to lose and had a win-at-all-costs mentality. I think in her four years at Illinois State she had one B in school. I am very grateful that she called me five years ago wanting to come to Illinois State, and she will go down as one of the best student-athletes in the history of this program."

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There are eight districts recognized by the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District program. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have a 3.2 cumulative GPA, be at least a sophomore in academic standing, and be a starter or a key contributor to her team. The at-large teams consisted of student-athletes competing in women's bowling, men's and women's crew, men's and women's fencing, field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball, men's and women's water polo, and wrestling.

[Text from file received from Jimmy Knodel, assistant media relations director, Illinois State University]

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