Ricksecker Voted Academic All-District
6/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
For the third consecutive season, Liberty redshirt senior Rebekah Ricksecker has earned a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District women's track & field/cross country team. She was included on the second-team roster within District 3's University Division, as announced today.
Ricksecker was previously a second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honoree in 2008 and a first-team Academic All-District selection a year ago. Those are just two of the many academic distinctions the Laurel, Del., native has garnered during her time at Liberty.
Ricksecker, who graduated with a 3.95 grade-point average in elementary education, owns a 3.5 graduate GPA as she begins working toward a master's degree in English. She was voted the 2010 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year for both women's indoor and outdoor track & field.
On the track, Ricksecker played a key role in Liberty's first-ever men's and women's cross country/track & field Big South Conference "Double Triple." She competed in a total of six events at the Big South indoor and outdoor championships, winning three of them and scoring 45 total team points for the victorious Lady Flames.
Indoors, Ricksecker was the Big South mile and 3K champion, becoming the first Lady Flame ever to win both of those events at the same conference championship meet. Outdoors, she captured the 1,500-meter run title, making her the first Big South runner ever to win the event three times.
Ricksecker finished as a five-time Big South individual champion and a 13-time All-Big South performer during her time with the Lady Flames. She also competed at both the indoor and outdoor ECAC Track & Field Championships this season and ran the 1,500 at the NCAA Division I Preliminary Round meet.
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Teams
District 3 University Division
First Team
Brittany Christian, Radford, Sr., 3.96/Chemistry and Math
Diana Norden, Campbell, Sr., 4.0/Chemistry
Bridget Lyons, Georgia, Sr., 3.85/Biology and Spanish
Kelly Phillips, Virginia Tech, Sr., 4.0/Biology
Evelien Dekkers, Florida, Sr., 3.84/Food Science and Human Nutrition
Liane Weber, Clemson, Sr., 3.78/Health Science
Kimberly Williams, Florida State, Jr., 3.38/Sport Management
Patricia Mamona, Clemson, Sr., 3.47/Health Science
Sarah Brobeck, Wake Forest, So., 3.92/Chemistry
Alana Clooten, Georgia Tech, Sr., 3.67 (4.0 grad)/Industrial Engineering
Second Team
Mikaela Terry, Coastal Carolina, Sr., 4.0/Spanish
Rebekah Ricksecker, Liberty, Sr., 3.95 (3.50 grad)/English
Linda Buchholz, Clemson, Sr., 3.88/Marketing
Ilana McQuinn, Georgia, Sr., 3.83/Comparative Literature and History
Kim Ruck, Clemson, So., 3.78/Health Science
Tara Franklin, Campbell, Sr., 3.95/Criminal Justice
Christina Fenske, High Point, So., 3.98/Exercise Science
Gabby Gioia, North Carolina, Jr., 3.65/English
Joanna Wright, Georgia Tech, Jr., 3.76/Biology
Stephanie Duffy, South Florida, Jr., 3.94/Elementary Education
