Six Wolverines Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
7/8/2021 2:24:00 PM | General, Ice Hockey, Women's Gymnastics, Rowing, Women's Swimming & Diving, Water Polo, Wrestling, Academic Success Program
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Six University of Michigan student-athletes -- Myles Amine (wrestling), Annika Hoffmann (rowing), Maggie MacNeil (swimming), Strauss Mann (ice hockey), Maddie O'Reilly (water polo), and Natalie Wojcik (women's gymnastics) -- were named to the 2020-21 Academic All-District Five At-Large first team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday (July 8).
At-large sports for the CoSIDA Academic All-America program include fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as beach volleyball, bowling, field hockey, and rowing for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.
Amine, a sport management master's student who earned his undergraduate degree in business administration last spring, earns all-district honors for the first time in his career. He is a four-time Academic All-Big Ten and NWCA All-Academic honoree and garnered Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades this year.
Amine is a four-time NCAA All-American, claiming third place at 197 pounds in 2020-21 after three top-four finishes at 174 pounds. He captured the 197-pound Big Ten title, becoming the first Wolverine to capture an individual conference title at the weight since 2009, and posted an 11-1 record this season with 10 wins over nationally-ranked opponents. He will represent San Marino in the 86kg freestyle division at the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer and is a three-time European medalist, including a bronze-medal performance at the 2021 Euro Championships in April.
Hoffmann marks her second CoSIDA honor, after receiving a second team Academic All-American in 2020. Hoffmann's perfect 4.0 grade-point average was earned as she graduated this spring with twin degrees in political science and comparative literature from U-M's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LS&A). She is a native of Geelong, Australia, and also speaks fluent German and French.
Hoffmann has twice earned CRCA Scholar-Athlete and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition (2019-20) with three Academic All-Big Ten awards.
On the water, Hoffmann is an NCAA medalist (bronze, 1V8, 2019) who has been part of two Big Ten Championship-winning rosters (2019, '21). She was named 2021 Big Ten Athlete of the Year and first team all-conference on the heels of U-M's conference title in May. She helped the 1V8 finish fourth at the NCAA Championships, leading to a fourth-place team finish as well. Hoffmann has won Big Ten gold (1V8, 2019) and silver (2V8, 2018)Â prior to this year's team and boat titles, she also earned a bronze medal at the 2019 NCAA Championships.
MacNeil, a psychology major, is a two-time Honda Award finalist and the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar of the Year. At the NCAA Championships in March, MacNeil won two individual national titles (100-yard butterfly, 100-yard freestyle), finished as a runner-up in a third event (50-yard freestyle), and swam on two All-America relay teams, a performance that entrenched her as the 2020-21 CSCAA Women's Swimmer of the Year. She set an NCAA record in the 100-yard butterfly (48.89 seconds), became the second woman in history to break 49 seconds in both the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke (49.76), and became the third-fastest performer in history in the 100-yard freestyle (46.02).
She was Big Ten Conference Swimmer of the Year and earned Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships after winning three individual events and swimming a leg on the winning 400-yard freestyle relay. She received All-Big Ten (first team) and Academic All-Big Ten honors.
MacNeil, who represents Canada on the international stage, has already provisionally qualified for this summer's Olympics in Tokyo. She is the reigning world champion in the 100-meter butterfly, winning gold at the 2019 FINA World Championships in South Korea.
A CoSIDA Academic All-America selection in 2020, Mann has another chance to earn the prestigious honor. A two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, he also is a three-time AHCA All-American Scholar.
A two-time Mike Richter Awards finalist -- presented to the nation's best goaltender -- Strauss was the Big Ten Goaltender of the Year in 2020 and was a finalist this year, earning second team All-Big Ten honors. He captured first team honors and also was a finalist for the league's Player of the Year in 2020.
The first goalie captain for Michigan in 78 years, Mann finished this season with a .930 save percentage, a 1.89 goals-against average and two assists. He is fourth netminder in program history with 11 shutouts and has been actively involved on campus as a member of the Leadership Development Team, Advisory Board on Intercollegiate Athletics.
O'Reilly was named to her first CoSIDA All-District team as a sport management major. The senior attacker is a three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and has earned academic honors from the CWPA in each of the past three seasons.
The Villanova, Pa., native had a tremendous year in the pool, earning the 2021 CWPA Player of the Year and CWPA Championship Most Valuable Player. The captain helped lead Michigan to the NCAA Tournament and a No. 7 final ranking, also while leading the team with 47 goals, 33 assists, 21 steals and 11 field blocks in 2021.
Wojcik earns her first CoSIDA All-District honor as a triple major in psychology, Spanish and linguistics. The junior all-arounder is a two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, earning WCGA Scholastic All-American honors and being named a 30 for 30 Changemarker by the Public Charter Schools Alliance in 2021. Wojcik also has earned Academic All-Big Ten honors twice as well as the U-M Academic Achievement Award.
In the gym, Wojcik is both an individual and team national champion, capturing the balance beam title in 2019 and helping her team to its first-ever NCAA championship in 2021. Wojcik is a four-time WCGA All-American, an eight-time WCGA regular-season All-American, a two-time WCGA Regional Gymnast of the Year and an 11-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week. In her three seasons, Wojcik has earned three perfect 10s, two of which came in 2021 with one on balance beam and one on vault as she was the Big Ten individual champion in the event.
First team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced Aug. 6.
• CoSIDA Release
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