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ISU’s Christofferson Named To Academic All-District Team

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January 30th, 2014 by Jim Field

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State women’s basketball senior Hallie Christofferson has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District 6 Women’s Basketball team, selected by the college Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced today.

Christofferson is one of 40 Division I student-athletes who advanced to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected in February. Christofferson was one of just two Big 12 student-athletes to advance.

The senior graphic design major holds a 3.43 grade point average, was a member of the Big 12 honor roll and named an ISU Scholar-Athlete in 2013. This season, the senior is averaging 19.7 points per contest, which ranks second in the Big 12, and 7.7 rebounds. She has also been tabbed to numerous preseason watch lists.

Christofferson became just the eighth player in Cyclone history to reach 1,500 career points and sits eighth in Iowa State history with 1,533 points. Christofferson is a two-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree and was also names an ISU Scholar Athlete last season.