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16 award . She joins her teammate Nicole Corcione , who was the 2015 recipient , as the only two female Columbus State student-athletes to win the award . In the 2010-11 academic year , Cougar tennis player Filip Cojbasic was also the Elite 90 winner . Lander men ’ s tennis player Diego Zegarra won the honor in 2015 .
The Elite 90 award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA ’ s championships . In order to be eligible , the student-athlete must be a sophomore or above and participated in their sport for at least two years with their school . They must be an active member of the team , traveling and a designated member of the squad size at the championship . All ties are broken by the number of credits completed .
Parsons currently has a 4.0 grade point average and is majoring in Engineering Studies .
In her senior season , Parsons has continued to excel for head coach Jay Entlich . Parsons led the Peach Belt Conference this season in wins ( 21 ) and goals-against average ( 0.70 ) helping the Lady Cougars to 14 shutouts , including 10 in a row .
The Greenville , S . C . native broke the PBC career shutout record with 28 after posting a clean sheet in the NCAA Southeast Regional final against 20thranked North Georgia .
Parsons has already racked up plenty of academic and athletic accolades this season . Parsons was named the CoSIDA Academic All-America Player of the Year for women , as well as winning the PBC Elite 15 award . She is now a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American , as well as a three-time All-Southeast Region player .
Parsons Academic All-American of the Year ; Three Selected to First Team
AUSTIN , TEXAS – Columbus State University senior goalkeeper Maylyn Parsons received one of the top honors available to student-athletes anywhere as she was named the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year . Parsons , teammate Nicole Corcione and Clayton State ’ s Maria Marti Bartis were all named first-team Academic All-Americans on Monday .
Parsons becomes the first women ’ s soccer player and only the second PBC student-athlete ever to be named an Academic All-American of the Year . The only other award was presented to Young Harris softball player Sydnee Weaver in 2015 .
A senior from Greenville , South Carolina , Parsons becomes the first Columbus State student-athlete to be named the Academic All-America of the Year award winner in any sport . In addition to her first team All-America honors , Parsons is now a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American .
The senior goalkeeper is a three-time All-Southeast Region selection after earning the honors once again last week . The keeper has been outstanding this season leading the PBC in wins ( 21 ) and goals-against average ( 0.70 ), while allowing just three goals during conference play .
Parsons has 28 career shutouts , a Peach Belt Conference record , after posting her sixth clean sheet against 20th-ranked North Georgia in Friday ’ s NCAA Southeast Regional final . This year , Parsons has been apart of 14 shutouts , including 10 straight at one point .
Parsons , who won the PBC ’ s Elite 15 award presented to the student-athlete with the highest grade point average , has a perfect 4.00
GPA majoring in Engineering Studies . A two-time All-American , Corcione picks up her second Academic All-America award after another fabulous season . The senior has scored 13 goals with 10 assists for 36 total points . She led the PBC with five-game winning goals and also scored in CSU ’ s 2-1 double overtime victory over 16th-ranked West Florida in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals .
Corcione has now put together back-toback seasons with at least 10 goals and 10 assists and is inside the top-four in the conference in goals , assists and points .
The Candler , N . C . native is majoring in Nursing and has a 3.58 GPA .
Marti Bartis has collected two of the three Academic All-America honors in the 27-year history of Clayton State Athletics .
A graduate student , she has continued to excel both academically and athletically in 2016 . In the classroom she posted a perfect 4.0 GPA while pursuing a Masters in Health Administration and was named to the PBC All-Academic Team for a second consecutive year .
When it came to the field , she had that covered as well . Marti Bartis finished 2016 with 11 goals and eight assists for 30 points and finished her career with 37 goals , 18 assists and 92 points in just three seasons . She is third all-time in program history in goals scored and points , and this year , became the first Laker soccer player , men ’ s or women ’ s , to score double-digit goals in three consecutive seasons .
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MIAMI SHORES , Fla . - A 103rd-minute goal from Mandy Janowitz
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