6/11/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Crew
AUSTIN, Texas – Brown University women's crew senior Rachel Gottlieb has earned 2015 Capital One Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Women's At-Large Third Team honors, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced on Thursday.
A Geology-Physics/Mathematics concentrator with a 3.96 GPA, Gottlieb has gained Academic All-America honors for the first time after winning Capital One Academic All-District accolades in both 2014 and 2015. She has also taken home CRCA Scholar-Athlete laurels in each of the last three years.
The Bow, N.H., native won a national title this past spring as the Bears' second varsity eight boat came in first place at the 2015 NCAA Championships. Gottlieb also helped the second varsity eight win an Ivy title at the 2015 Ivy Championship. Her efforts helped Brown finish in third in the team standings at the NCAA Championships and first at the Ivy Championship.
Gottlieb, a CRCA Second Team All-American in 2014, also earned Academic All-Ivy accolades last year. As a junior, she helped Brown come in third overall and the first varsity eight finish in second at the 2014 NCAA Championships.
On the women's side, no fewer than 75 percent (34) of the 45 members of the 2015 Capital One Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Women's At-Large Team posted at least a 3.90 GPA, including a sensational 17 student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA. The 15 members of the first-team registered an average GPA of 3.88, with nearly half (seven) logging a 4.0 GPA.
The at-large teams for the Capital One Academic All-America® program include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as bowling, crew and field hockey for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.
