2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division III Women’s At-Large Team (PDF)
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Lucille Moran (Sr., Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron) of 2017, 2018 and 2019 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Champion Macalester College is among 49 student-athletes named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division III Women’s At-Large Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A Third Team selection, she becomes the 10th Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) women’s water polo student-athlete to earn Academic All-America status joining Rishae Wood of Gannon University (2004 – Second Team), Sonya Pyle of Gannon (2004 – First Team), Kate Larson of Macalester (2005 – Third Team), Jessica Barby of Washington & Jefferson College (2009 – Third Team; 2010 – Third Team), Colleen Harriger of Gannon (2011 – Second Team; 2012 – First Team), Shae Fourner of Indiana University (2014 – Third Team), Kelsey Millward of Connecticut College (2016 – Third Team), Abby Jank of Grove City College (2016 – Third Team; 2017 – Second Team) and Ali Thomason of the University of Michigan (2016 – Third Team).
A 2017, 2018 and 2019 All-Conference First Team selection and a two-time league Most Valuable Player (2017, 2018), Moran helped lead the Scots to the program’s third consecutive CWPA Division III Championship. A 2019 All-Tournament Second Team selection after earning Most Valuable Player and All-Tournament First Team recognition in 2017 and 2018, she is a four-time Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-America selection with a trio of Second Team (2017, 2018, 2019) honors and an Honorable Mention (2016) nod .
A Political Science major, she wrapped-up the 2019 season with 47 goals – including five at the CWPA Division III Championship hosted by Connecticut College – to conclude her intercollegiate career with 218 markers.
The 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large Team recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom. Student-athletes must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.30 and be a starter or contributor to be considered for Academic All-District and All-America accolades.
The Google Cloud Academic All-America® program separately recognizes outstanding student-athletes in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. Further, the At-Large team recognizes women’s athletes in: beach volleyball, bowling, crew/rowing, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, water polo and wrestling making selection arguably the most difficult to achieve due to the number of athletes under consideration.
Among four women’s water polo players – including three in Division III – to earn Academic All-District status for consideration to the Academic All-America Team, Moran is the only Division III water polo athlete in either men’s or women’s competition to garner Academic All-America honors.
