Ball State University Athletics
Holst Earns ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Honors
October 27, 2006 | Soccer
"Amy is a tremendous player and has been a natural leader for our team," head coach Michelle Salmon said. "She not only takes care of business on the field but she is a leader in the classroom. She has elevated the BSU soccer program to a championship level both on and off of the field."
Holst owns a 3.87 grade point average in microbiology and now has earned First Team Academic All-District honors for two straight seasons. She guided the Cardinals to their first ever Mid-American Conference Regular Season Championship and a
Holst earned First Team All-MAC honors as well as she was tied for the team lead with nine goals as a central midfielder. She became just the third Cardinal all-time to record a hat trick as she accomplished the feat with three goals against MAC foe Akron. She finished the year second on the team with three game-winning goals, including the clincher against regionally ranked Northwestern.
Holst is just the second BSU women's soccer student-athlete all-time to earn Academic All-District honors from CoSIDA. She joins former BSU standout Dee Nocero as two-time recipients and is also the only recipient from the MAC this season.
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V First Team
Name Pos. School GPA (Major)
Laura Boyer GK Marquette 3.76 (Finance/Marketing)
Amy Holst MF Ball State 3.87 (Microbiology)
Meghan Connelly MF Marquette 3.87 (Advertising)
Shannon Schneeman MF Northwestern 3.59 (Mathematics)
Ginny Grazcyk D UW-Milwaukee 3.87 (Heath Sciences)
Ashley Jones D Notre Dame 3.96 (Accounting)
Joanna Severson D UW-Milwaukee 3.94 (Accounting/Finance)
Kristin Hetzel D Purdue 3.90 (Management)
Stephanie Gross F UW-Milwaukee 3.83 (Human Development)
Christy Zwolski F Marquette 3.76 (Exercise Science)
Carrie DeFreece F Indiana 3.85 (Exercise Science)
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