Stephanie Huffman and Travis Core named to Capital One All-District teams

DAHLONEGA -- University of North Georgia basketball standouts Stephanie Huffman and Travis Core have each earned a spot on the 2015 Capital One All-District basketball teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA's Academic All-America teams programs since 2011.<br /> <br /> Huffman, the Peach Belt Conference's second leading scorer at 20.6 points per game, carries a 3.87 GPA in Middle Grades Education. The senior from Woodstock, Ga. has earned Capital One All-District honors for two consecutive seasons.<br /> <br /> Core averages 8.2 points per game for the Nighthawks while maintaining a 3.90 GPA in Exercise Science. The Capital One All-District honor is the third consecutive for the senior from Trenton.<br /> <br /> Young Harris joins North Georgia as the only school in the southeast region to be represented on both the men's and women's ballots.<br /> <br /> To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.<br /> <br /> First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.<br /> <br /> The Academic All-District teams include the student-athletes from eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. This is the fourth year of the expanded Academic All-America program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.<br /> <br /> The Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2014-15 DII and DIII Academic All-America teams program.