July 12, 2007

METAIRIE, La. — Sheena Devine (Jr., North Branch, Minn.), a two-time national champion shot put thrower at Bemidji State University, has been selected to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Women's Division II Track and Field All-Academic Team. The organization releases its list of national honorees July 5th.

Devine, a three-time All-American at BSU recently completed a 16-event shot put season, in which she was not defeated by a single NCAA Division II student-athlete. Along the way she set BSU and NSIC indoor and outdoor shot put records and collected a pair of national shot put championships.

She owns two of BSU's 20 individual national championships and is one of only four Bemidji State student-athletes to claim two or more championships during a collegiate career.

In 2006-07 Devine was also a two-time Beaver Pride Athlete of the Week recipient and was presented as the 2007 Beaver Pride Female Athlete of the Year.

To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.25 and obtain an NCAA qualifying mark in their respective event.

More than 180 student-athletes represent 57 NCAA Division II colleges and universities on the 2007 women's all-academic team. Devine is one of 10 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference student-athletes selected to the 2007 squad joining Ashley Roemer and Jennifer Hensel from Minnesota State University Moorhead; Jade Lippman, Kylie Herian, Rachel Roebke and Tanna Walford from Wayne State College (Neb.); and Bria Magnuson, Jessica Devine and Nicole Lonning from Winona State University.

Bemidji State, located in Bemidji, Minn., is a member of NCAA Division II and participated in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

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