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Three-time selection Jill Smolczyk of South Dakota highlights 12 student-athletes named to the 2007-08 Academic All-North Central Conference Women's At-Large team by a vote of the league's sports information directors. Smolczyk is making her third appearance on the elite squad while Amanda Kaler of North Dakota and Emilie Kluth of South Dakota are appearing for the second time. The team is derived from the conference's golf, tennis and swimming & diving teams.

The select group has a combined grade point average of 3.81.

Here is the 2007-2008 Academic All-NCC Women's At-Large Team:

2007-2008 Academic All-North Central Conference Women's At-Large Team

Name	School	Sport	Yr.	GPA	Major	Hometown
Kelsey Berkeland	St. Cloud State	Diving	Jr.	3.93	Elementary Education	Coon Rapids, Minn.
Kelli Dahle	North Dakota	Golf	Jr.	3.86	Education	Bemidji, Minn.
Kelly Freese	St. Cloud State	Tennis	So.	3.86	Biology	St. Cloud, Minn.
Kaitlin Hernandez	Minnesota State	Swimming	Sr.	4.00	Social Work	St. Peter, Minn.
Amanda Kaler*	North Dakota	Golf	Jr.	3.77	Political Science	Fargo, N.D.
Emilie Kluth*	South Dakota	Diving	Sr.	3.841	English	Columbus, Neb.
Jenna Larson	North Dakota	Tennis	Gr.	3.75	Anatomy	Bismarck, N.D.
Danielle Lauderbaugh	Minn. St. Moorhead	Swimming	Sr.	3.93	Mathematics Education	Bemidji, Minn.
Kristi Lucken	North Dakota	Golf	So.	3.91	Occupational Therapy	Fosston, Minn.
Ami Nishida	Minnesota State	Tennis	Fr.	3.66	Athletic Training	Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Leita Rolfe	South Dakota	Swimming	Sr.	3.38	English/Sec. Education	Newcastle, Wyo.
Jill Smolczyk^	South Dakota	Diving	Sr.	3.833	Psychology	Omaha, Neb.

*-Two-time selection, ^-Three-time selection

Class Breakdown: Senior (5), Junior (3), Sophomore (2), Freshman (1), Graduate (1)

Team Breakdown: Minnesota State (2), Minnesota State Moorhead (1), North Dakota (4), St. Cloud State (2), South Dakota (3)