Menning Sisters Named Academic All-District

Nebraska Wesleyan University junior soccer players Aleisha Menning and Melanie Menning were both named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District women's soccer team. The Mennings were voted to the District 7 Second-Team in the college division.

Aleisha Menning, from Hastings, Neb., has a 3.98 GPA in Biology/Spanish. She has started all 18 games this season as a defender for the NWU women's team. She has now started 53 games during her career and was a GPAC Pflieger-Olson Athlete last season.

Melanie Menning, also from Hastings, Neb., has a perfect 4.0 GPA in Biology/Spanish. She started every game during the 2009 season as a defender for the Prairie Wolves. During her three-year career, she has started all 54 games and was named a GPAC Pflieger-Olson Scholar Athlete.

The two NWU players were the only two Great Plains Athletic Conference players among the 37 players named to the First, Second and Third teams.

Student-athletes must meet four criteria to earn ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors. They: 1) must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better, 2) must have at least two terms of attendance at the institution, 3) must be at least a sophomore in athletic eligibility and 4) must be a starter or key reserve in their respective sport.