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Bronx, N.Y. – (June 14, 2018) - The 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Men's and Women's At-Large teams, selected by
CoSIDA, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The 15-member Women's Academic All-America® First Team featured Fordham swimming & diving's
Nele Albers (Ludinghausen, Germany).
Albers becomes the 33
rd Fordham student-athlete and first swimmer to earn Academic All-America honors, and the first At-Large selection since Nicole Arrato in 2015. It is also the fifth consecutive academic year that Fordham has had at least one Academic All-American.
On the women's side, 41 of the 45 members of the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Women's At-Large Team achieved at least a 3.90 GPA, with 35 student-athletes compiling a 4.00 GPA (or better) during their undergraduate and/or graduate careers. The 15 members of the first team recorded a 3.99 average GPA.
She is joined on the First Team by Stanford's Katie Ledecky (swimming), Alabama's Mackenzie Brannan (gymnastics), Nebraska's Danielle Breen (gymnastics), Tulsa's Stephanie Call (rowing), Kent State's Ines Delpech (field hockey), Iona's Gabriella Di Domizio (lacrosse), Drake's Madison Glennie (golf), West Virginia's Elizabeth Gratz (rifle), New Mexico's Katharine Irwin (skiing), Florida's Josie Kuhlman (tennis), N.C. State's Hannah Moore (swimming), George Mason's Nicole Van Oort (rowing), and Missouri State's Sydney Zupan (swimming)
Albers just graduated from Fordham with 4.00 GPA and a degree in computer science with a minor in Mathematics. After transferring from Marshall University, she has spent the last two seasons with the Fordham swimming & diving team, competing in the breaststroke and individual medley events, and setting the school record in the 200 breaststroke event.
A two-year member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll, Albers was named to the 2018 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference team after scoring in two events at the 2018 Atlantic 10 Championship. She finished seventh in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.92), while grabbing 12th in the 400 IM (4:27.51). She also helped the 400 medley relay team score at the championship, taking fifth overall (3:45.01).
The at-large teams for the Google Cloud Academic All-America® program include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as beach volleyball, bowling, field hockey and rowing for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.
Fordham's Academic All-Americans® (since 1968)
Bill Langhold - Basketball - 1968
Ken Parker - Basketball - 1968
John Burik - Baseball - 1971
George Zambetti - Basketball - 1971, 1972
Darryl Brown - Basketball - 1975
Ricky Buoncore - Baseball - 1977
Anne Gregory - Basketball - 1980
Steve Forlano - Baseball - 1981
Joseph Pareres - Baseball - 1981, 1982
Sharon Nast - Basketball - 1986
Matthew Michaels - Football - 1987
Ralph Rios - Football - 1987
Eric Schweiker - Football - 1990
Nicole Williams - Basketball - 1992
Lauren Gubicza - Track & Field - 1992, 1993
Anthony Stringer - Baseball - 1995
Barry Cantrell - Football - 1997
Barry Cantrell - Track & Field - 1998
John Wolyniec - Soccer - 1997, 1998
Cindy Vojtech - Volleyball - 1997, 1998, 1999
Cindy Vojtech - Rowing - 2000
Erin Brooks - Softball - 2003, 2004
Leah Jerome - Soccer - 2006
Mary Beth Puccio - Softball - 2008
Jen Mineau - Softball - 2011, 2012
Ali Arat - Water Polo - 2011
Brett Biestek - Football - 2013, 2014
Dan Light - Football - 2014
Michele Daubman - Softball - 2015
Nicole Arrato - Rowing - 2015
Jessica Widmann - Women's Soccer - 2015
Nicole Bates - Women's Soccer - 2016
Nele Albers – Women's Swimming - 2018
