University of Tennessee Athletics
Three Earn Academic All-District
February 03, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 3, 2011
By Zach Stipe, Media Relations Assistant
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Three Lady Vol basketball players were selected to the District 4 Capital One Academic All-District Team as selected by CoSIDA on Thursday.
Senior guard Angie Bjorklund captured Academic All-District First Team honors for the second consecutive year, while junior forward Glory Johnson and sophomore guard/forward Taber Spani were named to the Academic All-District Second Team.
Nominees for the All-District teams had to be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 3.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at her current institution and be nominated by her sports information director.
Bjorklund, a 6-0 sharpshooter from Spokane Valley, Wash., was named as one of just five CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team honorees in 2009-10, and also earned Academic All-District Second Team laurels in 2008-09. She became Tennessee's career leader in three-pointers made earlier this season and sits atop the Lady Vol record books with 283 treys.
This season, Bjorklund is averaging 11.3 ppg, while shooting 39.8 percent from three in a team-best 30.1 mpg for the No. 5/4-ranked Lady Vols. She has a 3.63 GPA and is majoring in psychology. By earning All-District First Team honors, Bjorklund is eligible to be named to the Capital One Academic All-America Team for a second time later this month.
Johnson and Spani earned their first CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District honors.
Johnson, a 6-3 athletic post and native of Knoxville, is a three-time SEC Player of the Week selection this season. She leads UT in scoring (14.7 ppg) and rebounding (10.7 rpg) in SEC play and has seven double doubles in 2010-11. Johnson has a 3.50 GPA and is majoring in global studies. She is on pace to graduate in just three years.
Spani is averaging 9.3 ppg and 4.4 rpg this season, while starting 14 of 23 games on the wing. A native of Lee's Summitt, Mo., she became just the 13th Lady Vol ever to start her very first collegiate game last season. Spani maintains a 3.86 GPA and is majoring in communications studies.
The Lady Vols return to action this Monday in Lexington, Ky., when they face No. 16/18 Kentucky at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
