Vanderbilt's Wirth named Academic All-American

Vanderbilt senior forward Christina Wirth was named a third-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America selection for 2008-09 on Monday.

Wirth is a five-time member of the Vanderbilt Dean’s List and a three-time member of the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll. She has a 3.60 grade-point average in human and organizational development and currently is enrolled in a master’s degree program for nursing.

She leads the 19th-ranked Commodores (21-7, 10-3) in scoring (15.2 points per game), is second in rebounds (155), steals (44) and 3-point field goals (58).

She is the fourth VU player and the first since two-time recipient Zuzi Klimesova (2001 and 2002) to earn Academic All-America recognition.

The Academic All-America program was created and is administered by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America 2008-09 Women's Basketball Teams, presented by CoSIDA:

University Division

First Team

Megan Frazee (Liberty)

Amber Guffey (Murray State)

Theresa Lisch (Saint Louis University)

Maya Moore (Connecticut)

Paige Guffey (Murray State)

Second Team

Katelyn Murray (St. Bonaventure)

Kelsey Luna (Indiana State)

Jennifer Warkenthien (South Dakota State)

Jessica Pike (Oakland University)

Marcy Sudbeck (Wichita State)

Third Team

Laura Haskins (Virginia Tech)

Kelsey Kahle (Portland State)

Christina Wirth (Vanderbilt)

Marie Warner (Canisius)

Shalee Lehning (Kansas State)