June 5, 2008
SAN DIEGO - Karoline Koehler, a 2008 indoor All-American in the triple jump, has been named to this year's ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 8 women's track and field/cross country first team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Thursday. She is one of 13 student-athletes chosen to the first team and will now advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-American national ballot, where the final teams will be announced later this month.
Koehler, from Erfurt, Germany, is studying international economics at San Diego State and has a cumulative grade-point average of 3.90.
Earlier this year, Koehler finished in third place with a personal- and school-record leap of 44 feet, 8.25 inches at the NCAA Indoor Championships to garner All-America honors. Prior to the meet, the senior won the High Point Award at the Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships and was named to the all-league team in three events (triple jump, long jump, 60-meters).
In 2007, Koehler was an NCAA Outdoor Championships participant in the triple jump after finishing third at the NCAA West Regionals, where she also competed in the long jump and 4x100-meter relay. For her efforts at the regional meet, Koehler was named all-West Region by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) in the triple jump and 4x100. She also garnered all-conference accolades in the outdoor long jump and 4x100 and indoor recognition in the triple jump.
One of the top horizontal jumpers in program history, Koehler owns the second-best long jump (20-4.50) and triple jump (43-3.75) on SDSU's outdoor performance list. Both marks were achieved in 2007.
Koehler is the first Aztec to be named to the Academic All-District 8 first team since Marie Nilsson was named to the squad in 2005.
To be eligible for consideration, nominees must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.20 on a 4.00 scale in both undergraduate and graduate work, be a significant contributor to the team, and be in at least their second season at their current school. District 8 is comprised of all NCAA Division I schools from California, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Utah.