AUSTIN, Texas - On Wednesday afternoon, Messiah senior forward
Alecia Rohrer was named a Google Cloud CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American. The honor follows a First Team All-District accolade that Rohrer earned less than a month ago.
Rohrer becomes the third Messiah women's basketball player to be named Academic All-America and first since Dori Gyori earned First Team honors following the 2012-13 season. Eli Cook was the only other women's basketball player with the accolade (First Team in 2005-06) in program history.
Rohrer has been stellar in the classroom and on the floor throughout her four-year career. The senior from Manheim, Pa. finished the 2018-19 season as the MAC Commonwealth Player of the Year thanks to impressive marks of 15.0 points and 13.3 rebounds per game. Rohrer finished the season with 22 double-doubles, tied for the National lead.
In the classroom, Rohrer holds a 3.82 cumulative grade point average (GPA) as a criminal justice major.
Earlier this season, Rohrer collected her 1,000th career point against Hood College on Dec. 5, to become the 22nd member of Messiah's exclusive 1,000-club. She finished her career with 1,313 career points, placing her 10th on the all-time scoring list in Messiah history.
In addition to scoring 1,000 points, Rohrer became the first Messiah women's basketball player to grab at least 1,000 career rebounds. She finished her career with a record, 1,017 career rebounds while also shattering the program record for rebounds in a single season with 398 boards this year. She grabbed more than 100 The previous record of 296 was set more than three decades ago by Sue Davis in 1984-85.
Rohrer becomes the third Falcon to claim Academic All-America honors during the 2018-19 academic year, joining Nick West (men's soccer, Third Team) and Brooke Firestone (women's soccer, Third Team).
About the CoSIDA Academic Honor
Each year, CoSIDA elects Academic All-District members across NCAA Division I, II, III, and "College Division." The College Division is comprised of NAIA, two-year, and Canadian student-athletes. Student-athletes are nominated by current CoSIDA members—usually an institution's Sports Information Director— and must carry at least 3.30 cumulative grade point average (GPA). Nominated student-athletes must also be of sophomore athletic eligibility and be significant contributors to the success of their team.
A complete list of the Messiah's all-time All-District and All-American honorees can be
seen here.
