Academics | 5/20/2022 11:33:00 AM

MIAMI SHORES, Fla.--The Barry Buccaneers put three members on the Women's At-Large Academic All-South Region Team, announced by the College Sports Information Director's of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday.

Barry's Maria Stampolkou and Alejandra Alonso from rowing and women's golfer Eve Marie Sapin were named to the Academic All-Region team.

Stampolkou carries a 3.93 GPA as an academic senior and athletic sophomore due to CoVID. A criminology major, she is a four-time member of Barry's President's List (4.0 GPA), three-time member of the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll and was named CRCA Scholar All-American and rowing All-American last year. She has helped lead Barry to a silver medal in the Varisty 4+ at the Head of the Charles and a gold medal in the Varisty 8+ at the SSC Regatta this year.

Alonso, who rowed in the same boats as Stampolkou at the HOCR and the SSC, also rowed for her native Paraguay at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the single sculls. An athletic junior and academic senior, she has a 3.65 GPA in sport management & business administration. She is also a three-time member of the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll and earned CRCA Scholar All-America and rowing All-America honors.

Sapin led the Bucs to the semifinals of match play at the 2022 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championship and earned Second-Team All-America from the WGCA this year. She is another athletic junior and academic senior after CoVID and carries a 3.66 GPA in international business. A three-time member of the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll, she was also a WGCA All-American Scholar last year.

The 2021-22 Academic All-Region^® 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 CoSIDA Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

First-team Academic All-Region^® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First- and second-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in late July.

The CoSIDA Academic All-South Region^® team includes the student-athletes listed below and includes student-athletes from the Sunshine State Conference, Gulf South Conference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

The Division II CoSIDA Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structures to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2021-22 Divisions II Academic All-America® programs.