Miles Named to Academic All-District Team

May 25, 2006

LAWRENCE, Kan. –

Women’s rowing member Lindsey Miles was named to the 2006 CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 team.

The Halstead, Kan., junior is majoring in community health and nursing and carries a 4.0 GPA. She has been named to the Dean’s List, the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll and the Big 12 Comissioner’s Honor Roll every semester of her collegiate career. She has maintained a 4.0 GPA each semester.

Miles has been a key member of the Kansas Rowing team for the past three years. This past season, she helped the First Varsity Eight defeat Kansas State in the Kansas Cup and also claimed victories against Drake and Tulsa. In 2005, her crew nabbed second in the Open Four at the Head of the Iowa and took second in the Open Eight at the Head of the Hooch. She began her career at Kansas as a member of the First Novice Eight crew that earned first-place finishes at the South-Central Regionals and at the Knecht Cup. Additionally, Miles was named the Kansas Rowing Newcomer of the Year during her freshman year.