INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI women's soccer tandem of seniors
Sarah Jacobs and
Hayley Shelton have been voted First-team Academic All-District 5 by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be announced in December.
Jacobs and Shelton were previously voted Academic All-Horizon League as well. The duo recently helped IUPUI capture the program's first Horizon League Tournament title and IUPUI's second-ever NCAA Tournament berth.
Jacobs, a senior midfielder, has a perfect 4.0 grade point average while majoring in Health Sciences. On the field, Jacobs has helped anchor a defense that has recorded 10 shutouts and a 1.09 goals against average for the year. Offensively, she tallied the Jaguars' game-winner at Marian on Sept. 17 for her lone tally of the year. For her career, she's appeared in 70 career matches and made 37 starts, totaling three goals and two assists. She assisted on the Jaguars' game-winning goal in the Horizon League Tournament semifinals victory over Northern Kentucky.
Shelton, a senior midfielder, has maintained a 3.95 GPA while majoring in Health Sciences. The Chandler, Ind.-native ranks among the Horizon League leaders with eight assists and 16 points this season to accompany her four goals scored. For her career, she's played in 70 games and made 64 starts, totaling eight goals, 19 assists and three game-winners. Her 19 assists currently put her second on the program's all-time list while her eight this season are a career-high. She was voted Second Team All-Horizon League this past season by the league's coaches for her play in the IUPUI midfield.
The duo joins a prestigious list of Jaguars with all of the program's honorees listed below.
2007: Lisa Gebhard (CoSIDA - 2nd team), Sheri Levack (CoSIDA - 2nd team)
2008: Katrina McCrory (CoSIDA - 2nd team)
2009: Katrina McCrory (CoSIDA - 1st team), Anna Pigg (CoSIDA - 2nd team)
2013: Kristin Pierce (CoSIDA - 2nd team)
2014: Tori Minnich (CoSIDA - 2nd team)
2015: Tori Minnich (CoSIDA - 1st team)
2017: Sarah Jacobs (CoSIDA - 1st team), Hayley Shelton (CoSIDA - 1st team)
