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By Jeffrey Messman |
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BOCA RATON – Lynn University women’s tennis players Christine Johnstone and Katerina Jiskrova both collected CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District accolades, as recently announced by the school.
Johnstone was selected to the first team while Jiskrova earned second team honors. With her inclusion on the first team, Johnstone in now eligible for Academic All-America recognition.
Johnstone compiled a perfect 4.0 grade-point average as a biology major in her four years at Lynn and with the Fighting Knights women’s tennis program. During her time in Boca Raton, she has won three Sunshine State Conference championships, four NCAA Regional Titles, reached the NCAA national finals twice and the national semifinals another two times.
Academically, Johnstone is a three-time Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic honoree and was named the Lynn University Blue & White Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year for 2009-10. She was also selected as the Division II women’s tennis representative on the NCAA’s Elite 88 squad, an award presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA competing at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s 88 championships.
Jiskrova adds another academic honor to her successful on court résumé. Posting a 3.73 GPA also as a biology major, she was an ITA All-Academic selection as a junior and was named First Team All-SSC in both singles and doubles both her senior and junior years.
A two-time All-American, Jiskrova has won three Sunshine State Conference championships, four NCAA Regional Titles, reached the NCAA national finals twice and the national semifinals another two times. She also teamed with Magdalena Ekert to win the 2009 ITA Fall South Region Doubles Championship and finished sixth nationally.
Johnstone and Jiskrova are the 11th and 12th Knights to garner Academic All-District honors this season. Men’s soccer and volleyball each earned three nods while softball collected two and both women’s soccer and men’s basketball had one apiece