Leon named to Academic All-District VI women’s soccer team

OLIVET, Mich. – Olivet College junior forward Isabelle Leon has been selected to the 2016 College Sports Information Director of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VI Women's Soccer team. She is now eligible to earn CoSIDA NCAA Division III Academic All-America® honors, where first-, second- and third-team selections will be announced on Friday, Nov. 18.

Leon has started all 17 games for the Comets this season. She leads the team in scoring (35 points) and goals (15) and is tied for the lead in assists (five). Leon scored the game-winning goal against Bluffton (Ohio) University and Trine (Ind.) University. A 2015 first-team All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and third-team National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Central Region pick, she currently has 84 career points on 35 goals and 14 assists. The 35 goals and 84 points rank fifth all-time at Olivet.

A criminal justice major, Leon has a 3.92 grade point average. Off the soccer field, she is secretary for the criminal justice honors society and vice president for the campus ministries group. Leon is a two-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll selection.

The Academic All-District teams include student-athletes divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. Olivet is in District VI, which includes schools in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. This is the fifth year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.