Olivet College’s Maxwell earns Academic All-District VI honors

OLIVET, Mich. – Olivet College sophomore midfielder Madeline Maxwell has been named to the 2015 College Sports Information Director of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VI Women's Soccer team. She now advances to the CoSIDA NCAA Division III Academic All-America® ballot, where first-, second- and third-team selections will be announced on Nov. 20.

Maxwell has started all 17 games for Olivet in the midfield this season. She is tied for the team lead with three assists and has scored three goals for nine total points, which ranks fourth on the team. Maxwell scored the game-winning goal in the season-opening 1-0 win against Capital (Ohio) University and 2-0 home win against Kalamazoo College. She and the Comets have posted an 11-4-2 overall record, and are in third-place in the conference standings with an 8-4-2 record.

An insurance & risk management major, Maxwell carries a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Off the soccer field, she is a member of the Olivet College choir, Gamma Iota Sigma and YoungPro Elite. As a freshman, Maxwell was named the insurance program's freshman of the year.

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 fourth 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 new College Division combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.