SEATTLE (May 27) ­ Rowing coxswain Joanna Hodgkiss and gymnast Corrie McDaniel, both of Seattle Pacific University, have been voted to the Verizon CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII at-large first team. They are now finalists for the Academic All-America team to be announced next month.

Hodgkiss (Sr., Tacoma, Wa./Puyallup HS) guided the Falcon women's varsity four to a second straight national championship earlier this month. Overall, her crew won eight of nine races, including conference and regional titles. Hodgkiss is an accounting major with a 3.76 grade point average.

McDaniel (Jr., Lawrence, Ks./Lawrence) was a repeat selection as a student design major with a 3.80 GPA. She was first team all-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in all-around and second team on vault. A dislocated elbow prevented her from participating in the national championships.

The Verizon CoSIDA at-large team is comprised of 10 athletes selected from 13 sports. District VIII is comprised of eight western states and two Canadian provinces.