SEATTLE (May 24) -- Seattle Pacific University gymnast Sarah Sullivan and rowing coxswain Megan Giske have been voted to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII team.

Sullivan (Sr., Salem, Or./Sprague) and Giske (Sr., Gig Harbor, Wa./Gig Harbor) are now a finalists for the Academic All-America for at-large sports.

An art major, Sullivan has a cumulative grade point average of 3.63. She was named the Division II Gymnast of the Year and was the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation champion on balance beam. Sullivan led Seattle Pacific to second place at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships last month, taking third place on floor, fifth on vault and seventh in all-around.

Giske, a sociology major with a 3.87 GPA, helped steer the SPU women’s varsity eight to their first NCAA Championships berth. The Falcons finished third in the West Regional and she was named to both the all-conference and all-region teams.