Anna Billey was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District Team.
With her selection, Billey is now eligible for consideration on the CoSIDA Academic All-America Teams that will
be announced in December. She becomes the first recipient to earn the academic laurel
from CoSIDA since the 2015 campaign. Cal U previously featured multiple honorees of
the award for seven-consecutive years spanning from 2009-2015.
Billey earned academic all-district status for the first time in her career after
serving as a team captain the previous two seasons. She has has appeared in 28 career
games with 27 starts while playing over 2,200 minutes despite battling injuries throughout
her college career. She has helped anchor the defense this season with a career-high
11 starts and scored the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory versus West Liberty in
the season-opener. She also earned the D2ADA Academic Achievement Award as a sophomore
and is a two-time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athlete honoree.
Billey boasts a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) while pursuing a degree
in mechatronics engineering technology with a minor in mathematics.
To qualify for academic all-district honors, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative
3.30 GPA or higher and must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing
at their institution. The district consists of all schools in the PSAC, Mountain East
Conference (MEC) and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA).