Albright College junior Victoria Foanio has been named a second team Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-American, the first in Lion tennis history to earn such honors.

To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, and have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution.

Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) has bestowed Academic All-America honors in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.

Foanio was a second team at-large selection. The at-large ballot includes all sports that do not have their own sponsored Academic All-American team, making it arguably the most competitive. Foanio was one of just 11 Division III women's tennis players included on the list.

A three-time Commonwealth Player of the Year and first team All-Conference selection, Foanio was also the Rookie of the Year in 2011. She won MAC singles titles in 2011 and 2012, along with a doubles championship in 2011.

Foanio holds school records for singles and doubles wins in a season. For her career, she is 43-1 at first singles, and was 20-1 overall at singles this season.

In the classroom, Foanio (an accounting major) has maintained a GPA of 3.80, and is a Shirk and Jacob Albright Scholar.

The team captain also has a long list of extracurriculars and community service. She will be Student Government President next year, after serving as Vice President of Finance in 2012-13. She is a SAAC member, a campus tour guide, and a student tutor.

She has helped lead an overhaul of the Albright women's tennis team that culminated in the program's first ever Commonwealth Conference playoff berth, in 2012.

Foanio is the ninth Albright student-athlete named to a CoSIDA Academic All-American team, and the second on the at-large team (along with swimmer Cindy Barner in 2005).

2012-13 Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-American Division III At-Large Teams