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Thursday, January 10, 2002

Three Elizabethtown Women's Soccer Players Named to Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District II College Division Team

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- With the recognition of senior forward Nicole Hundley (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township), senior midfielder Dina Jingoli (Morrisville, PA/Notre Dame, NJ), and sophomore defender Megan Halladay (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven), Elizabethtown College has more student-athletes on the 2001 Verizon Academic All-District II Women's Soccer College Division Team than any other institution in the district. Hundley has been named to the first team and will advance to the ballot for the national College Division team to be announced February 7, while Jingoli and Halladay earned spots on the second team.

The District II College Division in the Academic All-America program consists of all non-NCAA Division I colleges and universities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Haverford, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Mercyhurst each had two women's soccer players earn district recognition.

Hundley started all 20 games for the Blue Jays this season. She scored five goals and had eight assists for 18 points.

Her career totals through four years include 25 goals and 30 assists for 80 career points. She ranks sixth all-time at Etown in career goals, fifth in career points, and fifth in career assists. She was named to the MAC Academic Honor Roll in 1999, 2000, and 2001, and also was a first team all-conference selection in 2001. She also earned National Soccer Coaches Asscociation of America (NSCAA) regional All-America recognition this year.

Hundley is majoring in math education at Elizabethtown. She is a 1998 graduate of Manheim Township High School.

Jingoli started all 20 games for the Blue Jays in 2001. She finished the season leading the team in points with three goals and 15 assists for 21 points. Her 15 assists broke the former Elizabethtown single-season record of 13 set in 1989.

Through four seasons, Jingoli collected 21 goals and 37 assists for 79 career points. Her career assist total of 37 is the Elizabethtown program record. In 1999, 2000, and 2001 she was a member of the Middle Atlantic Conferences' Academic Honor Roll and a Commonwealth Conference all-star. She was also the 2000 Commonwealth Conference Co-MVP. She became the third NSCAA All-American in the history of the Etown women's soccer program in 2001.

Jingoli is majoring in elementary education with a minor in human services at Elizabethtown. She is a 1998 graduate of Notre Dame (NJ) High School.

Halladay started eighteen and played in all twenty games for the Blue Jays, scoring four goals for eight points this season.

Over the course of her career, she has compiled six goals and one assist for 13 points. Halladay was named a second team all-star by the Commonwealth Conference in 2000 and was a first team all-star in 2001. She was also named to the Middle Atlantic Conferences’ Academic Honor Roll in 2001, and earned NSCAA regional All-America recognition.

Halladay is majoring in business at Elizabethtown. She is a 2000 graduate of Strath Haven High School. She has the added distinction of being one of only two sophomores out of the 22 players on this year's Academic All-District II College Division team.

Elizabethtown concluded its 2001 season with a 15-5 overall record in a 3-1 loss to Muhlenberg in the NCAA Division III tournament Mid-Atlantic Regional. With a 15-5 finish, the Blue Jays concluded the season with a .750 winning percentage, their best since 1997.

The members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) by districts select the Verizon Academic All-District Team and the 11 first team selections in each district now move onto the national ballot for 2001 Verizon Academic All-American honors.

The 2001 District II College Division Women's Soccer Team is the first ever. Previously, women's soccer was part of the Fall/Winter At-Large program.

This year marks the 50th year of the Academic All-America program, as the inaugural team was announced on December 6, 1952. Since that time, more than 12,000 students have been named Academic All-America team members at colleges and universities at all levels for every recognized NCAA sport.

To be nominated for the Verizon Academic All-America program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.2 or higher cumulative grade-point average and be a starter or significant reserve.