HARRISONBURG, Va. --- Eastern Mennonite
University junior Jess
Rheinheimer(Manheim, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) has been
named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team. She
is just one of five women's basketball players from the entire
country named to the First Team. An EMU Honors Student,
Rheinheimer holds a 3.96 GPA in the university's well-respected
nursing program, along with a minor in history.
Earlier this winter, the Royals' 5-10 forward was named Academic
All-District in District 5, which includes much of the southeastern
states in the U.S.
Rheinheimer studied in Honduras in the summer of 2013 as part of
EMU's cross cultural program. She is on the ODAC All-Academic
Team and the Royals All-Academic Team, as well as Eastern
Mennonite's Dean's List.
Just as talented on the basketball court as she is in the
classroom, Rheinheimer enters this week's ODAC Tournament averaging
a league-best 19.6 points along with 7.4 rebounds, 10th in the
ODAC. Rheinheimer also tops the conference in field goals
(183) and is second in three point percentage (42.2%), sixth in
field goal percentage (51.0%), seventh in blocks (24) and 12th in
steals (40).
An All-ODAC Second Team selection last spring as a part-time
starter, Rheinheimer has taken off this year. She was named
the USBWA National Player of the Week after scoring 29 points with
12 rebounds against Christopher Newport on Dec. 30 followed by 41
and 10 against Washington on Jan. 3. Rheinheimer has also
earned ODAC Player of the Week and D3hoops.com National Team of the
Week honors twice each this year.
Click here to see the entire list of Capital One
Academic All-America Women's Basketball Teams.
Eastern Mennonite is the top seed in the ODAC Tournament this week,
carrying a record of 21-3 overall and 15-1 in the ODAC. The
women are also riding a 10-game winning streak and they look for
their third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament. They
play either No. 8 Bridgewater or No. 9 Shenandoah in the ODAC
quarterfinals this Friday at 1:00pm in Salem.
--- This release is
courtesy of the Eastern Mennonite University sports information
department. ---
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