Roanoke's Beahm Tabbed to the Third Team
AUSTIN, Texas --- Eastern Mennonite University forward Jess Rheinheimer continues to pull in honors, this time earning the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year, as selected by CoSIDA. This is the second year Rheinheimer has earned Academic All-America distinction, but she's not alone in the ODAC this season. Roanoke College forward Cary Beahm was tabbed to the Academic All-America Third Team.
To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must first earn recognition on one of eight Academic All-District first teams. Rheinheimer and Beahm were joined by Bridgewater College senior Cassidy Burkholder on the Academic All-District 5 First Team, giving the ODAC three members of the five-woman selection.
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Rheinheimer, a senior from Manheim, Pa., is a two-time All-ODAC Player of the Year and ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The 2015 Jostens Trophy winner recently learned that she was again a finalist for the Jostens Trophy, along with BC's Burkholder. The Jostens Trophy honors honored the top NCAA Division III women's basketball student-athlete in the country. Rheinheimer boasts a 3.95 grade point average as a Nursing major with a minor in History. The perennial EMU Dean's List honoree is a finalist for the WBCA Good Works Team. A member of the EMU Student Nurses Association, she has previously studied abroad in Honduras.
Rheinheimer ranks second in the ODAC in overall points scored (507) and points per game (19.5) following the ODAC Tournament. She avereaged 6.8 rebounds per night and shot 47.1-percent (181-of-384) from the field. She has canned 50 three-pointers, good for sixth in the ODAC, and is fourth in free throw percentage (82.6% -- 95-of-115). Rheinheimer has scored in double figures in 24-of-26 games played, including 35 points in a win over Bridgewater. She's also notched four double-doubles.
Beahm, a junior from Dendron, Va., is the first Academic All-American in Roanoke College women's basketball history. She maintains a 3.96 grade point average as a double-major in Criminal Justice and Sociology, while also minoring in Psychology. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Delta (sociology) and Alpha Psi Sigma (criminal justice) honor societies, as well as the National Society of Leadership and Success.
On the court, Beahm was named First-Team All-ODAC. She ranks third in the ODAC in scoring (18.1 ppg) and sixth in rebounding (8.0 rpg). She is #1 in the leauge with a 58.3-percent field goal mark. Beahm boasts the second-best free throw clip at 87.5-percent. She scored in double-figures in 25-of-26 games played this season, notching six double-doubles.
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