AUSTIN, Texas --- Moravian College senior forward Camille McPherson has been named to the 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Third Team selected by the College Sports Information Director of America.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® accolades, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.30 grade-point average, be a sophomore, junior or senior and be a starter or significant reserve. Beginning in 2011-12, the program is made up of four levels – NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and College Division (NAIA, Canadian colleges and junior colleges). McPherson was on the All-District IV First Team to advance to the national ballot, and District IV in NCAA Division III is made up of schools from Pennsylvania. McPherson is Moravian's 45th Academic All-American® and first women's basketball student-athlete.
"Camille's achievement of Academic All American is a direct reflection on her work ethic in the classroom," stated Head Coach Mary Beth Spirk. "Camille approaches her academics like she prepares for a game. She is focused, relentless and determined to be the best. This is a huge accomplishment for Camille and well deserved. Camille is a tremendous role model for her teammates and will certainly be successful in whatever the future holds for her."
McPherson has helped Moravian to a 19-7 record this winter and the program's 16th straight postseason appearance. McPherson leads the Greyhounds in scoring at 22.7 points per game, and her 589 points this winter are the third most in a single season in school history. McPherson also leads the Hounds on the boards at 8.8 rebounds per game to go with a team high 53 three-pointers and eight double-doubles. She has added 74 assists, 18 steals and 14 blocked shots, and McPherson is shooting 82.2 percent at the foul line (134-of-163), 47.3 percent from the floor (201-of-425) and 38.4 percent beyond the arc (53-of-138).
This winter, McPherson has already been named the Lehigh Valley Small College Women's Basketball Pete Nevins Player of the Year while earning a spot on the LVSCB Team of the Year, and she is a four-time Landmark Conference Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week honoree in 2016-17 to go with a spot on the D3hoops.com Team of the Week once, the ECAC Division III Metro Player of the Week once and the United States Basketball Writers Association Division III National Player of the Week once.
Off of the court, McPherson maintains a 3.63 GPA while majoring in political science and minoring in sociology and Spanish. She is a two-time selection to the Landmark Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll, and she has made the dean's list in each of her semesters at Moravian.
McPherson is also active in community service having taken part in Moravian's Play 4Kay efforts to raise money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund the last two years including working clinics in Bethlehem and Springfield, New Jersey as well as the Cops 'n Kids program reading and mentoring elementary school students at William Penn, Thomas Jefferson and Fountain Hill Elementary Schools in Bethlehem as well as working at a Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs AAA baseball game each fall to benefit the program. McPherson has also taken part in the American Heart Association Heartwalk, Cedarbrook Nursing Home Dream Catchers events, Pathways to Santa Christmas caroling at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg, the Buddy Walk for Special Olympics, Moravian's after school program with Marvine Elementary School, William Penn's day at Moravian, and Moravian College's Day of Service at Northeast Middle School.
Moravian is set to return to action on Wednesday, March 1 in the first round of the 2017 ECAC Division III Championship Tournament when the Greyhounds host Centenary (N.J.) College in Johnston Hall with tip-off at 7:00 p.m.
To view the entire 2017 Men's and Women's Basketball Academic All-America Teams, visit http://www.cosida.com/news/2017/2/28/AAA_0228175113.aspx.
