SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Rock All-America pole vaulter Jennifer Hansen added another prestigious honor to her collection Wednesday when she was named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All–America® women's track & field and cross country team first-team status, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)..

Hansen was the third Rock student-athlete to receive a top honor from the organization during the 2007-08 academic year. She joins football student-athletes Mike Butterworth and Clint Forsha on the elite level of College Division student-athletes.

She is the 18th Rock student-athlete to earn Academic All–America®  first-team honors since 1971 and the sixth since 2000. Click here to view the complete list of Rock student-athletes who have earned Academic All–America®  honors.

Her first Academic All–America®  honor came approximately one week after Hansen received the third Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference "Top Ten Award" of her career. She also earned that honor in the spring of 2007 and winter of 2008.

The Academic All–America®  and Top Ten Awards recognize student-athletes who distinguish themselves in the classroom as well as the arena of competition. To tbe a candidate for the honors, a student-athlete must have achieved a minimum of a 3.25 cumulative grade point average and be a starter or key reserve with legitimate athletic credentials.

Hansen, a junior from Charleston, W. Va.,  currently owns a perfect 4.0 grade point average as an elementary education major at SRU.

As a two-time winner of the Top Ten Award in the 2007-08 academic year, Hansen is also a Rock-solid candidate for PSAC "Scholar-Athlete of the Year" honors presented to the top female and male student-athletes in the conference.

In addtion to her Academic All–America®  and Top Ten honors, Hansen has earned second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All–District® status in 2007.and three U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association all-academic awards.

In athletic competition, she is a four-time USTFCCA All-America selection. She earned national runner-up honors in the 2007 NCAA Division II outdoor championships, placed third in both the 2008 indoor and outdoor national meets and finished 11th in the 2006 outdoor competition.

Hansen was named in March as the 2008 USTFCCCA indoor East Region Field Athlete of Year as well as the PSAC indoor Field MVP. The owner of the PSAC all-time and Championship records in both indoor and outdoor competition, she is the two-time defending conference champion in both indoor and outdoor competitions and was named as the 2007 and 2008 PSAC Championships indoor Field MVP.

Notes: Hansen was the fourth Rock student-athlete to attain PSAC Top Ten status during the 2007-08 academic year. She joins Butterworth,  Forsh and volleyball student-athlete Jen Blasko in that elite group ... Hansen was the fifth Rock student-athlete to receive ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District®  honors during the 2007-08 academic year and the fourth to receive first-team honors. She joins a group that includes Blasko, Butterworth, Forsha and men's soccer student-athlete Nick Christy (second team) ... Rock student-athletes have earned a total of 44 Academic All–America®  honors since 1971 and 11 since 2000. Click here to view the complete list of Rock student-athletes who have earned Academic All–America®  honors.