SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Rock All-America pole vaulter Jennifer Hansen was recently named to first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors in voting by sports information directors.

As a first-team Academic All-District selection. Hansen is now eligible for Academic All-America honors.

Hansen, an elementary education major from Charleston, W. Va. (Capital H.S.), currently owns a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the classroom.

A second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection in 2007, Hansen is a Rock-solid candidate for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference "Scholar-Athlete of the Year" award. She has been honored twice as a recipient of a PSAC "Top Ten Award" in recognition of athletic and academic prowess and is a three-time USTFCCCA all-academic award winner.

In athletic competition, she is a four-time U. S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association 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.

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 football student-athletes Mike Butterworth and Clint Forsha, women's volleyball student-athlete Jen Blasko and men's soccer student-athlete Nick Christy (second team).