Framingham, Mass. – Senior midfielder Kayla Austin (Winchester, Mass.) has been selected to the Capital One Academic All-District Women’s Soccer Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).  Austin is a first team honoree from District 1.

The Academic All-District Teams are released to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.  Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA’s Academic All-America teams program since 2011.  First team Academic All-District honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first, second and third team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.

Austin, majoring in Criminology with minors in Sociology and Diversity Studies, has led the Rams to their best record (12-1-1) since 2000.  A Dean’s List and President’s List student, she has been named to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) All-Academic Team in 2011 and 2012 and has been voted onto the All-Conference team twice (2011 & 2012).  

The senior midfielder has either scored or assisted on 47% of the Rams 53 goals this season heading into their final game on Saturday.  Austin leads the Rams with 38 points on 13 goals and 12 assists which places her among the national leaders in assists and assists per game.

Austin, the only men’s or women’s soccer player from the MASCAC to recognized on the Capital One Academic All-District Team, is the first Ram to be honored by CoSIDA since former volleyball standout Tara Costa was named to the CoSIDA College Division District I Third Team in 2004 and 2005.

Click here for the full Capital One Academic All-District release.