WESTFIELD, Mass. – Westfield State University graduate student Jenn Rennich (Bedford, Mass.) has been named the 2022 NCAA Division III Academic All-America of the Year as she was selected to the Division III women's soccer Academic All-America First-Team for the second-straight year by the College Sports Communicators.

Rennich was a standout student-athlete on the soccer pitch and in the classroom, scoring the ninth-most goals in all of Division III with 23 while also tallying seven assists for a conference-leading 53 points. She also boasted a 3.99 cumulative grade-point average as part of the Movement Science program.   She is currently playing her final season as a member of the Owls' women's basketball team as well.

In her four-year career with the Owls, Rennich is a two-time Academic All-American and a three-time MASCAC Conference Champion while also being named to the MASCAC All-Conference First Team in all four years. This past season, she was selected as the MASCAC Offensive Player of the year and was also recognized as a member of the United Soccer Coaches All-Region Team.

Rennich has etched her name in the record books in multiple categories as she broke the career assists (45) and points (145) records this season. Her 50 career goals were just one shy of the all-time record set by Sandy Pinto during the 1994-97 seasons.

She is the first Owls student-athlete to be recognized as a two-time Academic All-America First Team honoree. Westfield Hall of Fame softball player Lisa Lebiecki was the only other two-time recipient of the national honor, where she was named to the First Team in 1987 and then Second Team the year prior.  Only nine Owls student athletes have been selected for the prestigious CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America teams since 1986.

36 student-athletes were recognized as part of the CSC NCAA Division III Academic All-America Team, including 11 on the first team where Rennich was one of three forwards in Division III honored.

View the full teams and the CSC press release at:  https://academicallamerica.com/news/2022/12/5/2022-academic-all-america-womens-soccer-teams-announced-for-all-ncaa-and-naia-divisions.aspx

Release courtesy of Westfield State Sports Information