ATHENS, W.Va. – Sophomore forward
Riley Fitzwater of the Concord University women's basketball team has been selected to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Team as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Fitzwater is averaging 13.3 points, 11.4 rebounds and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 67.2 percent from the floor for the 19-5 Mountain Lions. The Glenville, West Virginia native leads Division II in field goal percentage and blocks per game and is 13
th in rebounding.
This season, Fitzwater has recorded 11 double-doubles and also has two 20-rebound contests. Additionally, she is  over 500 career rebounds and 200 career blocks in just season number two in the Maroon and Gray.
In the classroom, Fitzwater has a 3.73 GPA as a sports management major.
The sophomore post player was joined by on the all-academic team by fellow Mountain East Conference players, Notre Dame's Seina Adachi, Fairmont State's Sierra Kotchman, Shepherd's Kari Lankford and West Liberty's Audrey Tingle. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) had two representatives in Edinboro's Michaela Barnes and East Stroudsburg's Tiffany Lapotsky.
To be eligible for the Google Cloud Academic All-District Team, student-athletes must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 and must have completed at least one year at their current institution.
With Thursday's announcement, Fitzwater is now up for Academic All-American consideration.
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