Three Utes Named to Academic All-District Team

May 20, 2010

SALT LAKE CITY - Three Utah athletes have been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII team, announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Gymnast Daria Bijak and skier Eva Huckova made the all-district first team, which qualifies them for the national Academic All-America ballot. Skier Torjus Krogdahl is a second-team pick.

Bijak led the Utah gymnasts into the NCAA Super Six, earning first-team All-America honors in the all-around and on the uneven bars. The senior eight-time All-American, who was a 2008 Olympian, carries a 3.85 grade point average in film studies. Bijak won the 2010 Bud Jack Academic Award, which is given to the Utah senior female athlete with the highest cumulative GPA, and is a two-time recipient of the Dahl Award, which goes to the top Utah gymnastics scholar-athlete.

Huckova, a junior finance major with a 3.98 GPA, was the 2010 NCAA giant slalom champion and helped the Utah ski team to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. She won two races during the regular season, along with three runner-place finishes. Huckova is a five-time All-American and competed in the 2006 Olympics. She has won Utah's Toril Forland Women's Outstanding Skier Award three years running.

Krogdahl, who has a 3.97 GPA in business, earned All-America honors in both the slalom and giant slalom at the 2010 NCAA Championships. The sophomore finished second in the slalom and ninth in the GS at the championships. He was selected as Utah's David Novelle Men's Outstanding Skier.

Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, a 2,000-member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

Torjus Krogdahl earned All-America honors in both the slalom and GS.

Daria Bijak earned first-team All-America honors in both the all-around and uneven bars.

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