(Story courtesy of Trinity Athletics Department)
GREENWOOD, Ind. - Senior Zoe Kaffen of Trinity University Women's Tennis was selected to the 2021 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District First Team Thursday for NCAA III District 8 which added to a collection of postseason honors for the decorated Tiger.
With first-team status, Kaffen is eligible for CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition, which has an anticipated release in August. The announcement marked the first CoSIDA academic honor in the career of the 2021 NCAA III women's national championship singles entry, her eighth academic award overall in her collegiate tenure.
The 2021 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Player of the Year posted a 3.83 grade-point average in pursuit of a communication major as she maneuvered her way into a singles national championship berth and led the Tigers to a No. 19 national ranking as a team.
On July 2, the four-time all-SCAC performer was announced as a finalist for the 2021 SCAC Woman of the Year award, which recognizes the conference's senior female student-athlete who has best distinguished herself throughout her collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletic excellence and service and leadership.
Kaffen is a two-time member of the SCAC All-Sportsmanship Team, a four-time SCAC Spring Academic Honor Roll selection, a three-time ITA scholar athlete and has made six appearances on the Trinity University Dean's List. She volunteered with the Salvation Army, the New Braunfels Food Bank, and at St. Jude; as well as helping to launch Trinity's Rebounce recycle program that involved recycling tennis balls to animal shelters around the country. Kaffen also helped coach kids with disabilities through Kinetic Kids, and she participated in free tennis clinics for the San Antonio community through the TU Smashers program.
To view the entire 2020-21 Academic All-District® 8 First Team, click here.
