Yderstrom Tabbed Academic All-District

Yderstrom Tabbed Academic All-District

CORAL GABLES, Fla.  – Universityof Miami senior Stefanie Yderstrom was named to the Capital One AcademicAll-District IV Women’s Basketball First Team, the College Sports InformationDirectors of America (CoSIDA).

She is one of just four ACC players named to AcademicAll-District teams, joining Kody Burke (NC State), Marissa Kastanek (NC State)and Haley Peters (Duke).

Yderstrom has been climbing her way up the Miami careerrankings this season and currently ranks 16th all-time at UM incareer points (1,168) and 2nd all-time in career three-pointers (219). She isalso the program’s career leader in free throw percentage at .860 and hasstarted 102 consecutive games.

She has scored in double figures in 18 games this seasonwith a season-high 21 points against NC State. She also tied her career highwith seven assists in the win over then No. 6 Penn State.

Yderstrom, a native of Ostertalje, Sweden, earns the honorfor the first time. She is a sport administration major and currently holds a3.37 cumulative grade-point average.

The2012-13 Capital One Academic All-District Women’s Basketball Teams, selected bythe College Sports Information Directors of America, have been released to recognizethe nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically andin the classroom. Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA’sAcademic All-America teams programs since 2011.