AUSTIN, Texas -- Ball State's Alyssa Heintschel and Western Michigan's Alex Ruffer were named to the 2017 Academic All-America® Division I soccer teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Heintschel was named to the first team and Ruffer third.
Heintschel, who earned third-team honors last season, became the first player in program history to garner Academic All-America honors twice. She is only the second BSU soccer player ever to earn first-team recognition, joining Skylar Chew in 2012.
The three-year team captain from Oregon, Ohio, capped her career this fall as the winningest keeper in school history with 35 career victories.