Joyce Earns Academic All-District Honors
6/7/2010 1:56:30 PM
La Crosse, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse senior Kaitlyn Joyce of Wausau (Newman Catholic) has been named to the 2010 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic® All-District V College Division Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Second Team. Joyce is a biology major with a 3.98 grade point average. She is also minoring in chemistry and Spanish.
The academic all-district women's track & field/cross country team is comprised of all NCAA Division II, Division III and NAIA student-athletes from Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota and is voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A 2010 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Scholar-Athlete nominee, Joyce is a four-year member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll. She is also a member of the UW-L Dean's List and the United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team.
Joyce placed second in the pole vault at the 2010 WIAC Outdoor Championships, earning all-league second team honors. She was third in the pole vault at the 2010 WIAC Indoor Championships.
Recording four top-eight finishes in the pole vault at the WIAC Outdoor Championships, Joyce was third in 2009, seventh in 2008 and eighth in 2007. She was also eighth at the 2008 and 2009 indoor conference meet. Joyce was an NCAA Division III provisional qualifier in 2009.
A member of the Golden Key National Honor Society and American Medical Student Association, Joyce has been a Gundersen Lutheran Hospital volunteer.