USP Mixed Rifle Team

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PHILADELPHIA – University of Sciences in Philadelphia sophomore Michelle Bauer (Triton HS/Blackwood, NJ) has been named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All District II Women’s At-Large Team.

Bauer, a sophomore, was chosen as a second team selection in balloting done by District II sports information directors.

The District II College Division consists of all NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and District of Columbia. To be nominated for the Academic All-America program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a minimum 3.20 grade point average and a starter or significant reserve on her team.

Bauer, a pharmacy major on a doctorate tract, is currently ranked third in the Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference (MAC) in small-bore and eighth is air rifle. Bauer has flourished this season, setting career-best scores of 587 (school record) out 600 possible points in smallbore and 583 out of 600 in the air rifle. The sophomore has been the high shooter in every match of her career except one; making first team All-MAC in smallbore and second team all-MAC in air rifle in 2006 to go along with her second team All-MAC honors both smallbore and air rifle in 2005. Bauer was recently named to the CRCA All-Academic All American Rifle Team for the second consecutive year.

Carrying a 3.80 grade point average, the Blackwood, NJ native has made Dean’s List all three semesters of her college career and was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society. During her secondary education, Bauer was a seven-time Junior Olympics participant and trained at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado. Bauer has completed her second year of competition for the Devils.

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