NDSU soccer players Megan Dean and Michelle Gaffaney were named to the Capital One Academic All District 6 First Team on Nov. 4. The team was selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA).

Dean was selected to the first team after earning second team honors the past two seasons. A senior defender, she has a 3.95 grade point average in exercise science.

Gaffaney earned her first career academic all-district honor. The senior midfielder is active in Serving for Change, an organization dedicated to social issues locally and globally, and the American Medical Student Association.

Both Dean and Gaffaney advance to the national ballot for the Capital One Academic All-America soccer team. To be eligible, student-athletes must have a 3.30 or better cumulative GPA on a four-point scale, have sophomore athletic standing and be a starter or key reserve for their team.