Colorado University Athletics
McFarland Named To Academic All-District VII First Team
BOULDER ? University of Colorado sophomore forward Jackie McFarland has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII University Division Women’s Basketball first team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
McFarland, an accounting major who sports a 3.97 grade point average, is the lone sophomore joining four seniors on the five-member first team. She is now eligible for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team which will be announced on Feb. 28.
A native of Derby, Kan., McFarland is averaging 17 points and 9.3 rebounds per game to lead the Buffaloes this season. She ranks fourth in the Big 12 Conference in rebounding and resides among the Top 15 in the league charts in seven other categories including field-goal and free-throw percentage.
One of just three players in the Big 12 with 11 or more double-doubles this season, McFarland is putting her imprint on this season’s record books. Her 11 double-doubles in 2005-06 are the fifth best single-season total in team history and her 16 career doubles rank sixth all-time on the team charts. McFarland’s 122 free throws this year rank eighth on CU’s single season chart and she is on pace to break Bridget Turner’s all-time team record of 154. She is 11th on CU’s all-time blocked shots list and tied a team record with eight blocks against South Dakota State on Dec. 28.
McFarland has scored 20 or more points six times this year including a personal-best 34 points against Cal State-Fullerton. She has 11 double-digit rebounding games this season, the ninth best total in team history.
McFarland is a two-time member of the Dean’s List and earned the CU Athletic Department’s Academic Excellence Award in the fall of 2004 with a perfect 4.0 GPA. She is also a team representative for the Student Athlete-Advisory Committee.
The District VII University Division is comprised of NCAA Division I schools from the states of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. McFarland is the first CU women’s basketball player to be named to the academic all-district team since Randie Wirt was a second-team member in 2004.