Colorado University Athletics
Kresl Named To Capital One Academic All-District Team
BOULDER - University of Colorado senior Lexy Kresl has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District 7 WomenGÇÖs Basketball team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Kresl is one of nine players selected to the all-district team made up of NCAA Division I schools from 14 Midwestern states: Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming. She now moves onto the Capital One Academic All-America ballot to be voted on later this month.
A native of Paradise Valley, Ariz., Kresl is an integrative physiology major carrying a 3.56 overall GPA. She aspires to attend Physician Assistant school after graduating in May and to work in pediatrics. Kresl is a two-time Pac-12 Conference All-Academic WomenGÇÖs Basketball selection, and vying for a third, earning first team honors as a junior and second team accolades as a sophomore.
A 5-11 guard playing at the point for the Buffaloes, Kresl is averaging 12.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. She leads Colorado in assists and steals while hitting a team best 42 3-pointers on an impressive 42 percent from long range. Kresl has stepped up her game in conference play, averaging a team-best 14.7 points per game including a current streak of seven straight double-figure scoring games and a 20 point per game average over the last six.
On the Pac-12 charts Kresl ranks fourth in 3-pointers made and assists, sixth in 3-point percentage, 13th in assist-to-turnover ratio and 18th in scoring. She is seventh all-time at Colorado with 166 3-point field goals and is on the verge of joining the 1,000-point club, needing just 19 points entering FridayGÇÖs game at UCLA (8 p.m. MST, UCLAGÇÖs Pac-12 Digital, KKZN AM 760).