AMES, Iowa – Iowa State women’s basketball senior Hallie Christofferson has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America third-team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced today.

Christofferson is one of 15 Division I women’s basketball student-athletes who were named to the Capital One Academic All-America teams. Christofferson was the only Big 12 student-athlete selected as an Academic All-American.

She joins four other Iowa State women’s basketball players to receive Academic All-America honors, as Anne O’Neil, Angie Welle, Lindsey Wilson and Jayme Olson, a two-time honoree, earned the honor during their time at ISU.

The senior graphic design major holds a 3.43 grade point average and was a member of the Big 12 honor roll and named an ISU Scholar-Athlete in 2013. This season, the senior is averaging 18.8 points per contest, which ranks second in the Big 12, and 7.4 rebounds. She has also been tabbed to numerous midseason watch lists.

Christofferson is the fifth Cyclone to amass 1,600 points and 750 rebounds in a career (Angie Welle, Megan Taylor, Jayme Olson, Tonya Burns). Christofferson is a two-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree and was also names an ISU Scholar Athlete last season.