UW-Platteville's Marcia Taddy earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® women's track & field/cross country college division first team honors. The senior from Two Rivers was one of 15 student-athletes chosen nationwide for this honor.

Taddy is the most decorated athlete in Pioneer history. She has 17 NCAA Division III all-American awards and has won eight national championships, including the 1,500- and 800-meter runs at the 2008 national outdoor championships. With biology and horticulture majors, she carries a 3.71 grade-point average. Taddy's bid for the 2008 Olympic trials ended prematurely because of a foot problem, but she hopes to resume training as soon as she is 100 percent.

To be eligible for the team, the student-athlete must maintain at least a grade-point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) vote for eight all-region teams, and first team members in each region are nominated for all-America honors.

Taddy's honor is the 18th time UW-Platteville student-athletes have earned a first team award and the second in two days. Tony Kilburg earned similar honors on the men's cross country/track and field team Tuesday. Taddy is the first female UWP student-athlete to earn first team honors since softball player Jennifer Zell in 1994 and the first-ever female track and field runner.

The full list of winners may be found at http://www.cosida.com/documents/2008/6/24/2008wxc_trackaaa.pdf

UW-Platteville's First Team Academic All-Americans
(As chosen by CoSIDA)
1985
Mike Hintz, Football
Mark Rae, Football
1986
Mike Hintz, Football/Track and Field
Mark Rae, Football
1987
Mike Hintz, Track and Field
Mark Rae, Football
1989
Dan Jansen, Cross Country/Track and Field
1990
Dan Jansen, Cross Country/Track and Field
1992
Tammy Dietz, Volleyball
T.J. Van Wie, Basketball
1993
Lynn Nagy, Softball
T.J. Van Wie, Basketball
1994
Jennifer Zell, Softball
1996
Bryan Cunningham, Track and Field
1998
Bryan Cunningham, Track and Field
2004
Chris Lee, Football
2008
Tony Kilburg, Cross Country/Track and Field
Marcia Taddy, Track and Field