ST. PAUL, Minn. - Concordia-St. Paul sophomore center fielder Clara Heislen, the club's leadoff hitter in the 2022 season, has been named a CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team selection, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday.

The District 7 Team represents the NCAA Division II Central Region, comprised of the Northern Sun (NSIC), Mid-American (MIAA) and Great American (GAC) conferences. She is academically a senior, athletically a sophomore and just completed her third season of play, including the canceled 2020 softball season due to COVID-19, restoring her athletic eligibility. She carries a 3.98 grade point average while pursuing a 5-12 Health & K-12 Physical Education major.

She advances to the 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot, which will be voted on by CoSIDA members of NCAA Division II. She joins Anna Bjorlin as the program's only repeat CoSIDA Academic All-District award winners, and the first to earn back-to-back First Team honors with Academic All-America ballot presence. Anna Bjorlin was a three-time Academic All-District selection, moving from the Third Team in 2008 to the Second Team in 2009 and First Team in 2010, going on to earn selection to the Academic All-America Third Team in 2010.
 

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#21 Clara Heislen (CF, 5-2, R/L, Las Vegas, Nev. / Faith Lutheran HS)

• 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• Will be a two-time NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence selection in 2022
• Three-year starter, has already played 113 games with a .324/.396/.542 (123-380) slash line
• Has 96 runs, 66 RBIs, 24 doubles, 1 triple and 19 home runs
• Has drawn 34 walks with 37 stolen bases (37-44)
• In 2022, posted career-highs across the board: .343/.421/.628 (59-172) with 49 runs, 13 doubles, 12 home runs, 38 RBIs, 20 walks
• Currently ranks 5th in CSP history with a .542 career slugging percentage and 8th with 19 career home runs
• Her 12 home runs and 49 runs scored in 2022 rank 3rd-most in a season in team history while 13 doubles (7th), 108 total bases (8th) and .628 slugging (10th) are all top-10 CSP seasons
• Ranked 4th NSIC in runs (49), 7th in home runs (12) and 9th in total bases (108)

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ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS
2014: Bekah Roth, Third Team
2013: Brynn Larsen, Second Team
2010: Anna Bjorlin, Third Team
2005: Kristen Schmidt, Second Team

ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT SELECTIONS
2022: Clara Heislen, First Team
2021: Amanda Parsons, First Team
2021: Clara Heislen, First Team
2021: Grace Beseman, First Team
2014: Bekah Roth, First Team
2013: Brynn Larsen, First Team
2010: Anna Bjorlin, First Team
2009: Anna Bjorlin, Second Team
2008: Anna Bjorlin, Third Team
2006: Kristen Schmidt, First Team