AUSTIN, Texas - Senior guard Lauren Bondi (Burnaby, BC, Can./Notre Dame Secondary) of the Smith College basketball team has been named a First Team Academic All-American as the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) were released today.

Bondi, who has a 3.92 GPA as a neuroscience major, becomes the first player in program history to be named an Academic All-American. The Burnaby, British Columbia native led the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) in points scored (538), points per game (18.6), three-point percentage (42.4), and free throw percentage (84.5) earned NEWMAC Athlete of the Year honors this season and is a two-time first team All-NEWMAC pick. She is also one of 10 finalists for the Jostens Trophy.

Bondi serves as an A.E.M.E.S. McKinley Honors Research Fellow in the Department of Neuroscience at Smith and spent this past summer as a research intern with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. 

The 15 members of the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division III Women's Basketball teams have at least a 3.88 GPA, with five student-athletes maintaining a perfect 4.00 GPA. The five members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.97.

Joining Bondi on the first team are Darby Massner (Iowa Wesleyan), Briana Moore (Bridgewater (Va.),  Alexis Scholtz (John Hopkins) and Hannah Neild (Gallaudet).

Bondi is one of 15 honorees named to three different teams from around the country in Division III women's basketball where over 440 schools field teams.

To be eligible for Google Cloud Academic honors, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 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.

Smith College Sports Information Director Ciara Keizer-Lawrence, a four-year member of CoSIDA, nominated Bondi for this honor.

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About CoSIDA's Google Cloud Academic All-America® Program
CoSIDA began this program in the 1950's, and since then, has honored thousands of deserving student-athletes from numerous sports and across all divisions with these elite CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-America® scholar-athlete honors. Currently, CoSIDA honors Google Cloud Academic All-Americans in 12 sports.

The Google Cloud Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed per sport and are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. The Google Cloud Academic All-America® program separately recognizes basketball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

The Division II and III Google Cloud Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2018-19 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA Google Cloud Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.

For more information about CoSIDA's Google Cloud Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com or the Academic All-America® home page on CoSIDA.com.