ROCHESTER, Mich. ???C Junior Jessica Pike was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV second team, announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday. This marks the third time in the Division I era that an Oakland women???s basketball player has been selected to a CoSIDA Academic All-District team, as Nicole Piggott earned third team honors in 2007 and first team honors in 2005. Pike, a native of Clawson, Mich., has twice been named The Summit League Player of the Week, and was honored as Athlete of the Month for December. Pike leads the Grizzlies with 16.6 points per game, and ranks among the team leaders with 3.9 rebounds per contest and has dished out 59 assists, second-best on the OU squad. Last year, Pike was named to the Mid-Con Academic All-Conference team, and the Mid-Con Commissioner???s List of Academic Excellence. CoSIDA selects Academic All-America teams in 12 programs: football, women's volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's track & field/cross country, women's track & field/cross country, men's at-large and women's at-large. A first team, second team and third team are selected in both the University (Division I and I-AA) and College (Division II, III and NAIA) Divisions. Football consists of just first and second teams. To be nominated, the student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for his/her career. No athlete is eligible until he/she has reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution (thus, true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible transfers are not eligible). In the cases of transfers, graduate students and junior college graduates, the athlete must have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to be eligible. -30-